Sir David Elias Ezra (1871-1947) (or simply Sir David Ezra) was a prominent member of the

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community in

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, India. Ezra was a property owner and a director of the

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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 and the grandson of

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

. He married Rachel Sassoon, daughter of

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. Ezra owned various properties in

, including the Esplanade Mansions. Ezra's Calcutta properties included the Esplanade Mansions.

Positions and honors

Ezra was Sheriff of Calcutta and a director of the

. He was president of the Jewish Relief Association and of

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. Ezra was knighted by

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in 1927.

Death

Jewish Cemetery beside Narkeldanga Main Road in Kolkata 20

Ezra died in 1947.

References

1871 births 1947 deaths

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Sheriffs of Kolkata Presidents of The Asiatic Society Indian Knights Bachelor Indian people of Iraqi-Jewish descent Bankers from British India {{India-business-bio-stub

Early life and family

Positions and honors

Death

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