978

2 Ferguson, The House of Rothschild: The World's Banker 1849–1998, p. 247.



979

3 Carnarvon, No Regrets, p. 6.



980

4 Greenwood, Highclere Castle, «Smoking Room»: «The table was probably brought 
to Highclere by the fifth Countess who was an illegitimate daughter of the 
wealthy Alfred de Rothschild».



981

5 Identified by the authors during a visit to Highclere on Friday, 3 August 
2001.



982

6 Ferguson, p. 247; Carnarvon, pp. 6, 115.



983

7 Ibid., p. 21.



984

8 Ibid.



985

9 Hyde, Norman Birkett: The Life of Lord Birkettpf Ulverston, p. 149.



986

10 Ibid.



987

11 Ibid., pp. 133-56.



988

12 Personal interview between Tony Leadbetter, a surviving godson of Almina, 
Countess of Carnarvon, and the authors on 3 August 2001.



989

13 Ibid..



990