Flora (Farha) Sassoon (1859-1936), was the wife of Suleiman David Sassoon and mother of Rachel, David and Mozelle. She took over the running of the Sassoon family business in India after the death of her husband in 1894 and managed it until 1902. In 1911 she moved to England, where she was still involved in various aspects of the business and participated in the social world of the English aristocracy. Flora was active in charitable work for the Anglo-Jewish community and was renowned as a learned, religious woman. Her archive contains family letters, personal documents, her notebooks, diaries and letterbooks, and business, financial and legal correspondence and documents.
כותר |
Fonds 03: Flora Sassoon Archive. |
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כותרים נוספים |
ארכיון משפחת ששון. חטיבה 03: ארכיון פלורה ששון. |
מתוך |
Sassoon Family Archive. |
רמת התיאור |
Fonds Record |
תקציר ביוגרפי |
Flora (Farha) Sassoon was born in 1859 in Bombay, to Ezekiel Joshua Gubbay and Aziza, daughter of Sir Albert Sassoon, the son of the family's founder David Sassoon and his first wife. In 1876 she married Suleiman David Sassoon (Sir Albert's half-brother), who had just returned from China to India, to take up his late father's place as the head of the family trading company, David Sassoon and Co. The couple had three children: Rachel, David and Mozelle. The Sassoon family was part of the upper echelons of society in India and was close to the British royal family. Following the death of her husband in 1894, Flora Sassoon continued to manage the business in India until 1902. It was then taken over by her late husband's brother, since Flora had to travel back and forth between India and England because of the treatment needed for her daughter Mozelle's illness. (Mozelle passed away in 1921). In 1911, Flora and the children finally moved to England and lived at 32 Bruton Street, not far from Buckingham Palace. While in England Flora continued to deal with various aspects of the business, such as cloth and tea, and she was active in the social world of the English aristocracy. In addition, she was involved in charitable work for the Anglo-Jewish community, including the establishment of the London Jewish Hospital and other causes. Flora was renowned as a learned, religious woman, evidence of which can be found in the archive in her correspondence with the Ben Ish Hai, and from entries in her diaries. |
מספר מערכת |
990050546630205171 |
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