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Reuben Sassoon
Reuben David Sassoon, Royal Victorian Order, MVO (1835–1905) was an England, English businessman. Biography Early life Reuben David Sassoon was born in 1835 in Baghdad. His father was David Sassoon (treasurer), David Sassoon (1792–1864), a Jewish trader of opium and cotton in China who served as the Treasurer of Baghdad from 1817 to 1829. One of his brothers was Arthur Sassoon (1840–1912). Career He worked for his father's company, serving as director of David Sassoon & Co. for East India and China. By 1865, he also served on the board of directors of the China Steamship and Labuan Coal Company alongside T. C. Bruce, Sir J. D. Elphinstone, Harry Borradaile, H. B. Loch, Henry Alers Hankey, William Miller, Edward Pereira, G. Lathom Brown, Alexander Sinclair, James N. Daniel and John Hickie. In 1890 he was a guest at Tranby Croft, and was the croupier for the Prince of Wales on the successive nights of the royal Baccarat scandal. He saw nothing amiss. Judaism Together wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanity Fair (British Magazine)
''Vanity Fair'' was a British weekly magazine that was published from 1868 to 1914. Founded by Thomas Gibson Bowles in London, the magazine included articles on fashion, theatre, current events as well as word games and serial fiction. The cream of the period's "society magazines", it is best known for its witty prose and caricatures of famous people of Victorian era, Victorian and Edwardian era, Edwardian society, including artists, athletes, royalty, statesmen, scientists, authors, actors, business people and scholars. Taking its title from Vanity Fair (novel), Thackeray's popular satire on early 19th-century British society, ''Vanity Fair'' was not immediately successful and struggled with competition from rival publications. Bowles then promised his readers "Some Pictorial Wares of an entirely novel character", and on 30 January 1869, a full-page caricature of Benjamin Disraeli appeared. This was the first of over 2,300 caricatures to be published. According to the National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |