Albert Sassoon
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Sir Albert Abdullah David Sassoon, 1st Baronet, was a Baghdad-born businessman and philanthropist.
1879 caricature by "Spy" of Albert Sassoon "The Indian Rothschild" from Vanity Fair
The Sassoon Mausoleum in Kemptown, Brighton
Sassoon family
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The Sassoon family were a wealthy Baghdadi Jewish dynasty, associated with finance, banking, capital markets, the exploration of oil and gas, Judaism, Conservative politics, opium trading and philanth
Albert Sassoon
…July 1818 – 24 October 1896) was a Baghdad-born businessman and philanthropist. Sassoon was born on 25 July 1818 in Baghdad, Ottoman Empire, into the Sassoon family of Baghdadi Jews. His father was David Sassoon (1792–1864). He was educated in British India. After his father's death, he served as head of his family's…
Sassoon House, Shanghai, China
David Sassoon (seated) and his sons Elias David, Albert (Abdallah) & Sassoon David
The Sassoon Docks, Mumbai, India
Tomb of David Sassoon, Pune, India