by Mark Duell, Daily Mail:

British peer started his career in the family bank, NM Rothschild & Sons, in 1963
Had four children with wife Lady Serena including the financier Nat Rothschild

Lord Jacob Rothschild – the financier and member of the Rothschild banking family – has died at the age of 87, his family announced today.

The British peer, who was also well-known in the arts and heritage world, started his career in the family bank, NM Rothschild & Sons, in 1963.

He then went on to co-found the then J Rothschild Assurance Group, now St James’s Place, with Sir Mark Weinberg in 1980.