Lennox, Henry Hutchison, 1891-1958 (businessman)
Dates
- Existence: 1891 - 1958
Biography
Henry Hutchison Lennox joined Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd in 1912, working initially in accounts. He was employed subsequently as the company's Agent at Harbin, Hankow and Tientsin, and as Acting Agent at Peking. He was stationed at Chungking and New York during the Second World War, before returning to China. He was a Director of the company, 1947-1954.
Found in 96 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.
Miscellaneous semi-official and other correspondence, 1953-1954
Private and confidential correspondence between Hong Kong and Shanghai, 1945-1954
Private and confidential correspondence between Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong and Shanghai, with related letters and papers. The letters from Hong Kong to Shanghai are copies; the letters from Shanghai to Hong Kong are originals. The earlier volumes also includes telegrams exchanged between the two offices. The correspondents are Thomas Beesley, R. Gordon, J.H. Keswick, D.F. Landale, H.H. Lennox, J.J. Paterson, F.A. Pollock, A.W. Robson and E.F. Watts.
Private and confidential letters from Chungking to London, 30 Apr. 1944-17 Sep. 1945
Private and confidential letters from Hong Kong to London, 1945-1984 (1945-1975 and 1983-1984)
Private and confidential letters from Hong Kong to Tokyo, 12 Oct. 1949-23 May 1957
Private and confidential letters from London to Chungking, 5 June 1944-23 Aug. 1945
Private and confidential letters from London to Shanghai, 3 Oct. 1945-23 Aug. 1950
Private and confidential letters from Shanghai to Hong Kong, 1945-1954
Copies of private and confidential letters from Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, to Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, with enclosed letters and papers. The correspondents are T. Beesley, R. Gordon, J.H. Keswick, D.F. Landale, H.H. Lennox and F.A. Pollock.
Property correspondence between Hong Kong and Canton, Swatow, Taipei and Tientsin, 1952
Property correspondence between Hong Kong and London, Shanghai and Tokyo, 1950-1954
Property correspondence between Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, and Jardine Matheson, Shanghai and Tokyo, and Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, with enclosed letters and papers. The correspondents are I.D. Bruce, R. Gordon, J.H. Keswick, W.J. Keswick, D.F. Landale, H.H. Lennox, F.A. Pollock, M.L. Railton, W.E.D. Smith and E.F. Watts.
Property correspondence between Hong Kong and Shanghai and outports, 1950-1951
Property correspondence between Hong Kong and Shanghai and Tientsin, 1950-1951
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 correspondence between London, Shanghai and Tokyo, 1950-1952
Property letters from Chungking to London, 2 June 1943-30 Nov. 1945
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 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'.