Sir Henry Neville Lindley Keswick (born 29 September 1938) is a British businessman who is chairman emeritus of

Jardine Matheson Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited (also known as Jardines) 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 ...

Early life

Keswick was born in 1938 in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

, China, the son of Sir William Johnstone "Tony" Keswick.Profile - Keswick
Debretts.com; accessed 1 April 2016 He is part of the

Keswick family The Keswick family (pronounced with a silent "w", "Kezzick") are a business dynasty of Scottish origin associated with the Far East region since 1855 and in particular the conglomerate Jardine Matheson. As tai-pans of Jardine Matheson & Company, ...

and the older brother of

Simon Keswick Simon Lindley Keswick FRSA (born 20 May 1942) is a Scottish businessman and the younger brother of Sir Chips Keswick and Sir Henry Keswick. Early life and education Part of the Keswick family business dynasty, he is the son of Sir William ...

and

Sir Chips Keswick Sir John Chippendale "Chips" Lindley Keswick (born 2 February 1940) is a British merchant banker and member of the Keswick family who control Jardine Matheson, founded by William Jardine. He was chairman of Arsenal Football Club from June 2013 ...

. He was educated at

Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, C ...

and

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. During the

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in 1953, Keswick was a page to Field Marshal

Alan Brooke Field Marshal Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, (23 July 1883 – 17 June 1963), was a senior officer of the British Army. He was Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), the professional head of the British Army, during the Sec ...

, and took part in the ceremony in

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. During his period of

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from 1956 to 1958, he was commissioned into the

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Business career

Keswick owned ''

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'', a British conservative magazine, from 1975 to 1980. He is the chairman of

Jardine Matheson Holdings Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited (also known as Jardines) 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 ...

Ltd, which he joined in 1961. He has been a director since 1967 and became managing director in 1970, and chairman in 1972.

Other interests

He is vice chairman of the Hong Kong Association and a member of the council of the

National Trust The National Trust, formally the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, is a charity and membership organisation for heritage conservation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In Scotland, there is a separate and ...

. He was previously the chairman of the

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Honours

Keswick was

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in the

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for services to British business interests overseas and charitable activities in the UK.

Personal life

Keswick is a practising Roman Catholic and is a member of ''

The Tablet ''The Tablet'' is a Catholic international weekly review published in London. Brendan Walsh, previously literary editor and then acting editor, was appointed editor in July 2017. History ''The Tablet'' was launched in 1840 by a Quaker convert ...

''. In 1985, he married

Tessa Keswick Annabel Thérèse Keswick, Lady Keswick (née Fraser; 15 October 1942 – 13 September 2022), styled "The Honourable", was a Scottish lady from the Fraser family who married Lord Reay and then Sir Henry Keswick. She was influential in Britis ...

, a public policy analyst who went on to be chancellor of the

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. She is the younger daughter of

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and was formerly married to

Hugh Mackay, 14th Lord Reay Hugh William Mackay, 14th Lord Reay, Baron Mackay (19 July 1937 – 10 May 2013), was a British politician and Conservative member of the House of Lords. He was the only male Lord of Parliament to sit in the House of Lords following the abolit ...

. They live at

Oare House Oare House is a Grade I listed country house in Oare, Wiltshire, England. The house was built in 1740 for a London wine merchant, Henry Deacon. It was largely remodelled in the early 1920s by the architect Clough Williams-Ellis, for Sir Geoff ...

, a large country estate in

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. He also owns an 18,000 acre shooting estate, Hunthill Estate, in the Angus Glens area of East Scotland; the shooting is mainly grouse. Keswick and his wife donated £100,000 to the

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in the

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. According to the

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, in January 2020, Keswick donated £2,000 to Conservative MP

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. He also donated £10,000 to MP

Danny Kruger Daniel Rayne Kruger (born 23 October 1974) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Devizes in Wiltshire since 2019. The son of writer and property developer Rayne Kruger and restaurateur and t ...

References

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