Sir Philip Sassoon

Sir Philip Sassoon

Politician and art collector · 1888–1939

One Sephardic or Mizrahi parent · EstablishedThe Modern Era

Son of the Baghdadi Jewish Sassoon family and a Rothschild mother, he was a British MP and Under-Secretary of State for Air, and a celebrated host and art collector.

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