Sassoon as a name may refer to:

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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 emig ...

, 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 Sir Albert Abdullah David Sassoon, 1st Baronet, (25 July 181824 October 1896) was a Baghdad-born businessman and philanthropist. Biography Life and career Sassoon was born on 25 July 1818 in Baghdad, Ottoman Empire, into the Sassoon family o ...

(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) Solomon David Sassoon (1841–1894) was a Baghdadi Jewish Indian businessman and philanthropist. Biography Early life Solomon David Sassoon was born in Bombay, India in 1841. Career He went to China as an assistant to his father David Sassoon, ...

(see below) ** Sir Edward Sassoon (1856–1912), 2nd Baronet of Kensington Gore. *** Sir

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 L ...

(1888–1939), 3rd Baronet of Kensington Gore ***

Sybil Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley Sybil Rachel Betty Cecile Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley (born Sybil Rachel Betty Cecile Sassoon; 30 January 1894 – 26 December 1989), styled Countess of Rocksavage from 1913 to 1923, was a British socialite, patron of the arts, ...

(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 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 Decemb ...

(Ellice) (1881–1961), 3rd Baronet **

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 Ang ...

(1832–1867), British Indian merchant ******

James Sassoon James Meyer Sassoon, Baron Sassoon, (born 11 September 1955) is a British businessman and politician. After a career in the financial sector he served in various roles in HM Treasury, the UK's finance ministry, from 2002 to 2008, at which point ...

(born 1955), British businessman and government minister. ****

Siegfried Sassoon Siegfried Loraine Sassoon (8 September 1886 – 1 September 1967) was an English war poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both describ ...

(1886–1967), poet. ***** George Sassoon (1936–2006), English scientist, electronic engineer, linguist, translator and author. ** Reuben David Sassoon (1835–1905). ** Arthur Sassoon (1840–1912) **

**** David Suleiman Sassoon (1880–1942) married Selina Sophie Prins, a granddaughter of Eliezer Liepman Philip Prins **** Rabbi

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 ***** Rabbi Isaac S.D. Sassoon, Sephardic Orthodox rabbi ** Frederick David Sassoon (1853–1917), married the daughter of Edward L. Raphael. Not part of the above family tree: * Kathryn Harrison (born 1961), American writer, descended from the Sassoon family via her grandmother * Rosemary Sassoon (born 1931), creator of the Sassoon series of typefaces *

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 ** Catya Sassoon (1968–2002), American actress * David Sassoon (designer) (born 1932)

Given name

*Sassoon David Sassoon (1832–1867), British Indian merchant (see surname section above) *

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 *

Sir Sassoon David, 1st Baronet Sir Sassoon Jacob Hai David, 1st Baronet, (11 December 1849 – 27 November 1926) was an Indian merchant who was a member of the community of Baghdadi Jews who lived in Bombay from the late 19th Century into the 20th Century. He was a textile ...

(1849–1926), Iraqi-born Indian businessman and statesman

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