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Gandossi, Francesco, b 1889 (businessman)

 Person

Biography

Francesco Gandossi joined Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd in 1910 as a raw silk expert. He was the head of the Raw Silk Departments at Canton and Yokohama, and also served in the Shanghai Office, of which he was in charge for one year. He left the company following the closure of the company's Yokohama Office in 1934.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

 File

Semi-official correspondence of Hong Kong and Shanghai with Japan, 1941-1947 (1941 and 1947)

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/134
Scope and Contents Semi-official correspondence between Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong and Shanghai, and Jardine Matheson, Kobe, Tokyo and Yokohama, with enclosed papers:1. Semi-official letters from Tokyo and Yokohama to Hong Kong and Shanghai:a) A copy of an unnumbered letter from F. Gandossi, Yokohama, to Mr [J.H.] Keswick, Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd, [Shanghai], c/o Balfour, Guthrie & Co. Ltd, San Francisco, 4 June 1947. This letter is distinct from the main series of letters from...
Dates: 1941-1947 (1941 and 1947)
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.
 sub-subseries

Semi-official letters from Hong Kong to Tokyo and Yokohama, 1947-1978 (1947-1952 and 1954-1978)

 sub-subseries
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/204
Scope and Contents An incomplete series of copies of semi-official letters from Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, to Jardine, Matheson & Co. (Japan) Ltd, Tokyo (mainly) and Yokohama, with enclosed letters and papers. The later files include some unnumbered letters. Between 1971 and 1974 the files include weekly circular letters from Hong Kong reporting on local developments. These letters were excluded from the files from November 1974 and replaced by notes indicating that the missing letters were weekly...
Dates: 1947-1978 (1947-1952 and 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.
 sub-subseries

Semi-official letters from Shanghai to Tokyo and Yokohama, 1947-1952

 sub-subseries
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/237
Scope and Contents

Copies of semi-official letters from Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, to Jardine Matheson, Tokyo (mainly) and Yokohama, with enclosed letters and papers. The correspondents are F. Gandossi, R. Gordon, J.H. Keswick, H.H. Lennox, F.A. Pollock and M.L. Railton.

Dates: 1947-1952
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.
 sub-subseries

Semi-official letters from Tokyo and Yokohama to Shanghai, 1947-1951

 sub-subseries
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/260
Scope and Contents

Copies of semi-official letters from Jardine Matheson, Tokyo (mainly) and Yokohama, to Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, with enclosed letters and papers. The correspondents are D.W.J. Clark, F. Gandossi, R. Gordon, J.H. Keswick, D.F. Landale, H.H. Lennox, F.A. Pollock and M.L. Railton.

Dates: 1947-1951
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.