Lionel Walter Rothschild (1868–1937) - wikipedia 
- **Full Name & Title:** Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild.
# Background - A member of the famous Rothschild banking family. - Used his personal wealth to amass one of the largest zoological collections ever assembled by a single person (over 2 million specimens).
# Career Highlights - Founded the *Zoological Museum at Tring* (now part of the Natural History Museum, London). * Described or co-described numerous new species across various animal groups. - Employed leading natural history artists and scientists to produce lavishly illustrated monographs.
# Ornithological Focus - Passionate about birds, especially rare and unusual species. - Published extensively in ornithology and entomology.
# Quirks
- Famously eccentric—kept exotic animals like cassowaries, kangaroos, and zebras at Tring; even trained zebras to pull a carriage.
Walter Rothschild with his famed zebra carriage, which he drove to Buckingham Palace to demonstrate the tame character of zebras to the public - wikimedia 
- Despite a privileged background, was intensely focused on cataloging biodiversity.