July 26: London: Lionel (Nathan) de Rothschild takes the oath of office / British Parliament
–with covered head, substituting–in a Hebrew word for God for the ordinary form of the oath, thereby becoming the first Jewish member of the British Parliament (House of Commons branch.)
Lionel Nathan’s son Nathan Meyer de Rothschild became the first Jewish member of the House of Lords seven years later in 1865 (courtesy of Queen Victoria).