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	\| caption = "[[Hythe (UK Parliament constituency)\|Hythe]]"<br>Sassoon as caricatured by Spy ([[Leslie Ward]]) in [[Vanity Fair (British magazine)\|Vanity Fair]], February 1900		\| caption = "[[Hythe (UK Parliament constituency)\|Hythe]]"<br />Sassoon as caricatured by Spy ([[Leslie Ward]]) in [[Vanity Fair (British magazine)\|Vanity Fair]], February 1900
	\| birth_name = Edward Albert Sassoon		\| birth_name = Edward Albert Sassoon
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	\| spouse = {{Marriage\|[[Aline Caroline de Rothschild]]\|1887}}		\| spouse = {{Marriage\|[[Aline Caroline de Rothschild]]\|1887}}
	\| children = [[Sir Philip Sassoon, 3rd Baronet\|Philip Albert Gustave David]] ({{abbr\|b.\|born}} 1888)<br>[[Sybil Sassoon\|Sybil Rachel Bettie Cécile, Marchioness of Cholmondeley]] ({{abbr\|b.\|born}} 1894)		\| children = [[Sir Philip Sassoon, 3rd Baronet\|Philip Albert Gustave David]] ({{abbr\|b.\|born}} 1888)<br />[[Sybil Sassoon\|Sybil Rachel Bettie Cécile, Marchioness of Cholmondeley]] ({{abbr\|b.\|born}} 1894)
	\| parents = [[Albert Sassoon]] <br/> Hannah Moise		\| parents = [[Albert Sassoon]] <br/> Hannah Moise
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	== Wireless telegraphy bill ==		== Wireless telegraphy bill ==
	On 13 July 1910, Sassoon proposed a bill in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom\|House of Commons]] that would make installation of [[wireless telegraphy]] on passenger ships compulsory.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Wireless Telegraph Installation (Passenger ships) \|work=[[Hansard]]\|url=~~http~~://~~hansard~~.~~millbanksystems~~.~~com~~/commons/1910/jul/13/wireless-telegraph-installa-tion\|~~accessdate~~=22 July 2017}}</ref> Opposition to the bill was led by [[Thomas Gibson Bowles]], who argued that the expense involved for shipping lines would make them less competitive and the bill failed.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Booth \|first1=John \|last2=Coughlan \|first2=Sean \|title=Titanic – Signals of Disaster \|year=1993\|publisher=White Star Publications\|isbn=0951819011\|page=5}}</ref> It would take the sinking of the [[RMS Titanic\|''Titanic'']] two years later and the resulting 1914 [[SOLAS Convention\|International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea]] to make Sassoon's proposal a reality.<ref>{{citation \| url = https://archive.org/details/textofconvention00inte \| title = Text of the Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, Signed at London, January 20, 1914 [with Translation.] \| publisher = His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons \| location = London \| year = 1914\|page=73}}</ref>		On 13 July 1910, Sassoon proposed a bill in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom\|House of Commons]] that would make installation of [[wireless telegraphy]] on passenger ships compulsory.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Wireless Telegraph Installation (Passenger ships) \|work=[[Hansard\|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]]\|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1910/jul/13/wireless-telegraph-installa-tion\|date=13 July 1910 \|access-date=22 July 2017}}</ref> Opposition to the bill was led by [[Thomas Gibson Bowles]], who argued that the expense involved for shipping lines would make them less competitive and the bill failed.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Booth \|first1=John \|last2=Coughlan \|first2=Sean \|title=Titanic – Signals of Disaster \|year=1993\|publisher=White Star Publications\|isbn=0951819011\|page=5}}</ref> It would take the sinking of the [[RMS Titanic\|''Titanic'']] two years later and the resulting 1914 [[SOLAS Convention\|International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea]] to make Sassoon's proposal a reality.<ref>{{citation \| url = https://archive.org/details/textofconvention00inte \| title = Text of the Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, Signed at London, January 20, 1914 [with Translation.] \| publisher = His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons \| location = London \| year = 1914\|page=73}}</ref>

