British financier, philanthropist, and senior figure in the Rothschild banking dynasty who died in November 2022 at the age of 91. Evelyn de Rothschild and his daughter Hannah were among the Rothschild family members whose contact information appeared in Jeffrey Epstein's black book. His wife, Lynn Forester de Rothschild, has acknowledged a friendship with Epstein dating to the early 1990s, when she was introduced to him during her divorce from politician Andrew Stein.
According to Ghislaine Maxwell's account, it was Lynn Forester de Rothschild who introduced Prince Andrew to Epstein. Peter Mandelson was introduced to Epstein at a house owned by the de Rothschilds in Martha's Vineyard. Evelyn de Rothschild was chairman of N M Rothschild and Sons from 1976 to 2003 and was knighted in 1989.
The Rothschild name appears throughout the Epstein files in contexts relating to social circles that overlapped with Epstein's in London and the United States.