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  2. History of Jardine Matheson & Co. - Wikipedia

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    William Jardine and James Matheson. Jardine, Matheson & Co., later Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., forerunner of today's Jardine Matheson Holdings, was a Far Eastern company founded in 1832 by Scotsmen William Jardine and James Matheson as senior partners.

  3. Jardines (company) - Wikipedia

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    William Jardine and James Matheson, the firm's founders 1846 view of Jardine's original building from Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.. The firm of Jardine, Matheson & Company emerged in 1832 from an evolving process of partnership changes in the trading business Cox & Reid, a partnership established in 1782 between John Cox and John Reid, the latter having been agent of the Austrian trading company ...

  4. Matheson & Company - Wikipedia

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    James Matheson, one of the two founders of the Hong Kong-based Jardine Matheson trading company, founded Matheson & Company in 1848 after he returned from China. [1] The company was created in a reorganization of Magniac-Jardine and Company, which had come close to liquidation in the 1847 financial crisis. [ 2 ]

  5. Keswick family - Wikipedia

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    The founder of the dynasty, William Keswick was born in 1834, in Dumfriesshire in the Scottish Lowlands.His grandmother, Jean Jardine Johnstone was an older sister of Dr. William Jardine, the founder of Jardine Matheson & Company His father Thomas Keswick had married Margaret Johnstone, Jardine's niece and daughter of Jean, and entered the Jardine business.

  6. William Jardine (merchant) - Wikipedia

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    On 1 July 1832, Jardine, Matheson & Co., a partnership between Jardine and Matheson as senior partners, and Magniac, Alexander Matheson, Jardine's nephew Andrew Johnstone, Matheson's nephew Hugh Matheson, John Abel Smith, and Henry Wright, as the first partners, was formed in China, taking the Chinese name 'Ewo' (怡和) pronounced "Yee-Wo" and ...

  7. Jardine Fleming - Wikipedia

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    Jardine Fleming was a Hong Kong–based investment bank founded in 1970 as a joint venture between Jardine Matheson and Robert Fleming & Co. [1] It was acquired by JP Morgan Chase in 2000. [ 2 ] References

  8. Jardine Matheson to transfer its Chinese Mercedes-Benz ... - AOL

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    Jardine Matheson said it will transfer its Mercedes-Benz business in China to its mainland car showroom affiliate, Zhongsheng Group, in a US$1.3 billion cash and shares deal that would raise its ...

  9. Hugh Barton - Wikipedia

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    He sat in Hong Kong's governing bodies and the boards of its richest banks. He presided over a time when Jardine Matheson was at the peak of its economic and political power over Hong Kong. He founded the Penta Hotel Chain, supported by five airlines: Swissair, Alitalia, Air France, British Airways and Lufthansa. Eventually, Air France and ...