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| birth_date = 1832 | | birth_date = 1832 | ||
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[ | | birth_place = [[Mumbai|Bombay]], [[Company rule in India|India]] | ||
| death_date = 1867 | | death_date = 1867 | ||
| death_place = [[Langham Hotel, London]], UK | | death_place = [[Langham Hotel, London]], UK | ||
| resting_place = [[Jewish cemeteries in London|Jewish Cemetery, Mile End]] | | resting_place = [[Jewish cemeteries in London|Jewish Cemetery, Mile End]] | ||
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| nationality = British, Indian | |||
| nationality = British | |||
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| education = | | education = | ||
| employer = | | employer = | ||
| occupation = Businessman | | occupation = Businessman, banker, philanthropist | ||
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| parents = [[David Sassoon (treasurer)|David Sassoon]]<br/>Farha Hayim or Hyeem | | parents = [[David Sassoon (treasurer)|David Sassoon]]<br/>Farha Hayim or Hyeem | ||
| relatives = | | relatives = [[Sassoon family]] | ||
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'''Sassoon David Sassoon''' (August 1832 – 24 June 1867) was a British businessman, banker and philanthropist. | '''Sassoon David Sassoon''' (August 1832 – 24 June 1867) was a [[British Indians|British Indian]] businessman, banker, and philanthropist. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Early life=== | ===Early life=== | ||
Sassoon was born in August 1832 in [[Bombay]], India.<ref name="palgrave">William D. Rubinstein, ''The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History'', Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, p. 865 [https://books.google.com/books?id=_T_HCg17ufIC&pg=PA864]</ref><ref name="jewishencyclopedia">[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/13218-sassoon Jewish Encyclopedia]</ref> He was a member of the [[Sassoon family]]. His father was [[David Sassoon (treasurer)|David Sassoon]] (1792–1864), a leading trader of [[cotton]] and [[opium]] who served as the treasurer of Baghdad between 1817 and 1829, and his mother was Farha Hayim of [[Baghdad]].<ref name="palgrave"/> He suffered from poor health from infancy but travelled widely.<ref>Gentleman's Magazine, London, Obituary: 24 June 1867</ref> | |||
He was educated in biblical and [[Talmudic]] lore in Baghdad.<ref name="jewishencyclopedia"/> He also spoke several [[Oriental languages]] with great fluency.<ref name="jewishencyclopedia"/> | He was educated in biblical and [[Talmudic]] lore in Baghdad.<ref name="jewishencyclopedia"/> He also spoke several [[Oriental languages]] with great fluency.<ref name="jewishencyclopedia"/> | ||
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==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
*{{cite DNB |wstitle=Sassoon, Albert Abdullah David |volume=50 |first=Edward Irving |last=Carlyle}} | *{{cite DNB |wstitle=Sassoon, Albert Abdullah David |volume=50 |first=Edward Irving |last=Carlyle}} | ||
*{{Cite book |last1=Sassoon |first1=Joseph |title=The Global Merchants: The Enterprise and Extravagance of the Sassoon Dynasty |date=2022 |publisher=Allen Lane |isbn=978-0-241-38864-8}} | |||
{{Authority control}} | {{Authority control}} | ||
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Sassoon David Sassoon | |
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 David Sassoon (seated) and sons. Sassoon David Sassoon is on the right | |
| Born | 1832 |
| Died | 1867 |
| Resting place | Jewish Cemetery, Mile End |
| Nationality | British, Indian |
| Occupation | Businessman, banker, philanthropist |
| Spouse(s) | Flora (Fahra) Reuben |
| Parent(s) | David Sassoon Farha Hayim or Hyeem |
| Relatives | Sassoon family |
Sassoon David Sassoon (August 1832 – 24 June 1867) was a British Indian businessman, banker, and philanthropist.
Biography[edit]
Early life[edit]
Sassoon was born in August 1832 in Bombay, India.[1][2] He was a member of the Sassoon family. His father was David Sassoon (1792–1864), a leading trader of cotton and opium who served as the treasurer of Baghdad between 1817 and 1829, and his mother was Farha Hayim of Baghdad.[1] He suffered from poor health from infancy but travelled widely.[3]
He was educated in biblical and Talmudic lore in Baghdad.[2] He also spoke several Oriental languages with great fluency.[2]
Business career[edit]
He proceeded to Shanghai, where he conducted the mercantile operations of the Chinese branch of the firm of David Sassoon, Sons & Co.[2] He went to London in 1858, where he opened a bank on Leadenhall Street.[1][2] The business grew exponentially during the American Civil War, as they suddenly became the main suppliers of cotton to British spinning mills and the British market.[1]
Philanthropy[edit]
He served as President of a committee which had for its object the organization of an expedition to the Jews in China, Abyssinia, and the East. He was also a member of the council of Jews' College and of the committee of the Jews' Free School, which two institutions he munificently endowed.[1] He was also a warden of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue.[1] For several years, he acted as examiner in Hebrew to the Jews' Free School.[citation needed]
Personal life[edit]
At the age of 18, he married a cousin Fahra Reuben (1838–1919) of Mumbai, daughter of Solomon Reuben Sassoon of Baghdad.[1] She later changed her name to Flora in England. They had four children giving rise to his grandchildren as follows:
- Joseph Sassoon Sassoon (1855–1918; married Louise de Gunzburg, a daughter of Horace Günzburg
- Sassoon Joseph Sassoon (1885-1922), army officer
- Arthur Meyer Sassoon, army officer
- Frederick Sassoon, army officer
- 4 other grandchildren
- Rachel Sassoon (later Beer), editor, (1858–1927; married Frederick Arthur Beer, son of Julius Beer).[1]
- Alfred Ezra Sassoon (1861–1895; married Theresa Thornycroft
- Michael Thorneycroft Sassoon (1884-1969)
- Siegfried Sassoon
- Hamo Watts Sassoon, army officer, (1887 - killed 1 Nov 1915)
- Frederick Meyer Sassoon (1862–1889)
- two granddaughters
They lived at Ashley Park in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey and equally at 17 Cumberland Terrace next to Regent's Park in St Pancras, London.[1] He died in 1867 in London, leaving an estate of £120,000 (Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=GBP (parameter 1) not a recognized index.).[1] Later, Flora moved to 37 Adelaide Crescent in Hove, East Sussex.[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 William D. Rubinstein, The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, p. 865 [1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Jewish Encyclopedia
- ↑ Gentleman's Magazine, London, Obituary: 24 June 1867
- ↑ National Anglo-Jewish Heritage Trail: Brighton & Hove
Further reading[edit]
- Carlyle, Edward Irving (1897). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 50. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Sassoon, Joseph (2022). The Global Merchants: The Enterprise and Extravagance of the Sassoon Dynasty. Allen Lane. ISBN 978-0-241-38864-8.
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