Sassoon David Sassoon
Sassoon David Sassoon | |
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Jewish Cemetery, Mile End | |
Nationality | British, Indian |
Occupation(s) | Businessman, banker, philanthropist |
Spouse | 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
Early life
Sassoon was born in August 1832 in
He was educated in biblical and
Business career
He proceeded to
Philanthropy
He served as President of a committee which had for its object the organization of an expedition to the
Personal life
At the age of 18, he married a cousin Farha 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 (equivalent to £11,300,000 in 2021).[1] Later, Flora moved to 37 Adelaide Crescent in Hove, East Sussex.[4]
References
Further reading
- Carlyle, Edward Irving (1897). Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 50. London: Smith, Elder & Co. . In
- Sassoon, Joseph (2022). The Global Merchants: The Enterprise and Extravagance of the Sassoon Dynasty. Allen Lane. ISBN 978-0-241-38864-8.