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Edward Isaac Ezra
Edward Isaac Ezra (born 3 January 1883 in Shanghai; died 15 December 1921 in Shanghai)〔"Sudden Death of Mr. Edward Ezra", ''North-China Herald'' (17 December 1921):27 (767); Les Fleurs de L'Orient; (Farhi.org )〕 was a wealthy Jewish businessman,〔Ezra was "a Jew by birth, a British subject by naturalization, and an opium trader by profession." See Kathryn Meyer and Terry Parssinen, ''Webs of Smoke: Smugglers, Warlords and the History of the International Drug Trade'' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2002):40. However, "at various times () professed citizenships of Turkey, Persia, Spain and the United States, in an attempt to avoid prosecution. See Teemu Ruskola, "Law's Empire: The Legal Construction of 'America' in the 'District of China'"; (Papers.ssrn.com )〕 who was the first member of the Shanghai Municipal Council who was actually born in China,〔Robert Bickers and Christian Henriot, ''New Frontiers: Imperialism's New Communities in East Asia, 1842-1953'' (Manchester University Press ND, 2000):45.〕 and who was at one time "one of the wealthiest foreigners in Shanghai".〔Tahirih V. Lee, ''Contract, Guanxi, and Dispute Resolution in China'' ( ):110.〕 According to one report, Ezra amassed a vast fortune estimated at from twenty to thirty million dollars primarily through the importation of opium,〔G. E. Miller, ''Shanghai: The Paradise of Adventurers'' (Orsay Publishing House Inc., 1937):153.〕 and successful real estate investment and management in early twentieth century Shanghai.〔Kathryn Meyer and Terry Parssinen, ''Webs of Smoke: Smugglers, Warlords and the History of the International Drug Trade'' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2002):40.〕 Ezra was the largest stockholder〔''Hotel Monthly'' 28 (1920):53.〕 and the managing director of Shanghai Hotels Ltd., and its major financier,〔Hibbard, 4.〕 and controlled such hotels as the Astor House Hotel in Shanghai.
==Family background==
Edward Isaac Ezra was born in Shanghai, China on 3 January 1883, the oldest of the nine children of Isaac "Ned" Ezra (died 1892),〔Meyer, ''Webs'', 52.〕 one of the first Jewish merchants in Shanghai (and had Ezra Road named after him) and his wife, Flora Abraham (died 1899).〔(Farhi.org )〕 He was the older brother of Rachel Ezra Levy (born 1884 in Shanghai; married Nissim Simon Levy; died 2 January 1968 in Hong Kong);〔(Farhi.org )〕 Ellis Isaac Ezra (born ca. 1885); and twins Isaac Isaac Ezra (born 8 February 1892) and Judah Isaac Ezra (born 8 February 1892); and four other sisters.〔 In 1907 Ezra married Mozelle Robinson Sopher (born 1890 in Shanghai; died August 1979 in Hong Kong),〔''South China Morning Post'' (8 August 1979); (Sunzi1.lib.hku.hk )〕 and they had two children, Cecil (born 1908) and Denzil (born 1914).〔(Farhi.org )〕
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