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'''Solomon David Sassoon''' (1841–1894) was a [[Baghdadi Jews|Baghdadi Jewish]] [[India]]n businessman and philanthropist.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
===Early life===<br />
Solomon David Sassoon was born in [[Bombay]], [[India]] in 1841.<ref name="jewishencyclopedia">[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/13218-sassoon#anchor7 Jewish Encyclopedia]</ref><br />
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===Career===<br />
He went to [[China]] as an assistant to his father [[David Sassoon (treasurer)|David Sassoon]], and later served as head of [[David Sassoon & Co.]] until his death.<ref name="jewishencyclopedia"/> He also served as Chairman of the Sassoon Spinning and Weaving Co. and the Sassoon and Alliance Silk Co..<ref name="jewishencyclopedia"/> He also served as Chairman of the Board of the Port Canning and Land Improvement Co. and the Oriental Life Assurance Co., two [[Joint-stock company|Joint-stock companies]].<ref name="jewishencyclopedia"/><br />
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He sat on the Board of Directors of the [[Bank of Bombay]] and the [[Mumbai Port Trust]].<ref name="jewishencyclopedia"/> [[Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet]] (1832–1907) appointed him twice to the Council of the Governor of Bombay.<ref name="jewishencyclopedia"/><br />
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===Philanthropy===<br />
He was President of the Bombay branch of the [[Anglo-Jewish Association]] from 1894.<ref name="jewishencyclopedia"/><ref name="universal">Isaac Landman, ''The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia ...: An Authoritative and Popular Presentation of Jews and Judaism Since the Earliest Times'', 1943, Volume 9, p. 375 [books.google.co.uk/books?id=XZ4YAAAAIAAJ&q="Flora+Sassoon"+1859–1936&dq="Flora+Sassoon"+1859–1936&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-eBYUsijL4Kx0QWKkYC4Dg&ved=0CF0Q6AEwCA]</ref> An [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jew]], he had a private synagogue in his home.<ref name="universal"/><br />
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===Personal life===<br />
He married [[Flora Sassoon]] (1859–1936).<ref name="jwa">[http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/sassoon-flora Jewish Women's Archive: Flora Sassoon]</ref> They had three children:<br />
* [[David Solomon Sassoon]] (1880–1942; had a son, [[Solomon David Sassoon]] (1915–1985), and grandson, [[Isaac S.D. Sassoon]])<ref name="jwa"/><br />
* [[Rachel Sassoon Ezra]] (1877–1952, married [[David Elias Ezra| Sir David Ezra]])<ref name="jwa"/><br />
* Mozelle (1884–1921)<ref name="jwa"/><br />
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He died in Bombay in 1894.<ref name="jewishencyclopedia"/> After his death, his wife Flora took over David Sassoon & Co. and eventually moved to [[England]] with the children.<ref name="jwa"/><br />
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