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[[File:David Sassoon and sons.jpg|thumb|David Sassoon (seated) and sons, including Elias David Sassoon (left)]]<br />
'''Elias David Sassoon''' (27 March 1820 – 21 March 1880), an Indian merchant and banker born in [[Baghdad]], was the second son of [[David Sassoon (treasurer)|David Sassoon]], an Iraqi-Indian philanthropist Jewish businessman involved in trade in India and the Far East, with branches at Calcutta, Shanghai, Canton, and Hong Kong; and his business, which included a monopoly of the opium-trade, extended as far as Yokohama, Nagasaki, and other cities in Japan.<br />
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He was the first of his siblings to assist the family business' expansion into China when he opened a branch of the business there in 1844. He was also involved in his father's business in Bombay, India. In 1867, Elias established his own business called "[[E.D. Sassoon & Co.]]", starting to trade in dried fruits, nankeen, metals, tea, silk, spices and camphor from modest offices in Bombay and Shanghai.<ref>Stanley Jackson: ″The Sassoons - Portrait of a Dynasty″, Second Edition, William Heinemann Ltd., London 1989, p.48 and 51, {{ISBN|0-434-37056-8}}</ref><br />
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In 1878 he buried established the [[Jewish Cemetery, Chinchpokli]],<ref>Prashant Kidambi, Manjiri Kamat, Rachel Dwyer, eds. ''Bombay Before Mumbai: Essays in Honour of Jim Masselos'' (Oxford University Press, 15 August 2019), [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SPerDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT11 p. 11]</ref> in memory of his son Joseph, who had died at [[Shanghai]] in 1868.<ref>“The Mausoleums of Sassoon family and Jewish cemetery in Chinchpokli”, in ''My Heritage Chronicle'', 13 January 2020</ref><br />
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Elias died in Colombo in 1880. He had married Leah Gubbay and was father to [[Jacob Elias Sassoon]] and [[Edward Elias Sassoon]], amongst others. His daughter Hannah married [[Sassoon David]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Sassoon family]]<br />
*[[David Sassoon & Co.]]<br />
*[[E.D. Sassoon & Co.]]<br />
*[[Victor Sassoon]]<br />
*[[Ohel Leah Synagogue]], Hong Kong was named after his wife Leah, founded with donations from Jacob's brothers.<br />
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