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[[File:Sassoon_David.jpg|thumb|Sir Sassoon Jacob Hai David]]
[[File:Tcitp d231 sassoon david and a j david.jpg|thumb|right|Sir Jacob Hai David Sassoon and his brother Abraham Aubrey J David]]
'''Sir Sassoon Jacob Hai David, 1st Baronet''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCSI}} (11 December 1849 – 27 November 1926) was a member of the community of [[Baghdadi Jews]] who lived in [[Bombay]] from the late 18th Century into the 20th Century. He was a [[textile manufacturing|textile mill]]-owner and merchant who also became Chairman of the [[Bank of India]].

==Life and career==
In 1867 Sir Sassoon Jacob Hai David joined the newly formed firm of his father in law, "[[E.D. Sassoon & Co.]]", which traded predominantly in India (Bombay, Karachi) and China (Hong Kong, Shanghai). In 1874 he started in Bombay his own firm, "Sassoon J. David & Co., Ltd.",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/1926/09/29/archive/sir-sassoon-jacob-david-merchant-philanthropist-dies-in-bombay-aged-77|title=Sir Sassoon Jacob David, Merchant-philanthropist, Dies in Bombay, Aged 77|publisher= Jewish Telegraphic Agency|accessdate= 7 December 2018}}</ref> which developed into a leading cotton merchant and opened branches in China (Hong Kong, Shanghai) and Japan ([[Kobe]]).<ref>"Sassoon, Hon’ble Sir David" in Conjeeveram Hayavadana Rao: "The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)"</ref> But the company also dealt in Indian [[opium]] and held the Hong Kong agency for the "South British Insurance Company" (now part of [[IAG New Zealand]]).<ref>Arnold Wright (Editor): "Twentieth Century Impressions of Hongkong, Shanghai, and other Treaty Ports of China", Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Company, London 1908, p.223</ref>

As a wealthy businessman, he was the lead promoter of the [[Bank of India]], founded in 1906, and became the bank's chairman. He served as [[Sheriff of Bombay]] for 1905 <ref>{{cite book|title=Directory Of Bombay City Province 1939|page=86}}</ref> and was created a baronet in 1911. He served on the council of the [[governor general]] of India, on the [[Imperial Legislative Council]] and the [[Bombay Municipal Corporation]] for twenty years, becoming its President in 1921. He was made [[Knight Commander of the Star of India|KCSI]] in the [[1922 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32716|supp=y|page=4322|date=2 June 1922}}</ref>

He partly financed the construction of the [[Gateway of India]].

==Family==
Sir Sassoon Jacob Hai David was the son of Jacob Isaac David, a leading member of the Jewish community who was amongst the first Jews to move to Bombay. He married Hannah Sassoon, the daughter of [[Elias David Sassoon]] and granddaughter of [[David Sassoon (treasurer)|David Sassoon]]. His eldest three sons predeceased him and he was therefore succeeded by his surviving son [[Sir Percival David, 2nd Baronet]]. Sir Sassoon Jacob Hai Davida brother, Abraham Aubrey J David (1854–?), was largely responsible for the successful built up of China business of "Sassoon J. David & Co., Ltd.".<ref>Arnold Wright (Editor): "Twentieth Century Impressions of Hongkong, Shanghai, and other Treaty Ports of China", Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Company, London 1908, p.223</ref>

==Arms==
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|escutcheon = Or a lion dormant Azure on a chief of the last two triangles interlaced between on the dexter a harp and on the sinister a lily leaved and slipped all of the first.
|crest = A harp Or between two branches of olive slipped Proper.
|motto = Deus Pastor Meus <ref>{{cite book|title=Burke's Peerage |date=1949}}</ref>}}

==See also==
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* [[David Sassoon (treasurer)|David Sassoon]]
* [[Sassoon family]]
* [[David Sassoon & Co.]]
* [[E.D. Sassoon & Co.]]
* [[History of opium in China]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{wikisource-inline|The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Sassoon, Hon’ble Sir David}}

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