While he was managing director of N M Rothschild & Sons from 1981 to 1990, he was an informal advisor to Margaret Thatcher on economic policy.
[2] At the outset of World War II, he was evacuated to the United States, where he finished his education at the Kent School in Connecticut.
[2] During Margaret Thatcher's prime ministerial years, he served as an informal advisor to HM Treasury.
[3] His career came to an end due to unsafe loans he made to Alan Shephard, an American businessman.
His granddaughter Dr. Flora Richardson married Richard de la Poer Beresford, Earl of Tyrone, heir of the Marquess of Waterford, in 2017.
[2][4] He was the master of the Crawley and Horsham Hunt and summered on the Isle of Wight, where he enjoyed sailing.