George Lyall (1800s) was a co-founder of the Lyall, Still & Co. and a member of the

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. Lyall founded Lyall, Still & Co with Charles Fredrick Still in

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. He was appointed an unofficial member in Legislative Council in 1857. After

Joseph Jardine Joseph Jardine (1822 - 1861) was a ''taipan'' of the Jardine Matheson & Co. and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Joseph was the nephew of Dr. William Jardine, founder of the Jardine Matheson & Co., and younger brother of David J ...

retired in 1860, he became the

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. He resigned later that year. In 1866, his company ran into legal issue involving

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violation with shipment from

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to Hong Kong. The case appealed to

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and was dismissed by

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