James Johnstone Keswick (1845–1914) was a Scottish businessman in China and Hong Kong. He was the taipan of the Jardine Matheson & Co. He was the son...
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the dynasty, William Keswick was born in 1834, in Dumfriesshire in the Scottish Lowlands. His grandmother, Jean Jardine Johnstone was an older sister of...
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Jardine, William Keswick, James Johnstone Keswick, Ben Beith, David Landale, Sir John Buchanan-Jardine, Sir William Johnstone "Tony" Keswick, Hugh Barton...
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company in 19th Century Hong Kong under Sir Catchick Paul Chater and James Johnstone Keswick. The project was first proposed in 1855, but many merchants with...
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Walter Cyril Ward (1882–1883) Alexander Myburgh (1883 – 22.1.1884) James Johnstone Keswick (22.1.1884 – 22.1.1886) A.G. Wood (22.1.1886 – 1889) John Macgregor...
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Paul Chater and James Johnstone Keswick. Besides property, Chater was also known for his interests in brokerage and bullion while Keswick was Tai-pan of...
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waterfront. Many of the proposals came from Sir Paul Chater and James Johnstone Keswick, the founders of Hongkong Land, a modern property development group...
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formed in 1886. Three years later on 2 March 1889, then Taipan James Johnstone Keswick again partnered with Chater to form The Hongkong Land Investment...
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were raised by the Hongkong Land under Catchick Paul Chater and James Johnstone Keswick. Most high-rise buildings to be built afterwards were for business...
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The Wharf (Holdings). In 1889, he established Hongkong Land with James Johnstone Keswick. Hong Kong Land commenced the land reclamation project under the...
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Jardine Matheson Holdings. Keswick was born in 1834 in Dumfriesshire in the Scottish Lowlands. His grandmother, Jean Jardine Johnstone, was an older sister...
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company is controlled by the Keswick family, who are descendants of co-founder William Jardine's older sister, Jean Johnstone. Jardine Matheson is a Fortune...
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physicist Nicholas Kao Se Tseien (高師謙), Catholic priest James Johnstone Keswick, businessman William Keswick Ambrose King (金耀基), sociologist, educator, writer...
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1879. Parkes's elder daughter, Marion Parkes, married James Johnstone Keswick from the Keswick family, the controllers of Jardine Matheson Holdings. His...
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a development company established in 1889 by William Keswick's brother James Johnstone Keswick, faced consistent threats from Li Ka-shing's Cheung Kong...
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before he arrived in Hong Kong in 1895, the year before his Uncle James Johnstone Keswick left and became the taipan of the Jardine. During his time in the...
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J. J. Bell-Irving (redirect from James Jardine Bell-Irving)
James Jardine Bell-Irving (24 December 1859 – 8 June 1936) was a Scottish businessman in Hong Kong and China and member of the Executive Council and Legislative...
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Council In office 1883–1884 Preceded by W.C. Ward Succeeded by James Johnstone Keswick Personal details Died (1889-07-31)July 31, 1889 (aged 41) Margate...
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office James Jardine Bell-Irving 8 September 1896 – 1899 Jardine, Matheson & Co. 30 May 1901 – 1902 Vice J. J. Keswick on leave James Johnstone Keswick 18...
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Kong William Keswick (1834–1912), Scotland Merlin Bingham Swire (born 1973), England Douglas Lapraik (1818–1869), England John Johnstone Paterson (1886–1971)...
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Lucas (d. 1961), who was a daughter of William Lucas and former wife of James Marke Wood. Shewan died on 14 February 1934. He was buried at the Hong Kong...
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Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1886 and 1887. His younger brother, James Jardine Bell-Irving, was also member of the Executive and Legislative Councils...
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William Jardine, James Matheson as senior partners, and Hollingworth Magniac, Alexander Matheson, Jardine's nephew Andrew Johnstone, Matheson's nephew...
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Gibb Livingston & Co. Elected 22 May vice A. MacEwen on leave James Johnstone Keswick 18 April 1889 1889? Jardine, Matheson & Co. Vice J. Bell-Irving...
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Glentanar married Margaret Lothian Black, daughter of James Tait Black, of Underscar, Keswick, Cumberland. They had one son and two daughters. The elder...
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from the original on 28 November 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2013. Hall, James (9 January 2005). "Tesco and Asda go on buying spree at Big W". The Telegraph...
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Routledge. p. 77. ISBN 9781134694778. An explanation of Livy's usage. Bretzke, James T. 1998. Consecrated Phrases: a Latin Theological Dictionary: Latin Expressions...
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married Sir William Johnstone Keswick (1903–1990), son of politician and businessman Henry Keswick of the prominent Hong Kong based Keswick family. Lindley's...
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the Franklin Expedition. William Keswick (15 April 1834 – 9 March 1912) and grandson Sir William Johnstone Keswick (1903–90) served at HBC; the former...
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orchestrated the 2008 kidnapping of Shannon Matthews. 18 April Sir Chips Keswick, 84, British merchant banker, chairman of Arsenal F.C. (2013–2020). Dave...
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