	==Personal life==		==Personal life and death==
	In 1887, he married [[Aline Caroline de Rothschild]] (1867–1909), daughter of [[Gustave Samuel de Rothschild\|Baron Gustave de Rothschild]] and [[Cécile Anspach]] from Paris. They had two children:		In 1887, he married [[Aline Caroline de Rothschild]] (1867–1909), daughter of [[Gustave Samuel de Rothschild\|Baron Gustave de Rothschild]] and [[Cécile Anspach]] from Paris. They had two children:
	*[[Sir Philip Sassoon, 3rd Baronet\|Philip Albert Gustave David]] (1888–1939).		*[[Sir Philip Sassoon, 3rd Baronet\|Philip Albert Gustave David]] (1888–1939).
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{{short description|British politician}}
{{more citations needed|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| honorific-prefix = [[Baronet|Sir]]
| name = Edward Sassoon
| honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|Bt|MP}}
| image = Edward Sassoon Vanity Fair 1900-02-01.jpg
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| caption = "[[Hythe (UK Parliament constituency)|Hythe]]"<br>Sassoon as caricatured by Spy ([[Leslie Ward]]) in [[Vanity Fair (British magazine)|Vanity Fair]], February 1900
| birth_name = Edward Albert Sassoon
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1856|6|20}}
| birth_place = [[Mumbai|Bombay]], [[Company rule in India|India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1912|5|24|1856|6|20}}
| death_place = Brighton, England
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| nationality = [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]]
| spouse = {{Marriage|[[Aline Caroline de Rothschild]]|1887}}
| children = [[Sir Philip Sassoon, 3rd Baronet|Philip Albert Gustave David]] ({{abbr|b.|born}} 1888)<br>[[Sybil Sassoon|Sybil Rachel Bettie Cécile, Marchioness of Cholmondeley]] ({{abbr|b.|born}} 1894)
| parents = [[Albert Sassoon]] <br/> Hannah Moise
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'''Sir Edward Albert Sassoon, 2nd Baronet''' (20 June 1856 – 24 May 1912) was a British businessman and politician.

==Early life==
A member of the [[Sassoon family]], he was born on 20 June 1856 in [[Mumbai|Bombay, India]]. He was the son of Hannah Moise and [[Albert Sassoon|Albert Abdullah David Sassoon]] (1818–1896). He graduated from the [[University of London]]. He served as a major in the [[Yeomanry|Middlesex Yeomanry (Duke of Cambridge's Hussars)]].

==Career==
He was elected as the [[Liberal Unionist Party]] Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Hythe (UK Parliament constituency)|Hythe]] in March 1899. Active in [[Jew]]ish community affairs, he served as a vice-president of [[London School of Jewish Studies|Jews' College, London]] and the Anglo-Jewish Association.

He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1896 on the death of his father.

== Wireless telegraphy bill ==
On 13 July 1910, Sassoon proposed a bill in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] that would make installation of [[wireless telegraphy]] on passenger ships compulsory.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wireless Telegraph Installation (Passenger ships) |work=[[Hansard]]|url=http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1910/jul/13/wireless-telegraph-installa-tion|accessdate=22 July 2017}}</ref> Opposition to the bill was led by [[Thomas Gibson Bowles]], who argued that the expense involved for shipping lines would make them less competitive and the bill failed.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Booth |first1=John |last2=Coughlan |first2=Sean |title=Titanic – Signals of Disaster |year=1993|publisher=White Star Publications|isbn=0951819011|page=5}}</ref> It would take the sinking of the [[RMS Titanic|''Titanic'']] two years later and the resulting 1914 [[SOLAS Convention|International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea]] to make Sassoon's proposal a reality.<ref>{{citation | url = https://archive.org/details/textofconvention00inte | title = Text of the Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, Signed at London, January 20, 1914 [with Translation.] | publisher = His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons | location = London | year = 1914|page=73}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In 1887, he married [[Aline Caroline de Rothschild]] (1867–1909), daughter of [[Gustave Samuel de Rothschild|Baron Gustave de Rothschild]] and [[Cécile Anspach]] from Paris. They had two children:
*[[Sir Philip Sassoon, 3rd Baronet|Philip Albert Gustave David]] (1888–1939).
*[[Sybil Sassoon|Sybil Rachel Bettie Cécile, Marchioness of Cholmondeley]] (1894–1989).

He died in 1912 at the age of fifty-five. His body was placed in a mausoleum in an Indian style, behind his house at Eastern Terrace, [[Brighton]]. The [[Sassoon Mausoleum]] had been built in 1876 by his father as a family resting place. However, there were no more burials after 1933, when it was emptied and sold, becoming first a furniture store, then a decorator's, next a restaurant and finally the ballroom of the ''Hanbury Arms'' [[public house]]. In 2006, the building was again sold to be converted to a private members' club.

His great-great-grandson is actor [[Jack Huston]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Hansard-contribs | sir-edward-sassoon | Sir Edward Sassoon }}
* [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=269&letter=S Sir Edward Sassoon in the Jewish Encyclopedia]

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| before = Sir [[James Bevan Edwards]]
| after = [[Sir Philip Sassoon, 3rd Baronet|Philip Sassoon]]
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| title = [[Sassoon Baronets|Baronet]]<br />'''(of Kensington Gore, London)'''
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| before = [[Albert Abdullah David Sassoon]]
| after = [[Sir Philip Sassoon, 3rd Baronet|Philip Sassoon]]
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