Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery

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1851 – 1890

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Who was Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery?

Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery was the daughter of Mayer de Rothschild and his wife Juliana, née Cohen. Upon the death of her father in 1874 she became the richest woman in Britain.

During the final quarter of the 19th century her husband, the 5th Earl of Rosebery, was one of the most celebrated figures in Britain, an influential millionaire and politician, whose charm, wit, charisma and public popularity gave him such standing that he "almost eclipsed royalty." Yet his Jewish wife, during her lifetime regarded as dull, overweight and lacking in beauty, remains an enigmatic figure largely ignored by historians and often regarded as notable only for financing her husband's three ambitions: to marry an heiress, win the Epsom Derby, and become Prime Minister. In truth, she was her husband's driving force and motivation.

Her marriage into the aristocracy, while controversial at the time, gave her the social cachet in an antisemitic society that her vast fortune could not. She subsequently became a political hostess and philanthropist.

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Born
Jul 27, 1851
London
Also known as
  • Hannah de Rothschild
Parents
Spouses
Children
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Lived in
  • London
Died
Nov 19, 1890
Dalmeny
Resting place
Willesden Jewish Cemetery

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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