Charles Wedderburn Dickson (23 February 1863 –1934) was the director of Jardine Matheson &Co. and member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Dickson was born 23 February 1863 to W. Dickson and Christina Keswick. His grandfather was William Keswick,and his uncle was Henry Keswick. Tony and John Keswick were his cousins. He was educated in Scotland and arrived in Hong Kong in 1884 and lived in Shanghai from 1894 to 1897. He became the director of Jardine Matheson from 1900 to 1906. [1] He was also the Deputy Chairman of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and director of various local companies.
Dickson married to Frances Emmeline Parkes,young daughter of Sir Harry Smith Parkes,British minister at Tokyo and Peking. They had two daughters,Dorothy Parkes Dickson born in 1895 and Mabel Dickson born in 1900. [2]
In 1908,he chose to come overland across America. On arrival he purchased Friars Carse in Dumfrieshire which remained the family home until Fanny sold it to the Post Office (presumably as a retirement home) and moved to the Station Hotel where she lived for the rest of her life. [2]
William Jardine was a Scottish opium trader and physician who co-founded the Hong Kong–based conglomerate Jardine,Matheson &Co. Educated in medicine at the University of Edinburgh,in 1802 Jardine obtained a diploma from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. The next year,he became a surgeon's mate aboard the Brunswick belonging to the East India Company,and set sail for India. In May 1817,he abandoned medicine for trade.
A taipan,sometimes spelled tai-pan,is a foreign-born senior business executive or entrepreneur operating in mainland China or Hong Kong.
Edward Percy Keswick Weatherall is a British businessman,formerly active in Hong Kong. He was managing director of the Jardine Matheson Group from 2000 to 31 March 2006,having joined the board in 1999.
Sir James Nicolas Sutherland Matheson,1st Baronet,FRS,was a Scottish opium trader and taipan. Born in Shiness,Lairg,Sutherland,Scotland,he was the son of Captain Donald Matheson. He attended Edinburgh's Royal High School and the University of Edinburgh. He and William Jardine went on to co-found the Hong Kong-based trading conglomerate Jardine Matheson &Co. that became today's Jardine Matheson Holdings.
The Keswick family are a business dynasty of Scottish origin associated with the Far East region since 1855 and in particular the conglomerate Jardine Matheson.
James Johnstone Keswick (1845–1914) was a Scottish businessman in China and Hong Kong. He was the taipan of the Jardine Matheson &Co.
Sir Henry Neville Lindley Keswick was a British businessman who was chairman of Jardine Matheson.
William Keswick was a British Conservative politician and businessman,patriarch of the Keswick family,an influential shipping family in Hong Kong associated with Jardine Matheson Holdings.
Jardine,Matheson &Co.,later Jardine,Matheson &Co.,Ltd.,forerunner of today's Jardine Matheson Holdings,was a Far Eastern company founded in 1832 by Scotsmen William Jardine and James Matheson as senior partners. Trafficking opium in Asia,while also trading cotton,tea,silk and a variety of other goods,from its early beginnings in Canton,in 1844 the firm established its head office in the new British colony of Hong Kong then proceeded to expand all along the China Coast.
Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited is a Hong Kong–based,Bermuda-domiciled British multinational conglomerate. It has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and secondary listings on the Singapore Exchange and Bermuda Stock Exchange. The majority of its business interests are in Asia,and its subsidiaries include Jardine Pacific,Jardine Motors,Hongkong Land,Jardine Strategic Holdings,DFI Retail Group,Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group,Jardine Cycle &Carriage and Astra International. It set up the Jardine Scholarship in 1982 and Mindset,a mental health-focused charity,in 2002.
David Landale was the 13th taipan of the Jardine Matheson &Co. and member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
David Fortune "Taffy" Landale,JP,was a British-Hong Kong entrepreneur and politician who was chairman and managing director of Jardine Matheson &Co. from 1945 to 1951,during which he was appointed by the Hong Kong government as an unofficial member of the Executive Council from 1946 to 1951,as well as the senior unofficial member of the Legislative Council from 1946 to 1950. Later in his life he settled in the United Kingdom,where he was chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland between 1955 and 1965.
Ho Fook,alias Ho Chak-sang,JP,was a prominent Hong Kong Eurasian compradore and philanthropist.
James Jardine Bell-Irving was a Scottish businessman in Hong Kong and China and member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Henry Keswick was a British Conservative politician and businessman and member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Sir Dallas Gerald Mercer Bernard,1st Baronet was a British banker who served as Chairman of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation from 1906 to 1908.
Charles Henderson Ross was a Scottish businessman. He was the tai-pan of the Jardine,Matheson &Co. and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Sir David Kennedy Newbigging,OBE,DL is a British businessman and Hong Kong politician born in China. He was the Tai-pan of Jardine Matheson &Co,the leading British trading firm in East Asia and unofficial member of the Executive Council and the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Sir John Henry Keswick,KCMG (1906–1982) was an influential Scottish businessman in China and Hong Kong. He was the tai-pan of Jardine,Matheson &Co.,the leading British trading firm in the Far East,and had established friendship with many Chinese politicians. He was also a representative of the Special Operations Executive,a British intelligence service during the Second World War.
Sir William Johnstone Keswick (;1903–1990),known as Tony Keswick,was a third generation member of the Scottish business dynasty,the Keswick family,associated with the conglomerate of Jardine Matheson. He served as Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council before the outbreak of the Pacific War,and survived a murder attempt by the Japanese in 1941. During the Pacific War,he served as head of the China Theatre of the Special Operations Executive,Britain's wartime secret service. After the war,he served as Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company,among other positions.