Social Victorians/People/Sassoon Family

Also Known As

• Family name: Sassoon
• Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sassoon
• Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sassoon
• Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Sassoon and the Misses Sassoon

Overview

In his 1925 biography of Edward VII, Sidney Lee says that in a context in which anti-Semitism was openly expressed,

The King’s inner circle of friends also included three of the Sassoon brothers, a Jewish family of mixed descent. The eldest brother, Albert, was created a baronet in 1890, and the second, Sir Edward Albert Sassoon, who had married Aline, the daughter of Baron Gustave de Rothschild, in 1887,¹ succeeded to his brother’s title in 1896. Their half-brothers were Sassoon Sassoon (1832–67), the ancestor of the Sassoons of Ashley Park, and Reuben and Arthur. Arthur Sassoon, who had a shooting lodge at Tulchan, Advie, N.B., where he was reckoned among Highland deerstalkers with the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, was a splendid host, and was most ably assisted by his wife, a daughter of Achille Perugia of Trieste. With Edward Albert, Reuben, and Arthur Sassoon the King was most friendly, often visiting their country houses. The King had a high appreciation of their financial gifts, and Sir Almeric Fitzroy relates that at a “very pleasant luncheon at Hampden House,” on 15th March 1904, the Duke of Abercorn humorously represented that the King would be well pleased with a new ministry in which Lord Esher was Prime Minister, Reuben Sassoon Chancellor of Exchequer, “with Knollys in a prominent position as Secretary of State.”² Possibly in such a ministry both the Marquis de Soveral and Sir Ernest Cassel might have found appropriate positions.

fn 1 Sir Philip Sassoon, third Baronet, is their son.

fn 2 Memoirs, p. 193.

Timeline

1853, David Sassoon (October 1792 – 5 November 1864) became a naturalized citizen.

c. 1873 or shortly after, Sir Albert Abdallah David Sassoon, 1st. Bart. moved to London.

1887, Aline Caroline de Rothschild and Sir Albert Edward Sassoon, 2nd Bt. married.

1890, Queen Victoria conferred a baronetcy on Sir Albert Abdallah David Sassoon.

1897 July 2, a number of Sassoons attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House:

1. Louise (Mrs. Arthur) Sassoon, at 201.
2. Mr. Arthur Sassoon, at 552.
3. Reuben David (Mr. R.) Sassoon, at 532.
4. Louise Judith Sassoon (Miss Sassoon), at 533.

Demographics

• Nationality: David Sassoon: Ottoman Empire; British India. All these sons: British
• Religion: Jewish

Family

• David Sassoon (October 1792 – 7 November 1864)
• Hannah Joseph ( – 1826)

1. Sir Albert Abdallah David Sassoon, Bart. (25 July 1818 – October 1896)
2. Elias [not sure of mother]

• Farhah Hyeem ( – 1886)

1. Sassoon David Sassoon (1832–1867) [not sure of sequence or person]
2. Reuben David Sassoon (1835–1905)
3. Arthur Abraham David Sassoon (1840–)
4. Aaron ()
5. Solomon David Sassoon (1841–1894) [?]
6. Frederick ()
7. plus 4 daughters

• Sir Albert (Abdallah) David Sassoon, 1st. Bart. (25 July 1818 – October 1896)
• Hannah Meyer Moise [sometimes Moses] ( –1895)

1. Joseph (1843–1884)
2. Sir "Edward" Albert Edward Sassoon, 2nd Bt. (20 June 1856 – 24 May 1912)
3. [daughter 1]
4. [daughter 2]
5. [daughter 3]

• Sir Albert Edward Sassoon, 2nd Bt. (20 June 1856 – 24 May 1912)
• Aline Caroline de Rothschild (1867–1909)

1. Sybil Rachel Betty Cecile Sassoon (20 January 1894 – 26 December 1989)

• Arthur Abraham David Sassoon (25 May 1840 – 13 March 1912)
• Louise (Eugenie Louise) Perugia (1854-1943)

Bibliography

• Jacobs, Joseph, Goodman Lipkind, and J. Hyams. "Sassoon." Jewish Encyclopedia. 1906. http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/13218-sassoon (accessed June 2019).
• "Solomon David Sassoon (1841–1894)." Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_David_Sassoon_(1841–1894).