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A house owned by this family lends its name to the Waddesdon Bequest made to the British Museum. A member of this family who co-founded the British Relief Association (20[1])helped secure British control of the Suez Canal (20[1])but was thrice denied a (20[1])Parliament (20[2])seat. (20[2])A member of this family (20[1])chose not to sail across the English Channel after a carrier pigeon legendarily (20[3])delivered (20[1])the outcome (20[1])at Waterloo. (20[5]0[1])This (20[2])family (20[1])built the first (20[1])railway in (*) Austria (10[1])and rose to prominence under Frankfurt native Mayer (10[1])Amschel. Adolphe Thiers' government (0[1])received two "liberty loans" from this (0[1])family. Lionel, a (10[1])member of this (10[1])family, was the first (10[1])member of his religion to serve in (10[1])Parliament. (10[1]0[1])For 10 points, name this prominent Jewish banking (10[1]0[1])family. (10[1])■END■ (10[8]0[6])

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