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The annuity stopped and Highclere's upkeep swallowed her fortune
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The annuity stopped and Highclere's upkeep swallowed her fortune
In this episode, we follow Almina Carnarvon from Mayfair birth to the cold halls of Highclere, tracing the money, the marriages, and the choices that kept a castle running. What decisions and dependencies slowly emptied a fortune once underwritten by Alfred de Rothschild?
Person: Almina Carnarvon
Date (birth): 14 April 1876
Location (death): Bristol hospital, 8 May 1969
Event: Marriage to George Herbert, 26 June 1895 at St Margaret's, Westminster
Topic: Alfred de Rothschild's financial support and the annuity ending in 1918
- Born Almina Wombwell, her legal father was Captain Frederick Wombwell while Alfred de Rothschild was the secret financier behind her life.
- Alfred provided a £500,000 marriage settlement and a £12,000-per-year annuity that sustained an aristocratic lifestyle and Highclere's upkeep.
- Alfred quietly paid Lord Carnarvon's debts before the 1895 wedding, making the Earl solvent and enabling the marriage to proceed.
- Almina repeatedly authorised funding for her husband's Egypt excavations, signing off on annual commitments without recorded hesitation.
- Alfred's death in 1918 ended the annuity; the Mayfair freehold and £50,000 remained but the steady income that had underwritten Highclere stopped.
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