His tragic suicide in 1923 when he was 46 years old was a terrible shock to his wife and four children.

In the evening, the Rothschilds might go together to a concert or a dinner party, but Charles really preferred to sort out his butterflies. He was also very interested in the gold refinery operated by Rothschilds and invented all sorts of things for collecting gold, and working on gold from a scientific point of view.

Charles, who worked in the family’s banking business was a dedicated naturalist in his spare time: the young couple had met on a butterfly-collecting trip in the Carpathian Mountains.Ĭharles went to Rothschild's Bank every morning despite all his interest in science and in natural history, he never missed a day. She married Charles Rothschild, a member of the Rothschild banking family of England, on 6 February 1907, and they lived at Tring and in London. Rozsika had been a champion lawn tennis player in Hungary. Every day she had a Hungarian newspaper, a German newspaper, an English newspaper, and quite often a French one, too, and she read all the political articles in these papers.

Each eye had a purple ring to it, and they could flicker strangely. She was a very beautiful woman with dark brown eyes. Rozsika Edle von Wertheimstein (1870-30 June 1940), whose family was the first Jewish family in Europe to be ennobled, was born in 1870 at Nagyvarad, Hungary (now the Romanian city of Oradea), the daughter of a retired army officer, Captain Alfred Edler von Wertheimstein. Married Charles Rothschild (-), 6 February 1907 WERTHEIMSTEIN, ROZSIKA von (Rozsika Edle Von Wertheimstein)īorn 15 October 1870 in Nagyvarad, Hungary (nowadays Oradea in Romania) The New England tennis landscape is blessed to have Dorothy Snow Bicknell on the scene.' Known as much, if not more, for her tireless volunteering and fundraising for almost any good cause, perhaps a quote submitted on her behalf to the Hall of Fame committee describes Dolly best: 'Her contributions to tennis and society speak volumes of Dolly's dedication, discipline and character, of a woman who enjoys giving back and making a difference. Her teaching career began in 1969 and in 1974 she joined the staff at the Kingsbury Club (formerly the Pilgrim Tennis Club) shortly after it opened and has been an icon ever since. Although she was periodically ranked #1 in the singles of various age groups, Dolly was always more comfortable playing doubles, where she held the #1 ranking throughout each age group-even through the Women's events. Dolly began playing competitively at age 11 and was ranked in the New England juniors from that time on. A 2012 inductee into the New England Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, Dolly Snow Bicknell as always had tennis as an important part of her life.

Pam Plays Doubles by Jean MacGibbon