Owen, John Featherstone, b 1889 (businessman)
Biography
John Featherstone Owen joined Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd in 1907, and worked initially for the Shipping Office of the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd in Shanghai. He was subsequently Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s Agent at Chungking, Hankow and Tientsin, and was in charge of the Jardine Engineering Corporation Ltd, Shanghai, 1929-1937. He retired in 1947. He was a Director of Matheson & Co. Ltd, 1939-1967.
Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:
Biographical notes on Directors, 1948-1954
Typescript biographical notes on H.D.M. Barton, R. Gordon, F.C. Hall, J.H. Keswick, W.J. Keswick, D.F. Landale, H.H. Lennox, D.L. Newbigging, J.F. Owen, W.E.D. Smith and E.F. Watts, c. 1953-1954; a press cutting on the death of D.L. Newbigging (d. 1948); and a manuscript letter from H.D.M. Barton to B.D.F. Beith, 19 April 1954, containing biographical notes about himself.
Correspondence of J.F. Owen, 1936-1941
Miscellaneous correspondence of J.F. Owen, comprised of original letters to Owen and copies of letters sent by him. There are also some related papers.
Correspondence of J.F. Owen re Jardine Engineering Corporation, 4 June 1929-13 Aug. 1935
Green correspondence files, 1932-1941
Selected semi-official, private and confidential, and other letters of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd regarding particular subjects, with related papers. The principal correspondents are B.D.F. Beith; D.G.M. Bernard; Butterfield & Swire; W.C. Cassels; A.L. Davidson; W.S. Dupree; V.M. Grayburn; J.H. Keswick; W.J. Keswick; D.F. Landale; Lowe, Bingham & Matthews; E.R. Morriss; D.L. Newbigging; J.F. Owen; J.J. Paterson; F.A. Pollock and J.C. Taylor.
Letters from J.F. Owen re East Africa, 16 Dec. 1928-20 Jan. 1929
Original letters from J.F. Owen to L.N. Leefe, Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, reporting on his visit to East Africa: no. 1, Tanga, Tanganyika Territory, 16 December 1928; unnumbered, Tanga, 16 December 1928; no. 2, Nairobi, c/o. Smith, Mackenzie & Co., 11 January 1929; and no. 3, Nairobi, 20 January 1929, enclosing a 'Memorandum for Ewo Mills on Piece Goods Trade in - Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika'. Nos 1-3 are typed; the unnumbered letter is handwritten.
Private and confidential correspondence between Hong Kong and London, 1945-1959
Private and confidential letters from London to Chungking, 5 June 1944-23 Aug. 1945
Private and confidential letters from London to Hong Kong, 1945-1984 (1945-1975 and 1983-1984)
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 letters from London to Chungking, 8 Nov. 1943-5 Sep. 1945
Property letters from London to Shanghai, 8 Dec. 1945-31 Aug. 1951
Semi-official and other correspondence between Chungking and London and Shanghai, 1945-1947
Semi-official and other letters from Chungking to London, 1942-1946
Copies of semi-official, property and private and confidential letters from Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd and the Jardine Engineering Corporation Ltd, Chungking, to Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, with enclosed letters and papers. The correspondents are B.D.F. Beith, D.I. Bosanquet, G.P. Charlton, W.S. Dupree, H.Y. Hsu, W.J. Keswick, H.H. Lennox, P. Morrison, J.F. Owen, C.F. Stockar and A. Wright.
Semi-official and other letters from London to Chungking, 1942-1946
Copies of semi-official letters and some property and private and confidential letters from Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, to Jardine Matheson, Chungking, with enclosed letters and papers. The files also include copies of telegrams exchanged between London and Chungking. The correspondents are B.D.F. Beith, D.I. Bosanquet, G.P. Charlton, W.S. Dupree, H.Y. Hsu, W.J. Keswick, H.H. Lennox, J.F. Owen, C.F. Stockar and A. Wright.
Semi-official and property correspondence between Shanghai and Hankow, 1921-1927
Copies of semi-official correspondence between Jardine Matheson, Hankow and Shanghai, with related letters (including property letters), telegrams and other papers, including Hankow monthly reports and financial statements. The Hankow letters are numbered, but those from Shanghai are not. The correspondents include R.M. Austin, G.S. Aveyard, B.D.F. Beith, Cedric C. Boyd, W.S. Dupree, John Johnstone, J.F. Owen, J.J. Paterson, Andrew Ross, A. Brooke Smith and J.C. Taylor.
Semi-official and property correspondence between Shanghai and Tientsin, 1921-1927
Copies of semi-official and property correspondence between Jardine Matheson, Shanghai and Tientsin, with enclosed letters and papers, including copies of telegrams, monthly Tientsin agency reports and financial statements, and Tientsin Produce Department memoranda. The correspondents are R.M. Austin, B.D.F. Beith, P.S. Jameson, John Johnstone, D.L. Newbigging, J.F. Owen, J.J. Paterson, R.J. Paterson, E.C. Peters, W.W.G. Ross and A. Brooke Smith.
Semi-official and property correspondence of the Yangtsze Ports, 1920-1927
Semi-official correspondence between London and Australia and India, 19 Jan. 1942-10 Aug. 1945
Semi-official correspondence between London and New York, 4 Oct. 1943-28 Nov. 1944
Semi-official correspondence between London and Shanghai, 1929-1935
Semi-official correspondence and some telegrams exchanged between Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, and the Jardine Engineering Corporation Ltd, Shanghai, with enclosed letters and papers. The correspondents are R.M. Austin, B.D.F. Beith, D.G.M. Bernard, W.J. Keswick, J.F. Owen and G.W. Sheppard.
Semi-official correspondence between Shanghai and the ports, 1918-1921
Semi-official letters from London to Bombay and Calcutta, 11 Dec. 1941-4 Feb. 1946
Semi-official letters from London to Bombay and Calcutta, 1941-1946
Copies of semi-official letters from Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, to Jardine, Skinner & Co., Bombay and Calcutta, and Jardine, Matheson & Co. (India) Ltd, Bombay, and of telegrams exchanged between London and Bombay and Calcutta. The correspondents are B.D.F. Beith, W.J. Keswick, J.F. Owen, F.A. Pollock, A.W. Robson, C.T. Tod and H.H. Tod.