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Sir Albert Abdullah David Sassoon, 1st Baronet, KCB, CSI, (25 July 1818 – 24 October 1896) was a British Indian businessman and philanthropist.
Biography
Early life
Sir Albert was born on 25 July 1818 in Baghdad. He was a member of the Sassoon family. His father, David Sassoon (1792–1864), was a leading Baghdad merchant and a treasurer under Ahmet Pasha, the Governor of Baghdad. However, he fled after he was implicated in a corruption scandal, moving from Baghdad to Bushire, in Iran and settled in Bombay in 1832, where he founded a large banking and mercantile business. David Sassoon's business acumen soon made him one of the richest men in Bombay.
Albert Sassoon was educated in India.
Career
After his father's death, he served as Head of the firm on his father's death.
Philanthropy
He was a major benefactor to the city of Bombay; among his gifts were the Sassoon Dock completed in 1875, and a handsome proportion of the cost of Elphinstone High School.
In 1867 Sasoon was made a Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI) and in 1872 a Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath (KCB). In 1873 he visited England and received the freedom of the city of London. Shortly afterwards he settled in England, and was created Baronet Sassoon in 1890.
Death
He died in Brighton in 1896, aged 78. He built and was buried in the Sassoon Mausoleum; in 1933 his body was removed and reburied in the Willesden Jewish Cemetery in London.
References
- "No. 26019". The London Gazette. 31 January 1890.
- Sharman Kadish, Jewish Heritage in England: an Architectural Guide (English Heritage, 2006, pp. 77-78
- Sassoon: the worlds of Philip and Sybil, Peter Stansky, Yale University Press, 2003, p. 16
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| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded byNew creation | Baronet (of Kensington Gore) 1890 – 1896 |
Succeeded byEdward Sassoon |
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty|title=(help)
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