ROTHSCHILD, JAMES ARMAND DE
- ROTHSCHILD, JAMES ARMAND DE
- ROTHSCHILD, JAMES ARMAND DE (1878–1957), British politician,
Zionist and philanthropist. Born in Paris, the son of
baron edmond de rothschild , he was taken to England at an early
age and became a British subject. Rothschild served with distinction in
France during World War I and was then transferred with
the rank of major to General allenby 's staff in the Middle East.
He was sent to Palestine to recruit volunteers for the Palestinian
battalion of the jewish legion (the Royal Fusiliers). When the
zionist Commission arrived in Palestine (1918), he was seconded to
it as liaison officer, and from that time on his interest in Palestine
never flagged. In 1924 he was appointed president for life of the
newly-founded Palestine Jewish Colonization Association (pica ),
which was largely financed by his father. He also took an active
interest in other enterprises in Palestine, including the Palestine
Electric Corporation, the Hebrew University, and excavations at
hazor , which he sponsored.
In 1929 Rothschild was elected to Parliament (as Liberal member for the
Isle of Ely), and he held this seat until 1945. Although he generally
did not take a very active part in parliamentary debates, he
participated vigorously in the debates on both the Passfield and
MacDonald White Papers (see white papers ). On both occasions, he
attacked British policy, accusing it of failing to fulfill the terms of
the Mandate. In a speech on the MacDonald White Paper, Rothschild
proposed that Palestine be made into a British colony, claiming that
this was the only way to preserve the rights of both Jews and Arabs and
prevent domination of one part of the population by the other. His
effectiveness as a member of Parliament was probably hampered by the
fact that he was a Liberal, the party having only a handful of members
in Parliament. After his death, his widow informed the Israeli prime
minister of the termination of the work of PICA (which
was taken over by the Israel government). At the same time, the sum of
IL6,000,000 was donated for the construction of a new
Knesset building in Jerusalem.
-BIBLIOGRAPHY:
E. Corti, Die Rothschilds (1962), passim; Exchange of
Letters Between Mr. James A. de Rothschild, President of Pica, and Mr.
David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister of Israel (1957).
ADD. BIBLIOGRAPHY: C. Bermant, The
Cousinhood (1961), index.
(Israel Philipp)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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