Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery

Hannah de Rothschild was the daughter of Baron Mayer de Rothschild and his wife Juliana. After inheriting her father’s fortune in 1874, she became the richest woman in Britain. In 1878, Hannah de Rothschild married Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery. Her marriage into the aristocracy gave her the social cachet in an antisemitic society.