Sir David Elias Ezra (1871-1947) (or simply Sir David Ezra) was a prominent member of the Baghdadi Jewish community in Calcutta, India.

Early life and family

David Elias Ezra was born in 1871,Baghdadi Jewish Women in India.
Joan G. Roland and Tamar Marge Gubbay, Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 6 September 2015. the son of

Elias David Ezra Elias David Joseph Ezra (20 February 1830 - 3 February 1886) was a property owner in Calcutta, India. He was a member of the Baghdadi Jewish community of that city. Elias was the eldest son of merchant David Joseph Ezra who died in 1882. Elias ...

and the grandson of

David Joseph Ezra David Joseph Ezra (Hebrew: דוד יוסף עזרא, died 1882) was a leading merchant, property developer and communal leader of the Baghdadi Jewish community in Kolkata, India. He was one of the key developers behind nineteenth century Kolkata ...

. He married Rachel Sassoon, daughter of

Solomon David Sassoon Solomon David Sassoon (1915–1985) was an educator, Rabbi, philanthropist, fundraiser, and collector of Jewish manuscripts. Biography Early life Solomon David Sassoon was born in August 1915 in London.William D. Rubinstein, ''The Palgrave Dic ...

Positions

Ezra was Sheriff of Calcutta and a director of the Reserve Bank of India. He was president of the Jewish Relief Association and of The Asiatic Society.David Joseph Ezra.
''Recalling Jewish Calcutta: Memories of the Jewish community in Calcutta''. Retrieved 6 September 2015.

Death

Ezra died in 1947.

References

1871 births 1947 deaths David Sheriffs of Kolkata Presidents of The Asiatic Society Indian Knights Bachelor Indian people of Iraqi-Jewish descent {{India-business-bio-stub

Early life and family

Positions

Death

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