Gift of Daniel M. Friedenberg

Id no. 2002.A.241, Newspaper, English

August 03 1850, London, Great Britain

Subject(s):  Interaction, Government, Rothschild family

Lionel Rothschild was elected to Parliament in 1847 but refused to swear a Christian oath. He finally was seated only in 1858 after a new law allowed the oath to be modified.