Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, 3rd Baronet was a British politician and aristocrat. He served as a staff officer during the First World War, from July 1914 to November 1918.
Sir Philip Sassoon as a staff officer during the First World War
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig and Sir Philip Sassoon in Haig's office on a train, probably in France. It appears to have been taken on the same date as the photograph titled 'Haig in his office on a train', probably in the summer or autumn of 1918.
Sir Philip Sassoon, John Singer Sargent, 1923
D.2 Gull Four (G-ACGR) displayed in the Brussels War Museum in prewar colours and racing number as it was flown by Sassoon in the 1933 King's Cup Race
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
Philip Sassoon
…and aristocrat. He served as a staff officer during the First World War, from July 1914 to November 1918. Sassoon was a member of the prominent Jewish Sassoon family and Rothschild family. He was born in his mother's mansion on Avenue de Marigny, Paris. His father was Sir Edward Albert Sassoon, 2nd Baronet, MP, son…
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