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The '''Sursocks''' are a [[Greek Orthodox]] family from the [[Lebanon]]. They are one of [[Beirut|Beirut's]] aristocratic Christian families, along with the |
The '''Sursocks''' are a [[Greek Orthodox]] family from the [[Lebanon]]. They are one of [[Beirut|Beirut's]] aristocratic Christian families, along with the [[Bustros family|Bustros]], Dagher, [[Fernaine|Ferneini]], Araman and Trad families. The family made its fortune as traders and landowners.<ref>[http://www.rosegeorge.com/frameworks/generic/public_users/morearticles.asp?ArticleID=51]</ref> |
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| ⚫ | For many decades, the Sursocks were Lebanon's leading business family. As business partners of the [[Otis Elevator Company]], they were successful industrialists and played a key role in the developing manufacture of elevators.<ref>[http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/197403/made.in-lebanon.htm Saudi Aramco World : Made In: Lebanon<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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According to [[Lady Cochrane Sursock]], the name is a corruption of Κυριε Ισαακ ("Kyrie Isaac", meaning Lord Isaac), and the family left [[Constantinople]] at [[Fall of Constantinople|its fall]] in 1453, settling near [[Jbail]].<ref>{{cite book|title=From the Holy Mountain|year=1997|isbn=0-00-654774-5|page=241|author=[[William Dalrymple (historian){{!}}William Dalrymple]]}}</ref> |
According to [[Lady Cochrane Sursock]], the name is a corruption of Κυριε Ισαακ ("Kyrie Isaac", meaning Lord Isaac), and the family left [[Constantinople]] at [[Fall of Constantinople|its fall]] in 1453, settling near [[Jbail]].<ref>{{cite book|title=From the Holy Mountain|year=1997|isbn=0-00-654774-5|page=241|author=[[William Dalrymple (historian){{!}}William Dalrymple]]}}</ref> |
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[[Michel Sursock]] gained |
[[Michel Sursock]] gained notoriety during the great famine in the First World War for hoarding grain and speculating on the supply. He would not sell the grain, which cost 40 piastres in peacetime, for less than 250 piastres.<ref>{{cite book|last=Spagnolo (ed.) |[title=Problems of the Middle East in Historical Perspective|page=249}}</ref> |
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[[Nicolas Sursock]] bequeathed his home, [[Sursock House]], as a museum of art, the Sursock Museum. |
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==Assets== |
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[[Rue Sursock]], in the [[Achrafieh]] district of [[Beirut]], is named after the family, which owned many palatial homes on the street, such as [[Sursock House]]. In 1918, the Sursock family financed the building of the [[Beirut Hippodrome]].<ref>Mannheim, Ivan. ''Syria & Lebanon Handbook: The Travel Guide'', page 409</ref> |
[[Rue Sursock]], in the [[Achrafieh]] district of [[Beirut]], is named after the family, which owned many palatial homes on the street, such as [[Sursock House]]. In 1918, the Sursock family financed the building of the [[Beirut Hippodrome]].<ref>Mannheim, Ivan. ''Syria & Lebanon Handbook: The Travel Guide'', page 409</ref> |
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In 1882, a consortium headed by the Sursock family won an Ottoman concession to build a railway across the Jezreel Valley that would create a cheaper route for exporting grain from the [[Hauran]]. <ref>[http://books.google.co.il/books?id=hV9zeYpzCawC&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=laurence+oliphant+haifa&source=bl&ots=8oIP4rCpLi&sig=P68Fl4bKOpfwYb8YmpRX9XxsIOA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BbT3Ut3cJcP60gXoqoGABQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=laurence%20oliphant%20haifa&f=true Land of Progress: Palestine in the Age of Colonial Development, 1905-1948, Jacob Norris]</ref> |
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| ⚫ | The family owned more than 60,000 acres (240 km²) in the Jezreel Valley in [[Palestine]].<ref name=Frantzman>Dr. Seth J. Frantzman, Ruth Kark [http://www.brismes.ac.uk/nmes/archives/268 Bedouin Settlement in Late Ottoman and British Mandatory Palestine: Influence on the Cultural and Environmental Landscape, 1870-1948], p.8. 2011</ref> In 1906, the Sursock family sold the land in Palestine, for a sum believed to be nearly three quarters of a million pounds, to the [[Jewish National Fund]],<ref>{{fr icon}} [http://www.1stlebanon.net/lebanon-news/news.php?idactu=825&debut=0 Beirut how you've changed ... or have you?<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and the Arab tenant farmers were evicted.<ref>[http://www.mideastweb.org/hopesimpson.htm MidEastWeb The Report of Sir John Hope Simpson, 1930<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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==Notable family members== |
==Notable family members== |
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Revision as of 17:15, 9 February 2014
The Sursocks are a Greek Orthodox family from the Lebanon. They are one of Beirut's aristocratic Christian families, along with the Bustros, Dagher, Ferneini, Araman and Trad families. The family made its fortune as traders and landowners.[1]
History
For many decades, the Sursocks were Lebanon's leading business family. As business partners of the Otis Elevator Company, they were successful industrialists and played a key role in the developing manufacture of elevators.[2] According to Lady Cochrane Sursock, the name is a corruption of Κυριε Ισαακ ("Kyrie Isaac", meaning Lord Isaac), and the family left Constantinople at its fall in 1453, settling near Jbail.[3]
Michel Sursock gained notoriety during the great famine in the First World War for hoarding grain and speculating on the supply. He would not sell the grain, which cost 40 piastres in peacetime, for less than 250 piastres.[4]
Nicolas Sursock bequeathed his home, Sursock House, as a museum of art, the Sursock Museum.
Assets
- Beirut
Rue Sursock, in the Achrafieh district of Beirut, is named after the family, which owned many palatial homes on the street, such as Sursock House. In 1918, the Sursock family financed the building of the Beirut Hippodrome.[5]
- Jezreel Valley
In 1882, a consortium headed by the Sursock family won an Ottoman concession to build a railway across the Jezreel Valley that would create a cheaper route for exporting grain from the Hauran. [6] The family owned more than 60,000 acres (240 km²) in the Jezreel Valley in Palestine.[7] In 1906, the Sursock family sold the land in Palestine, for a sum believed to be nearly three quarters of a million pounds, to the Jewish National Fund,[8] and the Arab tenant farmers were evicted.[9]
Notable family members
References
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- ^ [1]
- ^ Saudi Aramco World : Made In: Lebanon
- ^ William Dalrymple (1997). From the Holy Mountain. p. 241. ISBN 0-00-654774-5.
- ^ Spagnolo (ed.). p. 249.
{{cite book}}:|last=has generic name (help); Missing or empty|title=(help); Unknown parameter|[title=ignored (help) - ^ Mannheim, Ivan. Syria & Lebanon Handbook: The Travel Guide, page 409
- ^ Land of Progress: Palestine in the Age of Colonial Development, 1905-1948, Jacob Norris
- ^ Dr. Seth J. Frantzman, Ruth Kark Bedouin Settlement in Late Ottoman and British Mandatory Palestine: Influence on the Cultural and Environmental Landscape, 1870-1948, p.8. 2011
- ^ Template:Fr icon Beirut how you've changed ... or have you?
- ^ MidEastWeb The Report of Sir John Hope Simpson, 1930