Frederick David Sassoon
Born(1853-05-01)1 May 1853
Bombay, British India
Died4 May 1917(1917-05-04) (aged 64)
London, England, U.K.
Occupation(s)Merchant and banker
SpouseJeanette Raphael
Children1
Parents

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,[1] Frederick David Sassoon was the eighth son of David Sassoon, founder of the famous firm of merchant and bankers in the East, David Sassoon & Co.

Career

Sassoon spent most of his working life in Hong Kong and was unofficial member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong as the representative of the Justices of the Peace from 1884 to 1887. He became Chairman of David Sassoon & Co. in London and also Director of the Imperial Bank of Persia.[2]

Personal

He married Jeanette (Jenny) Raphael (1859–?), daughter of Edward L. Raphael from another great merchant banking dynasty.[2] They had a son named Ronald Edward David Sassoon (1895–1924), who died of a heart attack while visiting the Bagdad office of David Sassoon & Co.[3]

Frederick David Sassoon left £696,400 when he died on 14 May 1917 at 17 Knightsbridge, London.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "The Weald of Kent, Surrey & Sussex". The Weald.
  2. ^ a b Rubinstein, William D. (2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 864.
  3. ^ Stanley Jackson: ″The Sassoons - Portrait of a Dynasty″, Secon Edition, William Heinemann Ltd., London 1989, p.199, ISBN 0434370568
Business positions Preceded byHans Christian Heinrich Hoppius Chairman of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation 1878–1879 Succeeded byWilliam H. Forbes Preceded byAlexander Palmer MacEwen Chairman of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation 1885–1886 Succeeded byA. McIver Legislative Council of Hong Kong New seat Unofficial Member Representative for Justices of the Peace1884–1887 Succeeded byPaul Chater


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