William Jardine was a Scottish physician,opium merchant and trader 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.
His Majesty's Treasury,occasionally referred to as the Exchequer,or more informally the Treasury,is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for developing and executing the government's public finance policy and economic policy. The Treasury maintains the Online System for Central Accounting and Reporting,the replacement for the Combined Online Information System,which itemises departmental spending under thousands of category headings,and from which the Whole of Government Accounts annual financial statements are produced.
In the United Kingdom there are at least six Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury,serving as a commission for the ancient office of Treasurer of the Exchequer. The board consists of the First Lord of the Treasury,the Second Lord of the Treasury,and four or more junior lords acting as whips in the House of Commons to whom this title is usually applied.
John Olav Kerr,Baron Kerr of Kinlochard is a British former diplomat and civil servant,and is a crossbench member of the House of Lords. He was a member of the European Convention that first drafted what became Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty,which came into force in December 2009. He later served for a period as Deputy Chairman of Scottish Power.
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.
Sir David Alan Walker is a British banker and former chairman of Barclays. He was chairman of Morgan Stanley International from 1995 to 2001,and 2004 to 2005,and remains a senior advisor. Walker was previously Assistant Secretary at the Treasury (1974–77),chairman of the Securities and Investments Board (1988–92),executive director for finance and industry at the Bank of England (1989–95) and deputy chairman of Lloyds TSB (1992–94). In 1994 he also joined the Washington-based financial advisory body,the Group of Thirty.
S. G. Warburg &Co. was a London-based investment bank. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. The firm was acquired by the Swiss Bank Corporation in 1995 and ultimately became a part of UBS.
Paul Myners,Baron Myners,was a British businessman and politician. In October 2008 he was elevated to the House of Lords as a life peer and was appointed City Minister in the Labour Government of Gordon Brown,serving until May 2010. As City Minister Myners was responsible for overseeing the financial services sector during the global financial crisis and its aftermath,including leading the controversial 2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package. Myners sat in the House of Lords as a Labour peer until 2014,resigning to become a non-affiliated member before joining the crossbench group in 2015.
Nicholas Ian Macpherson,Baron Macpherson of Earl's Court,is a former senior British civil servant. He served as the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury from 2005 to 2016.
Sir Howard John Davies is a British historian and author,who is the chairman of NatWest Group and the former director of the London School of Economics.
Jews were among the first settlers after Hong Kong became a British colony in 1841. The first Jews arrived in Hong Kong from various parts of the British Empire as merchants and colonial officials. Among the first wave,the Baghdadi Jews stood out especially,including representatives of the influential families of Sassoon and Kadoorie. The construction of the Ohel Leah Synagogue in 1901 marked the beginning of a fully fledged religious life for the city's local Jews.
Terence Burns,Baron Burns,sometimes known as Terry Burns,is a British economist,made a life peer in 1998 for his services as former Chief Economic Advisor and Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury. He served as Chairman of Ofcom from 2018 to 2020,and is currently a senior adviser to Santander UK,non-executive Chairman of Glas Cymru,and a non-executive director of Pearson Group plc. He is also a former President of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research,President of the Society of Business Economists,ex Chairman of the Governing Body of the Royal Academy of Music,and ex Chairman of the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra. On 5 November 2009 he was announced chairman Designate of Channel Four Television Corporation,succeeding Luke Johnson,who retired on 27 January 2010 following six years in the post.
Stephen Andrew Carter,Baron Carter of Barnes,,is a Scottish businessman and politician. Starting his career as CEO of J Walter Thompson UK &Ireland and COO of NTL UK &Ireland,in 2003 Carter became the founding CEO of Ofcom in the United Kingdom. He was subsequently the group CEO of Brunswick Group from 2007 until 2008,when he stepped down to join the administration of Prime Minister Gordon Brown,Initially serving in 2008 as Brown's chief of strategy,principal advisor,and the Acting Downing Street Chief of Staff,he was the Minister for Communications,Technology and Broadcasting from 2008 to 2009. Between 2010 and 2013 he held various management positions at Alcatel-Lucent,and in 2013 he became the group CEO of Informa,an information and events company.
Sir Richard John Broadbent is a British businessman and currently Chairman of HM Courts and Tribunals Service.
Sir Nigel Leonard Wicks is a British financier and former senior British civil servant. He also served as Chairman of Euroclear.
Queen's Birthday Honours are announced on or around the date of the Queen's Official Birthday in the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth countries. The dates vary,both from year to year and from country to country. All are published in supplements to the London Gazette and many are conferred by the monarch some time after the date of the announcement,particularly for those service people on active duty.
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.
Theodore Thomas More Agnew,Baron Agnew of Oulton,is a British businessman,Conservative life peer,and former Minister of State at the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury. He is the founder and current chairman of the board of Inspiration Trust,an academy trust in Norfolk and Suffolk.
Rothschild &Co is a multinational private and merchant bank,headquartered in Paris,France and London,England. It is the flagship of the Rothschild banking group controlled by the British and French branches of the Rothschild family.
Michael James Ellam is a British banker and former civil servant.
