Sassoon (name)

	Sassoon (name) Sassoon as a name may refer to: Surname Sassoon family, a Jewish business family originating in Baghdad, Iraq, including: * David Sassoon (David Ben Sassoon) (1792–1864)Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995) Sir Albert Abdullah David Sassoon (1818–1896), 1st Baronet of Kensington Gore, married Hannah Moses, daughter of Meyer Moses. * Flora (Farha) Abraham (1856–1936), married Solomon David Sassoon (1841–1894) (see below) Sir Edward Sassoon (1856–1912), 2nd Baronet of Kensington Gore. * Sir Philip Sassoon (1888–1939), 3rd Baronet of Kensington Gore * Sybil Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley (1894–1989) Elias David Sassoon (1820–1880), businessman * Jacob Elias Sassoon (1844–1916), first Baronet * Sir Edward Elias Sassoon (1853–1924), 2nd Baronet of Bombay ** Sir Victor Sassoon (Ellice) (1881–1961), 3rd Baronet Sassoon David Sassoon (1832–1867), British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Sassoon Family The Sassoon family, known as "Rothschilds of the East" due to the immense wealth they accumulated in finance and trade, are a family of Baghdadi Jewish descent. Originally based in Baghdad, Iraq, they later moved to Bombay, India, and then emigrated to China, England, and other countries. From the 18th century, the Sassoons were one of the wealthiest families in the world, with a corporate empire spanning the entire continent of Asia.''Siegfried Sassoon: A Biography'', Max Egremont, (London 2005) Etymology The name of the family strongly implies a local, Mesopotamian origin. The family name of Sassoon is also commonly shared by many Armenian and Kurdish families and tribes who all originate from the mountainous district of Sason (whence the family and tribal names), west of Lake Van, in upper Mesopotamia in modern Turkey. It is, however, possible that some Spanish Sephardi blood was mixed with the primarily Mesopotamian Jewish Sasoons. Origins Sassoon ben Salih (1750–1830 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	George Sassoon George Thornycroft Sassoon (30 October 1936 – 8 March 2006) was a British scientist, electronic engineer, linguist, translator and author. Early life Sassoon was the only child of the poet Siegfried Sassoon and Hester Sassoon (née Gatty), and was born in London, where his parents had rented a house to be closer to specialist help than at their home in Heytesbury, Wiltshire. He was christened at St Martin-in-the-Fields by Rev Dick Sheppard. George's father wrote playfully to Max Beerbohm in November 1936: "Will he, I wonder, become Prime Minister, Poet Laureate, Archbishop of Canterbury, or merely Editor of ''The Times Literary Supplement''? Or Master of The Quorn? Or merely Squire of Heytesbury?" In 1947, Sassoon's parents separated, and he thereafter spent much of his childhood with his mother on the Scottish island of Mull. He was educated at Greenways Preparatory School at Ashton Gifford House, near Codford in Wiltshire, then at Oundle School and King's College, Cambrid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sassoon Eskell Sir Sassoon Eskell, Order of the British Empire, KBE (17 March 1860 – 31 August 1932) was an Iraqi statesman and financier. Also known as Sassoon Effendi (from Turkish Efendi, a title meaning Lord), he was regarded in Iraq as the Father of Parliament. Sir Sassoon (Arabic: ساسون حسقيل or ساسون حزقيال) was the first Ministry of Finance (Iraq), Minister of Finance in the Kingdom and a permanent Member of Parliament until his death. Along with Gertrude Bell and T. E. Lawrence, he was instrumental in the creation and the establishment of the Kingdom of Iraq post Ottoman Empire, Ottoman rule, and he founded the nascent Iraqi government’s laws and financial structure. He was knighted by George V of the United Kingdom, King George V in 1923. King Faisal I conferred on him the Civil Rafidain Medal Grade II, the Shahinshah awarded him the Order of the Lion and the Sun, Shir-o-khorshi medal and the Ottoman Empire decorated him with the Al-Moutamayez Medal. Early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]