Biography of Albert aka Abdullah Sassoon 1st Baronet 1818-1896
Paternal Family Tree: Sassoon
In 1818 [his father] David Sassoon (age 25) and [his mother] Hannah Joseph were married. They had two sons and two daughters.
On 25 Jul 1818 Albert aka Abdullah Sassoon 1st Baronet was born to David Sassoon (age 25) and Hannah Joseph at Baghdad.
In 1826 [his mother] Hannah Joseph died.
In 1828 [his father] David Sassoon (age 35) and [his step-mother] Farha Hyeem (age 16) were married. They had six sons and three daughters.
On 09 Dec 1839 [his daughter] Aziza Abraham Sassoon was born to Albert aka Abdullah Sassoon 1st Baronet (age 21).
On 20 Jun 1856 [his son] Edward Albert Sassoon 2nd Baronet was born to Albert aka Abdullah Sassoon 1st Baronet (age 37) in Bombay, India.
Before 07 Nov 1864. [his father] David Sassoon (age 72), seated, with his sons Elias David, Albert Abdallah (age 46) and [his half-brother] Sassoon David (age 32).
Sassoon David Sassoon: In Aug 1832 he was born to David Sassoon and Farha Hyeem at Bombay, India. Around 1850 Sassoon David Sassoon and Flora Gubbay aka Sassoon were married. The difference in their ages was 27 years. They were great uncle and niece. In 1858 Sassoon David Sassoon travelled to London where he opened a bank on Leadenhall Street. On 24 Jun 1867 Sassoon David Sassoon died.
On 07 Nov 1864 [his father] David Sassoon (age 72) died.
In 1866 Albert aka Abdullah Sassoon 1st Baronet (age 47) was made a Companion of the Order of the Star of India.
In 1872 Albert aka Abdullah Sassoon 1st Baronet (age 53) was made a Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath.
In 1873 Albert aka Abdullah Sassoon 1st Baronet (age 54) received the freedom of the City of London.
On 19 Oct 1887 [his son] Edward Albert Sassoon 2nd Baronet (age 31) and [his daughter-in-law] Aline Caroline de Rothschild (age 19) were married two days before her twentieth birthday in a ceremony in the synagogue at the Rue de la Victoire in Paris. The couple set up home at 25 Kensington Gore, where Aline, a talented artist, set up her own studio.
The London Gazette 26019. Whitehall, January 31, 1890. THE Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland granting the dignity of a Baronet of the said United Kingdom unto Sir Albert Abdallah David Sassoon (age 71), of Kensington-gore, in the parish of St. Mary Abbots,. Kensington, in the county of London, and of Eastern-terrace, in the borough of Brighton, in the county of Sussex, Knight, Companion of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten.
In 1896 [his daughter] Aziza Abraham Sassoon (age 56) died.
On 24 Oct 1896 Albert aka Abdullah Sassoon 1st Baronet (age 78) died. His son [his son] Edward Albert Sassoon 2nd Baronet (age 40) succeeded 2nd Baronet Sassoon of Kensington-gore in London.
Albert aka Abdullah Sassoon 1st Baronet
Mother: Hannah Joseph