Sassoon (name) explained

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)^[1]
  • 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 Indian merchant
    • • • • James Sassoon (born 1955), British businessman and government minister.
      • Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), poet.
        • George Sassoon (1936–2006), English scientist, electronic engineer, linguist, translator and author.
  • Reuben David Sassoon (1835–1905).
  • Arthur Sassoon (1840–1912)
  • Solomon David Sassoon (1841–1894)
    • • David Suleiman Sassoon (1880–1942) married Selina Sophie Prins, a granddaughter of Eliezer Liepman Philip Prins
      • Rabbi Solomon David Sassoon (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 (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 (1860–1932), Iraqi statesman and financier regarded in Iraq as the Father of Parliament
• Sir Sassoon David, 1st Baronet (1849–1926), Iraqi-born Indian businessman and statesman

See also

• Sassoon (disambiguation)

Notes and References

1. Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995)