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| image = Edward Sassoon Vanity Fair 1900-02-01.jpg | | 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 | | 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 | ||
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1856|6|20}} | | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1856|6|20}} | ||
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| death_place = Brighton, England | | death_place = Brighton, England | ||
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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= | 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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Edward Sassoon | |
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| Born | Edward Albert Sassoon 20 June 1856 |
| Died | 24 May 1912 (aged 55) Brighton, England |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | Philip Albert Gustave David (b. 1888) Sybil Rachel Bettie Cécile, Marchioness of Cholmondeley (b. 1894) |
| Parent(s) | Albert Sassoon Hannah Moise |
Sir Edward Albert Sassoon, 2nd Baronet (20 June 1856 – 24 May 1912) was a British businessman and politician.
Early life[edit | edit source]
A member of the Sassoon family, he was born on 20 June 1856 in Bombay, India. He was the son of Hannah Moise and Albert Abdullah David Sassoon (1818–1896). He graduated from the University of London. He served as a major in the Middlesex Yeomanry (Duke of Cambridge's Hussars).
Career[edit | edit source]
He was elected as the Liberal Unionist Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Hythe in March 1899. Active in Jewish community affairs, he served as a vice-president of Jews' College, London and the Anglo-Jewish Association.
He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1896 on the death of his father.
Wireless telegraphy bill[edit | edit source]
On 13 July 1910, Sassoon proposed a bill in the House of Commons that would make installation of wireless telegraphy on passenger ships compulsory.[1] 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.[2] It would take the sinking of the Titanic two years later and the resulting 1914 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea to make Sassoon's proposal a reality.[3]
Personal life and death[edit | edit source]
In 1887, he married Aline Caroline de Rothschild (1867–1909), daughter of Baron Gustave de Rothschild and Cécile Anspach from Paris. They had two children:
- Philip Albert Gustave David (1888–1939).
- 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[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Wireless Telegraph Installation (Passenger ships)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 13 July 1910. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ↑ Booth, John; Coughlan, Sean (1993). Titanic – Signals of Disaster. White Star Publications. p. 5. ISBN 0951819011.
- ↑ Text of the Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, Signed at London, January 20, 1914 [with Translation.], London: His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons, 1914, p. 73
External links[edit | edit source]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Edward Sassoon
- Sir Edward Sassoon in the Jewish Encyclopedia
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| Preceded by Sir James Bevan Edwards |
Member of Parliament for Hythe 1899–1912 |
Succeeded by Philip Sassoon |
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Albert Abdullah David Sassoon |
Baronet (of Kensington Gore, London) 1896–1912 |
Succeeded by Philip Sassoon |
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