In 2011, i was in email-contact with a "member of Aubrey's family" and she informed me that "he did not have any children".
So to my surprise, i discover that Marion Gay Duffy had - at least - one son, prior to wedding Aubrey Sassoon: 13 year-old PETER DUFFY !!! (Born 1938)
The family lived at "48, Albert Hall Mansions" (Planned by Driver and Rew), built in Queen Ann style in 1879, by Edinburgh-born architect Richard Norman Shaw. (more information here: https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/)
The connection with Scottland (See my Post of October 2011: here) is interesting: "... on holiday from Gordonstoun" - This private school is situated north of Elgin. (see link from 2011 above).
I guess that the mentionned "Duke of Edinburgh" who "was educated" there was Prince Philipp (the husband of Queen Elisabeth II, father of King Charles III).
Another information from this newspaper cut about Aubrey: "... cousin of millionnaire bachelor Sir Victor Sassoon".
For your Information, there is an exhibition in the Jewish Museum in London at this very moment:
https://thejewishmuseum.org/press/press-release/the-sassoons
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