BENZINGA: Sir Evelyn de Rothschild’s Legacy of Giving: How A Financier’s Philanthropy Still Shapes Lives Today
The clearest test of a philanthropist’s work is what keeps running as the donor’s legacy. By that measure, the giving of Sir Evelyn de Rothschild has aged well. Years after his death in 2022, at age 91, his name still appears on fellowships, scholarships, hospital wards, and conservation projects, each one funding work that continues today.
A financier who chaired N M Rothschild & Sons for nearly three decades and advised Queen Elizabeth II, Sir Evelyn de Rothschild treated charitable giving as a lifelong undertaking rather than a late-career afterthought. He directed his generosity through the family investment office he co-founded and, above all, through the foundation he started in 1967, at only 36 years old. The result is a body of work that spans medicine, education, faith, the natural world, and the welfare of children, and that has kept paying out long after he stepped back from it.
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