He was elected as the Liberal Unionist Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Hythe in March 1899. Active in Jewish community affairs, he served as a vice-president of Jews' College, London and the Anglo-Jewish Association.
He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1896 on the death of his father.
He died in 1912 at the age of fifty-five. His body was placed in a mausoleum in an Indian style, behind his house at Eastern Terrace, Brighton. The Sassoon Mausoleum had been built in 1876 by his father as a family resting place. However, there were no more burials after 1933, when it was emptied and sold, becoming first a furniture store, then a decorator's, next a restaurant and finally the ballroom of the Hanbury Armspublic house. In 2006, the building was again sold to be converted to a private members' club.
^Booth, John; Coughlan, Sean (1993). Titanic – Signals of Disaster. White Star Publications. p. 5. ISBN0951819011.
^Text of the Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, Signed at London, January 20, 1914 [with Translation.], London: His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons, 1914, p. 73
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Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Edward Sassoon
edward, sassoon, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, july, 2017. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Edward Sassoon news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Sir Edward Albert Sassoon 2nd Baronet 20 June 1856 24 May 1912 was a British businessman and politician SirEdward SassoonBt MP Hythe Sassoon as caricatured by Spy Leslie Ward in Vanity Fair February 1900BornEdward Albert Sassoon 1856 06 20 20 June 1856Bombay IndiaDied24 May 1912 1912 05 24 aged 55 Brighton EnglandNationalityBritishSpouseAline Caroline de Rothschild m 1887 wbr ChildrenPhilip Albert Gustave David b 1888 Sybil Rachel Bettie Cecile Marchioness of Cholmondeley b 1894 Parent s Albert Sassoon Hannah Moise Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Wireless telegraphy bill 4 Personal life 5 References 6 External linksEarly life editA member of the Sassoon family he was born on 20 June 1856 in Bombay India He was the son of Hannah Moise and Albert Abdullah David Sassoon 1818 1896 He graduated from the University of London He served as a major in the Middlesex Yeomanry Duke of Cambridge s Hussars Career editHe was elected as the Liberal Unionist Party Member of Parliament MP for Hythe in March 1899 Active in Jewish community affairs he served as a vice president of Jews College London and the Anglo Jewish Association He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1896 on the death of his father Wireless telegraphy bill editOn 13 July 1910 Sassoon proposed a bill in the House of Commons that would make installation of wireless telegraphy on passenger ships compulsory 1 Opposition to the bill was led by Thomas Gibson Bowles who argued that the expense involved for shipping lines would make them less competitive and the bill failed 2 It would take the sinking of the Titanic two years later and the resulting 1914 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea to make Sassoon s proposal a reality 3 Personal life editIn 1887 he married Aline Caroline de Rothschild 1867 1909 daughter of Baron Gustave de Rothschild and Cecile Anspach from Paris They had two children Philip Albert Gustave David 1888 1939 Sybil Rachel Bettie Cecile Marchioness of Cholmondeley 1894 1989 He died in 1912 at the age of fifty five His body was placed in a mausoleum in an Indian style behind his house at Eastern Terrace Brighton The Sassoon Mausoleum had been built in 1876 by his father as a family resting place However there were no more burials after 1933 when it was emptied and sold becoming first a furniture store then a decorator s next a restaurant and finally the ballroom of the Hanbury Arms public house In 2006 the building was again sold to be converted to a private members club His great great grandson is actor Jack Huston References edit Wireless Telegraph Installation Passenger ships Parliamentary Debates Hansard 13 July 1910 Retrieved 22 July 2017 Booth John Coughlan Sean 1993 Titanic Signals of Disaster White Star Publications p 5 ISBN 0951819011 Text of the Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea Signed at London January 20 1914 with Translation London His Majesty s Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons 1914 p 73External links editHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Sir Edward Sassoon Sir Edward Sassoon in the Jewish EncyclopediaParliament of the United KingdomPreceded bySir James Bevan Edwards Member of Parliament for Hythe1899 1912 Succeeded byPhilip SassoonBaronetage of the United KingdomPreceded byAlbert Abdullah David Sassoon Baronet of Kensington Gore London 1896 1912 Succeeded byPhilip Sassoon nbsp This United Kingdom business related biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 1801 for an English constituency is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edward Sassoon amp oldid 1180114747, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
