1419 Sir Edward Sassoon

Constituency  :  Hythe  1899-1912  ( Liberal  Unionist )

Edward  took  over  from  a  Tory  who  resigned  at  Hythe.

Edward  was  the  son  of  an  Anglo-Indian  businessman  and  baronet.  He  was  born  in  Bombay. He  was  educated  at  the  University  of  London.  In  1887  he  married  into  the  Rothschild  family. He  succeeded  to  the  baronetcy  in  1896. He  was  active  in  Jewish  community  affairs, a  vice-president  of  Jews'  College  London  and  the  Anglo-Jewish  Association.

In  1910  Sir  Edward  introduced  a  Bill  to  make  the  installation  of  wireless  telegraphy  on  passenger  ships  compulsory. The  family  had  invested  heavily  in  communications  technology  and  Edward  became  an  acknowledged  authority  on  the  subject.

He  died  in  1912  aged  55 . His  son  Philip  took  over  in  the  seat.