Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, 3rd Bt
(1888-1939), Politician and connoisseurSitter in 30 portraits
Politician and connoisseur. Unionist MP for Hythe (1912-39); private secretary to Lord Haig (1915-18); Under-Secretary of State for Air (1924-9 and 1931-7). The restoration of Thornhill's Painted Hall at Greenwhich, was begun when Sassoon became First Commissioner for Works in 1937. He was Chairman of the Trustees of the National Gallery and a Trustee of the Tate Gallery, the Wallace Collection, and the British School at Rome.
Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, 3rd Bt
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1929
NPG Ax2310
Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, 3rd Bt
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1931
NPG x185132
Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, 3rd Bt; Queen Mary and an unknown guard
by Unknown photographer, for Keystone View Company
vintage print, 25 March 1934
NPG x136770
by Unknown photographer, for Keystone View Company
vintage print, 25 March 1934
NPG x137827
Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, 3rd Bt
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1921
NPG x67345
Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, 3rd Bt
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1921
NPG x67346
Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, 3rd Bt
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1921
NPG x67347
Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, 3rd Bt
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1921
NPG x67348
Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, 3rd Bt
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1921
NPG x67349
Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, 3rd Bt
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1921
NPG x67350
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