Nathan Mayer Rothschild (16 September 1777 to 28 July 1836) was a British-German banker, businessman and financier who founded the British branch of the Rothschild family. He was born in the Jewish ghetto of Frankfurt, the third of the five sons of Mayer Amschel Rothschild and Guttle Schnapper, and all five brothers became close business partners spread across Europe. In 1798 he settled in Manchester and set up a business in textile trading and finance, then moved to London and dealt on the Stock Exchange from 1804. From 1809 he built a gold bullion business that became N. M. Rothschild and Sons, and from 1811 he transferred money to pay Wellington's troops against Napoleon.
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Born in Frankfurt am Main
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was a British-German banker, businessman and financier
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he was the third of the five sons of Mayer Amschel Rothschild
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16 September 1777-28 July 1836
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Born in Frankfurt am Main
In Era: The Napoleonic Era, Gold, securities trading and the Napoleonic Wars
on campaign in Portugal and Spain against Napoleon
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