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Thomas Sutherland (banker)
Sir Thomas Sutherland, ( 16 August 1834 – 1 January 1922) was a Scottish banker and politician, initially elected to represent the Liberal Party and then as a Liberal Unionist. He founded The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation which was the founder member of HSBC Group and directed the P&O Company. Early life Sutherland was the son of Robert Sutherland and Christian Webster of Aberdeen. He was educated at Aberdeen University. Career Sutherland got his start clerking in the London office of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O). Soon after, P&O promoted Sutherland to superintendent, assigning him to British Hong Kong to manage the firm's Asian operation. In 1863 he became the first chairman of the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock. In order to help finance the burgeoning trade between China and Europe, and explore the potential for China—United States trade, Sutherland established The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in 1865 and became its fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdeen
Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and has a population estimate of for the city of Aberdeen, and for the local council area making it the United Kingdom's 39th most populous built-up area. The city is northeast of Edinburgh and north of London, and is the northernmost major city in the United Kingdom. Aberdeen has a long, sandy coastline and features an oceanic climate, with cool summers and mild, rainy winters. During the mid-18th to mid-20th centuries, Aberdeen's buildings incorporated locally quarried grey granite, which may sparkle like silver because of its high mica content. Since the discovery of North Sea oil in 1969, Aberdeen has been known as the offshore oil capital of Europe. Based upon the discovery of prehistoric villages around the mouths of the rivers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenock (UK Parliament Constituency)
Greenock was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1974, when it was abolished and its area was merged into the new Greenock and Port Glasgow constituency. Boundaries The boundaries of the constituency, as set out in the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832, were- :"From the Point, on the West of the Town, at which the Shore of the Firth of Clyde is met by the March between the Parishes of Greenock and Innerkip, up the said March to that Point thereof which is nearest to the Southern Point of the Ridge of Bow Hill; thence in a straight Line to the said Point on Bow Hill; thence in a straight Line to the Southern End of the Upper East Reservoir for supplying Greenock with Water; thence in a straight Line, in the Direction of the highest projecting Point of Knocknair Hill, to the Point near Woodhead Quarry, at which such straight Line cuts the Easternmost of the Two Rivulets which form the La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Wilson Murray
Charles Wilson Murray (10 September 1820 – 15 August 1873) was a Scottish businessman and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Murray was born in Edinburgh. He became the partner of the Bibery & Co. in 1859. He was subsequently appointed to the Legislative Council in March 1862. He resigned his seat in the Legislative Council in February 1865 on leaving Hong Kong and his vacancy was subsequently replaced by Thomas Sutherland. He died in Keswick, Cumberland Keswick ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Allerdale Borough in Cumbria, England. Historically, until 1974, it was part of Cumberland. It lies within the Lake District National Park, Keswick is just north of Derwentwater and is f ..., England in 1873.''England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995'' References 1820 births 1873 deaths Members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong British expatriates in Hong Kong Politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Reid (Greenock MP)
James Reid (1839–1908) was Unionist MP for Greenock Greenock (; sco, Greenock; gd, Grianaig, ) is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council areas of Scotland, council area in Scotland, United Kingdom and a former burgh of barony, burgh within the Counties of Scotland, historic ... from 1900 to 1906. References External links * 1839 births 1908 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Scottish Tory MPs (pre-1912) UK MPs 1900–1906 {{Conservative-UK-MP-1830s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Stewart (Greenock MP)
James Stewart (18 June 1827 – 28 May 1895) was a Scottish Liberal Party politician, elected as a member of parliament for Greenock in 1878, resigning in 1884 to become Steward of the Manor of Northstead The office of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead functions as a procedural device to allow a member of Parliament (MP) to resign from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. As members of the House of Commons are forbidden .... References * External links * 1827 births 1895 deaths Deputy Lieutenants of Ayrshire Scottish Liberal Party MPs Politics of Inverclyde UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 19th-century Scottish people {{Scotland-Liberal-UK-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1884 Greenock By-election
Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price attempts to cremate his dead baby son, Iesu Grist, in Wales. Later tried and acquitted on the grounds that cremation is not contrary to English law, he is thus able to carry out the ceremony (the first in the United Kingdom in modern times) on March 14, setting a legal precedent. * February 1 – ''A New English Dictionary on historical principles, part 1'' (edited by James A. H. Murray), the first fascicle of what will become ''The Oxford English Dictionary'', is published in England. * February 5 – Derby County Football Club is founded in England. * March 13 – The siege of Khartoum, Sudan, begins (ends on January 26, 1885). * March 28 – Prince Leopold, the youngest son and the eighth child of Queen Victoria and Prince A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
