Evelyn de Rothschild left bank after misconduct claim

The celebrated financier Sir Evelyn de Rothschild near the slope which bears his household sanction aft an probe into intersexual misconduct successful 2003, it has emerged.

De Rothschild, who died 2 years ago, was a starring fig successful British banking, and fiscal advisor to Queen Elizabeth.

The details were published successful an interior memo circulated successful effect to a Guardian nonfiction accusing him of intersexual battle and harassment against women moving successful the slope successful the 1990s.

The memo said it recovered "no evidence" to enactment those allegations.

A spokesperson for the slope said it "does not tolerate and ne'er volition tolerate behaviour of this nature."

The memo, first published by the Daily Telegraph, said: "We discovered a azygous ailment of intersexual misconduct successful precocious 2003."

"This lawsuit was investigated immediately, dealt with appropriately, with afloat enactment for the workfellow concerned, and led to Sir Evelyn de Rothschild leaving the radical successful March 2004."

"We person recovered nary grounds of immoderate different ailment relating to Sir Evelyn," the memo added.

The Guardian study said that astatine slightest 8 sources had alleged that Sir Evelyn utilized his presumption astatine the slope to maltreatment women who worked with him.

The women felt incapable to rise their concerns astatine the clip due to the fact that of Sir Evelyn's presumption astatine the slope and successful society, the nonfiction said.

As good arsenic his relation advising the Queen, Sir Evelyn occupied a salient presumption successful British life, and was president of the Economist and connected the committee of the institution which owned the Daily Telegraph.

He spent much than 40 years astatine the household firm, including 28 years arsenic seat of NM Rothschild, the group's UK-based concern bank.

He was knighted successful 1989.