Elias David Sassoon

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Elias David Sassoon (27 March 1820, Baghdad, Ottoman Iraq – 21 March 1880, Colombo, British Ceylon) was a businessman involved in trade in India and the Far East.

He was the second son of David Sassoon by his first wife Hannah Joseph. He first followed father started his business in India. After the occupiation of Hong Kong, he moved to Hong Kong in 1844 as his base to start his business in China. In 1850 he moved to Shanghai. He was father of Jacob Elias Sassoon and Edward Elias Sassoon.

Elias David Sassoon (27 March 1820 – 21 March 1880), an Indian merchant and banker born in Baghdad, was the second son of David Sassoon, an Iraqi-Indian philanthropist Jewish businessman involved in trade in India and the Far East, and father to Jacob Elias Sassoon and Edward Elias Sassoon. 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 based in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Elias died in Colombo in 1880.