William Keswick
William Keswick | |
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| Born | 15 April 1834 |
| Died | 9 March 1912 (aged 77) |
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| Children | 7, including Henry Keswick |
William Keswick (15 April 1834 – 9 March 1912) was a British
Biography
Keswick was born in 1834 in Dumfriesshire in the Scottish Lowlands. His grandmother, Jean Jardine Johnstone, was an older sister of Dr. William Jardine, co-founder of Jardine Matheson.[1] His father Thomas Keswick, from Dumfriesshire had married Jardine's niece and daughter of Jean, Margaret Johnstone, and entered the Jardine business. The company operated as merchant traders and had a major influence in the First and Second Opium Wars although the company stopped this trading in 1870 to pursue a broad range of trades including shipping, railways, textiles and property development.
William arrived in
He spent three spells on the Legislative and Executive Councils of Hong Kong between 1868 and 1887. He was further listed as a director of the
In 1888, Keswick and the chemist Herbert W. C. Tweddle bought the Negritos oil fields on the hacienda La Brea y Pariñas in Peru. Keswick and Tweddle then formed the London and Pacific Petroleum Company to profit from the property.[4]
After serving as
William died the day after this resignation at his home,
Family
Keswick married first Amelia Sophia Dubeux (d. 1883) and had two sons:
- Henry Keswick (1870–1928)
- Lieutenant David Johnstone Keswick (1876–1900), an officer in the 12th Lancers who was killed in South Africa during the Second Boer War.[7]
His grandson, William Johnston Keswick "Tony" (1903–90) was Jardine's Tai-pan between 1934 and 1941 and later Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company[8]
References
- ^ "Keswick". Webster's Online Dictionary. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ HongKong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Company, Limited. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Daily Press Office. 1876. p. 69.
- ^ "Epsom Division: The Conservative Candidate". Surrey Mirror. British Newspaper Archive. 13 January 1899. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ISBN 9780820320250. (Note that on p. 91 and p. 362, the 1991 edition of Clayton's book has the typographical error "Tweedle"; this error is the typesetter's — not Clayton's.)
- ^ "Obituary". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. British Newspaper Archive. 11 March 1912. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- ^ "A History of Bookham". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ^ "The War -Casualties". The Times. No. 36085. London. 9 March 1900. p. 7.
- ^ "W.H. Auden, Family Ghosts - Sir William Johnston Keswick". Stanford University. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2011.