Keswick, Sir John Henry, 1906-1982 (Knight, businessman)
Dates
- Existence: 1906 - 1982
Biography
John Henry Keswick joined Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd in 1929. He was employed in several departments in China before working in the Private Office at Hong Kong and Shanghai, and subsequently joined Matheson & Co. Ltd. He was a Director of both Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd and Matheson & Co. Ltd. He was the son of Henry Keswick (1870-1928) of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd and Matheson & Co. Ltd.
Found in 202 Collections and/or Records:
Property correspondence between Hong Kong, London and Shanghai, 1945-1949
Property correspondence between Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, and Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, with enclosed letters and papers. The correspondents are R. Gordon, J.H. Keswick, W.J. Keswick, D.F. Landale, H.H. Lennox, J.F. Owen, J.J. Paterson, F.A. Pollock, W.E.D. Smith and J.C. Taylor.
Property letter from Shanghai to Tokyo, 15 Feb. 1950
A copy of property letter no. P.1 from J.H. Keswick, Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, to F.A. Pollock, Jardine Matheson, Tokyo, regarding a potential visit to Japan by H.M. Spence. The ring-binder is labelled 'File I'.
Property letters from Hankow to Shanghai, 26 Apr. 1929-28 Aug. 1941
Property letters from Hankow to Shanghai, 16 May 1946-22 Sep. 1954
Property letters from Hong Kong and Shanghai to Kobe and Yokohama, 20 Feb. 1929-11 Nov. 1940
Property letters from Hong Kong to London, 1945-1957
Original property letters from Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, to Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, with enclosed letters and papers. The correspondents are H.D.M. Barton, R. Gordon, J.H. Keswick, W.J. Keswick, D.F. Landale, H.H. Lennox, J.J. Paterson, F.A. Pollock, W.E.D. Smith and E.F. Watts.
Property letters from Hong Kong to Shanghai, 20 Nov. 1945-19 July 1954
Property letters from Hong Kong to Tientsin, 12 June 1951-31 Oct. 1952
Copies of property letters from Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, to Alex Kidd, Jardine Matheson, Tientsin: nos P.1, P.2, P.9-11 and P.13-15 from J.H. Keswick (mainly), D.F. Landale and E.F. Watts, 12 June-8 December 1951, and P.1-5 from J.H. Keswick and H.H. Lennox, 21 March-31 October 1952. There are notes recording that nos P.3-8 of 1951 have been transferred to another file. The subjects include the Tientsin property valuation and the Waller Estate. The ring-binder is labelled 'File I'.
Property letters from Hong Kong to Tokyo and Yokohama, 1947-1957
Copies of property letters from Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, to Jardine Matheson, Tokyo (mainly) and Yokohama, with enclosed letters and papers. The correspondence are I.F. Aucott, H.D.M. Barton, I.D. Bruce, R. Gordon, J.H. Keswick, D.F. Landale, F.A. Pollock, M.L. Railton and E.F. Watts.
Property letters from London to Hong Kong, 1945-1957
Copies of property letters from Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, to Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, with enclosed letters and papers. The correspondents are H.D.M. Barton, R. Gordon, J.H. Keswick, W.J. Keswick, D.F. Landale, J.J. Paterson, F.A. Pollock and W.E.D. Smith.
Property letters from London to Shanghai, 8 Dec. 1945-31 Aug. 1951
Property letters from Shanghai to Hankow, 13 Apr. 1946-7 Sep. 1954
Property letters from Shanghai to Hankow, 9 Mar. 1928-20 Nov. 1941
Property letters from Shanghai to London, 7 Dec. 1945-28 July 1954
Property letters from Shanghai to London, 7 Dec. 1945-6 May 1952
Property letters from Shanghai to London, 4 Nov. 1922-22 Feb. 1940
Property letters from Shanghai to Tientsin, 24 Oct. 1945-29 Sep. 1952
Property letters from Shanghai to Tientsin, 29 Apr. 1929-10 Nov. 1941
Property letters from Tientsin to Hong Kong, 29 June 1949-10 Feb. 1953
Property letters from Tientsin to Shanghai, 19 Nov. 1945-16 Oct. 1952
Property letters from Tientsin to Shanghai, 20 Apr. 1929-25 Sep. 1941
Property letters from Tokyo to Hong Kong, 1947-1957
Copies of property letters from Jardine Matheson, Tokyo, to Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, with enclosed letters and papers. The correspondents are I.F. Aucott, H.D.M. Barton, R. Gordon, J.H. Keswick; D.F. Landale, F.A. Pollock, M.L. Railton and E.F. Watts.
Property letters from Tokyo to Shanghai, 4 Mar. 1950
A copy of letter 'Property No. 1' from F.A. Pollock, Jardine Matheson, Tokyo, to J.H. Keswick, Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, regarding H.M. Spence. The ring-binder is labelled 'File I'.
Restricted semi-official letters from Hong Kong to London and Shanghai, 15 Sep. 1949-1 Dec. 1950
Restricted semi-official letters from London to Hong Kong and Shanghai, 25 Aug. 1949-10 Aug. 1950
Copies of restricted semi-official letters from W.J. Keswick, Matheson & Co. London: nos R.1-5 and 7-14 to R. Gordon and D.F. Landale, Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, 25 August 1949-10 August 1950, and no. 6 to J.H. Keswick, Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, 31 January 1950, with enclosed letters and papers. The ring-binder is labelled 'Restricted Letters From London. File I'.