Nathan's grandson, Nathaniel Mayer, 1st Lord Rothschild (1840-1915) took his responsibilities and duties as head of the family and as lay head of Anglo-Jewry seriously and throughout his life, he and his wife Emma, Lady Rothschild (1844-1937) made donations and endowments (totalling many millions of pounds in today's money) to a staggering range of of charities, organisations, societies and groups encompassing health, education, social welfare, and leisure activities, both Jewish and non-Jewish alike.
On the occasion of Lord Rothschild's 70th birthday, on 8 November 1910, he received many testimonials and votes of thanks from the committees, trustees and boards of organisations that enjoyed his patronage and support. Many of these documents were miniature works of art. The pages that follow celebrate these grand birthday cards, and explores the organiations that created them.
