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:
Semi-official letters from London to Shanghai, 5 Nov. 1935-5 Apr. 1939
Semi-official letters from London to Shanghai, 1945-1954
Copies of semi-official letters from Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, to Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, 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, F.A. Pollock and W.E.D. Smith.
Semi-official letters from London to Shanghai, 1945-1949
Copies of semi-official letters from Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, to Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, with enclosed letters and papers. The correspondents are R. Gordon, J.H. Keswick, W.J. Keswick, H.H. Lennox, D.L. Newbigging, J.F. Owen, J.J. Paterson, F.A. Pollock and W.E.D. Smith. There are indexes at the beginning of the volumes.
Semi-official letters from London to Singapore, 1954-1968
Copies of semi-official letters from Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, to Henry Waugh & Co. Ltd, Singapore, Henry Waugh (Singapore) Ltd, Jardine Waugh (Singapore) Ltd and Jardine Waugh (Malaya) Ltd, Singapore, with enclosed letters and papers. The correspondents are A.D. Angus, D.I. Bosanquet, H. Flint, D.C. Geddes, F.M.V. Johnstone, J.H. Keswick, W.J. Keswick, L.E.C. Letts, D.S. Middleditch, A. Reid, W.E.D. Smith, Sir H. Trevelyan, H.A. Waugh and E.F. Watts.
Semi-official letters from London to Tokyo, 1949-1967
Copies of semi-official letters from Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, to Jardine, Matheson & Co. (Japan) Ltd, Tokyo, with enclosed letters and papers. The correspondents are I.F. Aucott, J.J.G. Brown, H. Flint, S.R. Hawke, J.H. Keswick, W.J. Keswick, D.W.N. Landale, G.Y. Matsumura, L. Norris, F.A. Pollock, A. Reid, J.S. Riggs, W.E.D. Smith and E.F. Watts.
Semi-official letters from Nanking to Shanghai, 10 Apr. 1929-25 Mar. 1936
Semi-official letters from New York to Shanghai, 1937-1941
Copies of unnumbered semi-official letters from Balfour, Guthrie & Co. Ltd, New York, to Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, with enclosures, including monthly reports on silk and tea. The correspondents are A. Davidson, C. Ryder and C.E. Thompson, New York, and J.H. Keswick, W.J. Keswick and F.A. Pollock, Shanghai.
Semi-official letters from Shanghai to Canton, 13 Dec. 1949-27 Jan. 1955
Semi-official letters from Shanghai to Hankow, 1938-1942
Copies of semi-official letters from Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, to Jardine Matheson, Hankow, with enclosed letters and papers. The first file also includes some semi-official and private and confidential letters from Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, to Jardine Matheson, Hankow. The correspondents are H.A. Allan, W.S. Dupree, R. Gordon, J.H. Keswick, W.J. Keswick, J.J. Paterson and F.A. Pollock.
Semi-official letters from Shanghai to Hankow, 1945-1954
Copies of semi-official letters from Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, to Jardine Matheson, Hankow, with enclosed letters and papers. The correspondents are Thomas Beesley, R. Gordon, J.H. Keswick, H.H. Lennox and F.A. Pollock, Shanghai, and R.H. Box, W.S. Dupree, A.G. Jacobs, Captain J. Horner-Smith and W.J. Wu, Hankow.
Semi-official letters from Shanghai to Hong Kong, 1911-1941
Semi-official letters from Shanghai to Hong Kong, 1943-1954
Original semi-official letters from Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, to Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, with enclosed letters and papers. The correspondents are Robin Gordon, J.H. Keswick, D.F. Landale, H.H. Lennox, J.J. Paterson and F.A. Pollock.
Semi-official letters from Shanghai to Hong Kong, 1943-1958 (mainly 1943-1956)
Semi-official letters from Shanghai to Ichang, 10 Apr. 1929-1 May 1941
Semi-official letters from Shanghai to Kiukiang, 3 Apr. 1929-8 Oct. 1941
Semi-official letters from Shanghai to Kobe and Yokohama, 12 Apr. 1929-7 Jan. 1940
Semi-official letters from Shanghai to Korea, 6 Mar. 1948-2 Dec. 1949
Copies of semi-official letters from Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, to A. Montgomery, Jardine Matheson, Korea: five unnumbered letters from J.H. Keswick (15 April 1948), H.H. Lennox (20 July 1948) and F.A. Pollock (6 March 1948, 21 June 1948 and 8 September 1948), and nos 1-5 from J.H. Keswick, 8 January-2 December 1949. The ring-binder is labelled 'File I'.
Semi-official letters from Shanghai to London, 1912-1941
Originals and some copies of semi-official letters from Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, to Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, with enclosed letters, telegrams and other papers. The correspondents are C.E. Anton, R.M. Austin, B.D.F. Beith, D.G.M. Bernard, T.S. Forrest, John Johnstone, Henry Keswick, J.H. Keswick, W.J. Keswick, David Landale, J.J. Paterson, F.A. Pollock, C.H. Ross, G.W. Sheppard, A. Brooke Smith and A.B. Stewart.
Semi-official letters from Shanghai to London, 1935-1941
Copies of semi-official letters from Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, to Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, with enclosed letters and papers, including newscuttings. The correspondents are B.D.F. Beith, D.G.M. Bernard, J.H. Keswick, W.J. Keswick, D.F. Landale, J.J. Paterson and F.A. Pollock.
Semi-official letters from Shanghai to London, 1943-1953
Original semi-official letters from R. Gordon, J.H. Keswick, H.H. Lennox and F.A. Pollock, Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, to B.D.F. Beith, W.J. Keswick and W.E.D. Smith, Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, with enclosed letters and papers.
Semi-official letters from Shanghai to London, 1943-1949 (mainly 1945-1949)
Copies of semi-official letters from Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, to Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, with enclosed letters and papers. The correspondents are B.D.F. Beith, R. Gordon, J.H. Keswick, W.J. Keswick, H.H. Lennox, F.A. Pollock and W.E.D. Smith.
Semi-official letters from Shanghai to Nanking, 9 May 1929-26 July 1939
Semi-official letters from Shanghai to New York, 5 Apr. 1929-29 Oct. 1941
Semi-official letters from Shanghai to New York, 12 Dec. 1945-1 Sep. 1950
Semi-official letters from Shanghai to Tientsin, 1939-1940
Copies of semi-official letters from Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, to Jardine Matheson, Tientsin, with related letters and other papers. The correspondents are H. Flint, J.H. Keswick, W.J. Keswick, F.A. Pollock, A.E. Smith and J.C. Taylor.