Edward Albert Sassoon
Edward Albert Sassoon · Economics & Business
MP who in 1910 proposed making wireless telegraphy compulsory on passenger ships; the bill failed, and the Titanic sank two years later.
20 juin 1856, Bombay, Inde britannique — 24 mai 1912, Angleterre
Bombay et Londres
Edward Albert Sassoon is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — MP who in 1910 proposed making wireless telegraphy compulsory on passenger ships; the bill failed, and the Titanic sank two years later.
Origins and early life
Sir Edward Albert Sassoon, 2nd Baronet (1856-1912), son of Albert Abdullah David Sassoon, was born in Bombay into the Baghdadi Jewish Sassoon family and took his degree at the University of London.
Work and career
He served as a major in the Middlesex Yeomanry and, in March 1899, was elected Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament for Hythe. He was active in Jewish communal affairs, as a vice-president of Jews' College and of the Anglo-Jewish Association. On 13 July 1910 he brought a bill before the Commons to make the fitting of wireless telegraphy compulsory on passenger ships. Thomas Gibson Bowles led the opposition, arguing that the cost would make British shipping lines less competitive, and the bill failed.
Two years later the Titanic went down, and the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea of 1914 made Sassoon's proposal law. He had married Aline Caroline de Rothschild, daughter of Baron Gustave de Rothschild; their son was Philip Sassoon.
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MP who in 1910 proposed making wireless telegraphy compulsory on passenger ships; the bill failed, and the Titanic sank two years later.
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