when weeds will spread over the garden, the terraces crumble into dust, the pictures and cabinets cross the Channel or the Atlantic, and the melancholy cry of the nigh-jar sound from the deserted towers" - Ferdinand de Rothschild, 1897Miss Alice, in turn, bequeathed the estate to their nephew, James Armand de Rothschild. Following James' death, the manor passed to the National Trust. References Sources Mrs James de Rothschild - Rothschilds at Waddesdon Manor (Collins, 1979) Thornton, Dora (2015), A Rothschild Renaissance: The Waddesdon Bequest, 2015, British Museum Press, External links Waddesdon Manor The Waddesdon Collection and Archives The Waddesdon Bequest at the British Museum Renaissance jewels - authentic or forgery? blog article Major initiatives of the Rothschild Foundation 1839 births 1898 deaths English art collectors High Sheriffs of Buckinghamshire Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 People from Aylesbury Austrian Empire Jews Ferninand Trustees of the British Museum Jewish British politicians Liberal Unionist Party MPs for English constituencies Austro-Hungarian emigrants to England Austrian Empire emigrants to the United Kingdom Nobility from Vienna Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom Waddesdon Manor