Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy and Jaganath Shunkerseth. In 1866 Sassoon was made a Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI), and in 1872 a Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath (KCB). Around the same time he received the Order of the Lion and the Sun from the Shah of Persia for "work in Persia and his services in the development of Persian commerce". During his visit to England in 1873 he received the freedom of the City of London. After Sassoon had settled in England, a baronetcy was created for him in 1890. Family Albert Sassoon married Hannah Meyer Moise (1823–1895) in 1838. They had six children. The eldest son was Edward Sassoon (1856–1912), the father of Philip Sassoon (1888–1939) and Sybil Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley (1894–1989). Albert Sassoon's father, David Sassoon (1792–1864), was a leading Baghdad merchant and a treasurer under Ahmet Pasha, the Governor of Baghdad. However, he fled after he was implicated in a corruption scandal, moving from Baghdad to Bushire in Persia, and settled in Bombay in 1832, where he founded a large mercantile business, called "David Sassoon & Sons". Albert Sassoon's great-great-great-grandson is the actor Jack Huston. References External links Sir Albert Sasoon profile in the Jewish Encyclopedia by Joseph Jacobs, Goodman Lipkind, J. Hyams Albert English Jews Companions of the Order of the Star of India Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom 1818 births 1896 deaths People from Baghdad Iraqi Jews Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Burials at Liberal Jewish Cemetery, Willesden Founders of Indian schools and colleges Businesspeople from Mumbai British India emigrants to the United Kingdom Members of the Bombay Legislative Council 19th-century Indian philanthropists 19th-century British businesspeople 19th-century British philanthropists