Reuben David Sassoon

Reuben David Sassoon
Caricature in Vanity Fair, 20 September 1890
Born	1835
Died	1905
Residence	7 Queens Gardens, Brighton & Hove, East Sussex
Nationality	English
Occupation	Businessman
Parent(s)	David Sassoon Farha (Hyeem) Sassoon

Reuben David Sassoon, MVO (1835–1905) was an English businessman.

Reuben David Sassoon was born in 1835. His father was David Sassoon (1792–1864), a Jewish trader of opium and cotton in China who served as the Treasurer of Baghdad from 1817 to 1829. One of his brothers was Arthur Sassoon (1840–1912).

He worked for his father's company, serving as director of David Sassoon & Co. for East India and China.

By 1865, he also served on the Board of Directors of the China Steamship and Labuan Coal Company alongside T.C. Bruce, Sir J.D. Elphinstone, Harry Borradaile, H.B. Loch, Henry Alers Hankey, William Miller, Edward Pereira, G. Lathom Brown, Alexander Sinclair, James N. Daniel and John Hickie.

He was awarded a Royal Victorian Order.

Together with Abraham Jacob David and Marcus David Ezekiel, he was involved with the Ohel Leah Synagogue near Staunton Street in Hong Kong by 1898.

He was married to Catherine Sassoon (1838–1906). They resided at 7 Queens Gardens (now demolished) in Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They had two daughters:

He died in 1905. His wife died a year later, in 1906, and she was buried in the Novo Beth Chaim Cemetery in Mile End, East London. His photogravure, done by Walker & Boutall in 1897, rests in the National Portrait Gallery in London.