A member of this family named Lionel was denied seating in the House of Commons three times since he refused to take a Christian oath. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this European family who, in collaboration with the Baring Brothers, imported foodstuff into Ireland during the famine between 1845 and 1849 and founded the British Relief Association.
ANSWER: Rothschild family [accept Lionel Rothschild]
[10m] Lionel’s grandson, Walter Rothschild, was the addressed recipient of this document, which Gertrude Bell called a “nightmare” and Lord Curzon opposed over language regarding a proposed “national home.”
ANSWER: Balfour Declaration
[10e] Lionel Rothschild loaned the British government money to purchase Egyptian shares in a company that operated this structure, which linked maritime trade from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
ANSWER: Suez Canal [or Qanāt es-Suwais]
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