2008年06月07日
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William Johnstone "Tony" Keswick
"Tony" Keswick arrived in the far east in 1926. He and his brother remained Directors of the firm after they had left the Far East. He was in charge of the Shanghai office (at that time the Head Office in the Far East) from 1935 until 1941. He was also Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council during the crises leading to the Pacific War. He was shot in the arm by a Japanese at a Municipal Election Meeting held on the Shanghai Racecourse in 1941. The company's chinese business interests were looted by occupying Japanese forces.
After the war he took over as Managing Director of Matheson & Co. Ltd, in London. Amongst his other business activities, he was Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, Director of the Bank of England, Vice-Chairman of Alliance Assurance, and Director of British Petroleum.
[edit] John "the younger" Keswick
John followed his brother to the far east in 1929, and replaced him in Shanghai after the shooting incident. He fled the city when the Japanese took the city. He escaped to Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and served during the war with Admiral Earl Mountbatten's staff.
John Keswick returned to Shanghai after the war to organize in the rebuilding of Jardine's office and to reestablish the firm's trading links throughout China and Asia. In 1949, after the communist party's takeover of China. Jardine's head office was moved to Hong Kong. Despite attempting to work with the communists business conditions became worse operations were closed in 1954 with the effective nationalisation of the companies interests and a $20m loss.
John Keswick became a member of the Hong Kong Executive Council in 1952. He retired as Tai-pan in 1953 and joined Matheson & Co in 1956. While in England he and his brother financed the buy-out and then public floatation of Jardine Matheson.
下の方のジョンさんが 白洲次郎さんと友人だったかたです。徳本栄一郎さんが 去年 文藝春秋に出したレポートの中では この上の方の ウイリアムさんを 吉田茂の養父の上司としていますが これは別人のようです。中共と取引をしようとしたみたいですが 失敗しているというのが 興味深いです。
William Johnstone "Tony" Keswick
"Tony" Keswick arrived in the far east in 1926. He and his brother remained Directors of the firm after they had left the Far East. He was in charge of the Shanghai office (at that time the Head Office in the Far East) from 1935 until 1941. He was also Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council during the crises leading to the Pacific War. He was shot in the arm by a Japanese at a Municipal Election Meeting held on the Shanghai Racecourse in 1941. The company's chinese business interests were looted by occupying Japanese forces.
After the war he took over as Managing Director of Matheson & Co. Ltd, in London. Amongst his other business activities, he was Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, Director of the Bank of England, Vice-Chairman of Alliance Assurance, and Director of British Petroleum.
[edit] John "the younger" Keswick
John followed his brother to the far east in 1929, and replaced him in Shanghai after the shooting incident. He fled the city when the Japanese took the city. He escaped to Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and served during the war with Admiral Earl Mountbatten's staff.
John Keswick returned to Shanghai after the war to organize in the rebuilding of Jardine's office and to reestablish the firm's trading links throughout China and Asia. In 1949, after the communist party's takeover of China. Jardine's head office was moved to Hong Kong. Despite attempting to work with the communists business conditions became worse operations were closed in 1954 with the effective nationalisation of the companies interests and a $20m loss.
John Keswick became a member of the Hong Kong Executive Council in 1952. He retired as Tai-pan in 1953 and joined Matheson & Co in 1956. While in England he and his brother financed the buy-out and then public floatation of Jardine Matheson.
下の方のジョンさんが 白洲次郎さんと友人だったかたです。徳本栄一郎さんが 去年 文藝春秋に出したレポートの中では この上の方の ウイリアムさんを 吉田茂の養父の上司としていますが これは別人のようです。中共と取引をしようとしたみたいですが 失敗しているというのが 興味深いです。
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