Sassoon Eskell
Chivalric Order Member
1860 – 1932
Who was Sassoon Eskell?
Sir Sassoon Eskell, KBE was an Iraqi statesman and financier. Also known as Sassoon Effendi. Regarded in Iraq as the Father of Parliament, Sir Sassoon was the first Minister of Finance in the Kingdom and a permanent Member of Parliament until his death. Along with Gertrude Bell and T. E. Lawrence, he was instrumental in the creation and the establishment of the Kingdom of Iraq post Ottoman rule and it was he himself, who founded the nascent Iraqi government’s laws and financial structure.
He was knighted by His Britannic Majesty King George V in 1923. His Majesty King Faisal I conferred on him the Civil Rafidain Medal Grade II, His Imperial Majesty the Shahinshah awarded him the Shirokhorshid Medal and the Ottoman Empire decorated him with the Al-Moutamayez Medal.
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