Sassoon as a name may refer to:
Surname
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 emigr ...
, a Jewish business family originating in Baghdad, Iraq, including:
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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)]
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Albert Abdullah David Sassoon (1818–1896), 1st Baronet of Kensington Gore, married Hannah Moses, daughter of Meyer Moses.
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Flora (Farha) Abraham (1856–1936), married
Solomon David Sassoon (1841–1894) (see below)
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Edward Sassoon
Sir Edward Albert Sassoon, 2nd Baronet (20 June 1856 – 24 May 1912) was a British businessman and politician.
Early life
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 ...
(1856–1912), 2nd Baronet of Kensington Gore.
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Philip Sassoon
Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, 3rd Baronet, (4 December 1888 – 3 June 1939) was a British politician, art collector, and socialite, entertaining many celebrity guests at his homes, Port Lympne Mansion, Kent, and Trent Park, North Lond ...
(1888–1939), 3rd Baronet of Kensington Gore
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Sybil Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley (1894–1989)
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Elias David Sassoon
Elias David Sassoon (27 March 1820 – 21 March 1880), an Indian merchant and banker born in Baghdad, was the second son of David Sassoon, an Iraqi-Indian philanthropist Jewish businessman involved in trade in India and the Far East, with bran ...
(1820–1880), businessman
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Jacob Elias Sassoon (1844–1916), first Baronet
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Edward Elias Sassoon
Two Sassoon baronetcies were created, in 1890 and 1909 respectively, for members of the Anglo-Indo-Iraqi and Indo-Iraqi branches of the Sassoon family of Baghdadi Jewish descent.
The Sassoon baronetcy of Kensington-gore and of Eastern-terrace wa ...
(1853–1924), 2nd Baronet of Bombay
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Victor Sassoon
Sir Ellice Victor Sassoon, 3rd Baronet, (20 December 1881 – 13 August 1961) was a businessman and hotelier from the wealthy Baghdadi Jewish Sassoon merchant and banking family.
Biography
Sir Ellice Victor Elias Sassoon was born 30 Decembe ...
(Ellice) (1881–1961), 3rd Baronet
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Sassoon David Sassoon
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 Bombay, India.William D. Rubinstein, ''The Palgrave Dictionary of An ...
(1832–1867), British Indian merchant
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James Sassoon (born 1955), British businessman and government minister.
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Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), poet.
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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 ...
(1936–2006), English scientist, electronic engineer, linguist, translator and author.
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Reuben David Sassoon
Reuben David Sassoon, MVO (1835–1905) was an English businessman.
Biography
Early life
Reuben David Sassoon was born in 1835. His father was David Sassoon (1792–1864), a Jewish trader of opium and cotton in China who served as the Tre ...
(1835–1905).
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Arthur Sassoon
Arthur Abraham David Sassoon (25 May 1840 – 13 March 1912) was an English banker and socialite.
Biography
Early life
Arthur Abraham David Sassoon was born on 25 May 1840. He was the fifth son of David Sassoon (1792–1864), a Jewish trade ...
(1840–1912)
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Solomon David Sassoon (1841–1894)
**** David Suleiman Sassoon (1880–1942) married Selina Sophie Prins, a granddaughter of
Eliezer Liepman Philip Prins
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Solomon David Sassoon
Solomon David Sassoon (1915–1985) was an educator, Rabbi, philanthropist, fundraiser, and collector of Jewish manuscripts.
Biography
Early life
Solomon David Sassoon was born in August 1915 in London.William D. Rubinstein, ''The Palgrave Dic ...
(1915–1985), Talmudic scholar and writer
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Isaac S.D. Sassoon, Sephardic Orthodox rabbi
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Frederick David Sassoon
Frederick David Sassoon (1 May 1853 – 4 May 1917) was an India-born Anglo-Jewish merchant and banker in Hong Kong and China.
Early life
Sassoon was born in Bombay, British India on 1 May 1853, Frederick David Sassoon was the eighth son of ...
(1853–1917), married the daughter of Edward L. Raphael.
Not part of the above family tree:
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Kathryn Harrison
Kathryn Harrison (born March 20, 1961, in Los Angeles, California) is an American author. She has published seven novels, two memoirs, two collections of personal essays, a travelogue, two biographies, and a book of true crime. She reviews regula ...
(born 1961), American writer, descended from the Sassoon family via her grandmother
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Rosemary Sassoon (born 1931), creator of the Sassoon series of typefaces
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Vidal Sassoon
Vidal Sassoon (17 January 1928 – 9 May 2012) was a British hairstylist, businessman, and philanthropist. He was noted for repopularising a simple, close-cut geometric hairstyle called the bob cut, worn by famous fashion designers including Ma ...
(1928–2012), English hairdresser and businessman
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Catya Sassoon
Catya "Cat" Sassoon (September 3, 1968 – January 1, 2002) was an American actress, singer and model. She was the eldest daughter of Vidal Sassoon and Beverly Adams.
Early life
The eldest of four children, Sassoon was born at the Kli ...
(1968–2002), American actress
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David Sassoon (designer) (born 1932)
Given name
*Sassoon David Sassoon (1832–1867), British Indian merchant (see surname section above)
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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 Pa ...
(1860–1932), Iraqi statesman and financier regarded in Iraq as the Father of Parliament
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Sir Sassoon David, 1st Baronet (1849–1926), Iraqi-born Indian businessman and statesman
See also
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Sassoon (disambiguation)
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