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Rothschilds were the economic Lords and were controlling the commercial world from London.
Nathan Mayer Rothschild was the figure head of the family controlling the business empire.
In 1841 the 36-year old nephew of Nathan Mayer Rothschild, Maurice (born Moritz) Worms, set sail from London for the Far East.
But it was to Ceylon that he returned, seeing there a new and potentially profitable life for himself. He bought a substantial piece of land at Pussellawa.
He now invited his brother Gabriel to join him. Gabriel had been a merchant in Paris but after the July Revolution of 1830 had joined Maurice on the London Stock Exchange. Together, they now set up as G. and M.B. Worms.
The thousand acres which he and Gabriel bought represented a promising investment and, although no evidence has yet been found, the fact that he chose to call this new estate Rothschild suggests that his London cousins had some part in the funding. The Rothschild plantation was big; the average coffee estate in Ceylon was under 200 acres. Indeed, with its neighbour, the Delta plantation, managed by the Sabonadière brothers, it was the largest on the island.
In December 1839, just a year or more before Maurice’s arrival in Ceylon, experiments were being made in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Peradeniya, just outside Kandy. A small batch of tea-seeds, sent from Assam in India, was sown
in that same year the very first commercial crop of tea from Assam had been sold on the London markets, breaking the centuries-old Chinese monopoly.
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‘Cousins in Ceylon’
Victor Gray and Ismeth Raheem explain a curious and lasting
Rothschild connection with Sri Lanka
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Sorry for the long introduction to Ceylon Tea and Rothschild connection but the same Rothschild estate now belongs to FLCH.
Yet the amazing fact is that FLCH is still a large tea producer of the country.
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Nathan Mayer Rothschild was the figure head of the family controlling the business empire.
In 1841 the 36-year old nephew of Nathan Mayer Rothschild, Maurice (born Moritz) Worms, set sail from London for the Far East.
But it was to Ceylon that he returned, seeing there a new and potentially profitable life for himself. He bought a substantial piece of land at Pussellawa.
He now invited his brother Gabriel to join him. Gabriel had been a merchant in Paris but after the July Revolution of 1830 had joined Maurice on the London Stock Exchange. Together, they now set up as G. and M.B. Worms.
The thousand acres which he and Gabriel bought represented a promising investment and, although no evidence has yet been found, the fact that he chose to call this new estate Rothschild suggests that his London cousins had some part in the funding. The Rothschild plantation was big; the average coffee estate in Ceylon was under 200 acres. Indeed, with its neighbour, the Delta plantation, managed by the Sabonadière brothers, it was the largest on the island.
In December 1839, just a year or more before Maurice’s arrival in Ceylon, experiments were being made in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Peradeniya, just outside Kandy. A small batch of tea-seeds, sent from Assam in India, was sown
in that same year the very first commercial crop of tea from Assam had been sold on the London markets, breaking the centuries-old Chinese monopoly.
Article Information
‘Cousins in Ceylon’
Victor Gray and Ismeth Raheem explain a curious and lasting
Rothschild connection with Sri Lanka
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
===============================================================================
Sorry for the long introduction to Ceylon Tea and Rothschild connection but the same Rothschild estate now belongs to FLCH.
Yet the amazing fact is that FLCH is still a large tea producer of the country.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Last edited by yellow knife on Fri Oct 02, 2015 4:47 pm; edited 1 time in total
untill this news comes out (plantations bought by Damro) that takes it to 1.6-1.7.
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