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Watts, Donald Rickard, 1918-2011 (businessman)

 Person

Biography

Donald Rickard Watts was born in Berkeley, California. He was appointed the head of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd's San Francisco office on its formation in 1970. He left the company on the closure of the office in 1974.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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Private and confidential letters from Hong Kong to Singapore, 1954-1978

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J4/23
Scope and Contents Copies of private and confidential letters from Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, to Henry Waugh & Co. Ltd, Henry Waugh Ltd, Jardine Waugh Ltd and Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd, Singapore, with enclosed letters and papers. The correspondents are A.D. Angus, I.F. Aucott, H.D.M. Barton, Boon Yoon Chiang, D.I. Bosanquet, J.J.G. Brown, I.D. Bruce, D.C. Geddes, R. Gordon, M.A.R. Herries, J.A. Heywood, E.J.V. Hutt, F.M.V. Johnstone, H.N.L. Keswick, J.H. Keswick, D.W.N. Landale, L.E.C. Letts, G.L....
Dates: 1954-1978
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf. Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers. Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
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Semi-official correspondence of Sydney, 1963-1974

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/169
Scope and Contents Copies of semi-official correspondence of G.R.B. Patterson, Resident Representative in Australia and New Zealand of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd, Jardine Waugh Ltd and the Jardine Engineering Corporation Ltd (April 1963-July 1964), and Jardine, Matheson & Co. (Australia) Pty Ltd, Sydney (from July 1964), with Jardine Waugh Ltd/Jardine, Matheson & Co. (S.E.A.) Ltd, Bangkok; Jardine Matheson, Jakarta; Matheson & Co. Ltd, London; Jardine Matheson Inc., San Francisco; Jardine,...
Dates: 1963-1974
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf. Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers. Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.