Talk:James Sassoon, Baron Sassoon

Latest comment: 14 years ago by Kittybrewster in topic Sassoon family

Sassoon family

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Please would somebody who knows how, add him to this family tree. Sir James is the poet's 1st cousin twice removed. The gentry family is SASSOON formerly of Ashley Park which was bought by their common ancestor, Sassoon SASSOON (1832-67, who m Louise (d 1921) dau of Baron Horace de Gunzburg, of St Petersburg). It had been built by Cardinal Wolsey and was once occupied by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell. Sassoon's eldest son Joseph (1855-1918) inherited the estate and had a younger son Maj Arthur Meyer SASSOON OBE MC (1889-) who was the father of Hugh Meyer Sassoon (b 1929), father of Sir James SASSOON of whom we treat. Sassoon Sassoon's younger son Sir Alfred Ezra SASSOON (1861-95) was the father of the poet Siegfried SASSOON CBE (1886-1967) Kittybrewster 10:26, 30 May 2010 (UTC)Reply