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Business letters: East Indies, Siam and Malaya, 1821-1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/B6/6

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There are 11,133 principal letters and 33 supplementary letters. The correspondents include the following names:

Fabian de Abaroa; G.E. Adams (Captain of the 'Reunion'); Abdool Allie; Abdool Rhamma Ben Mahomed; Abdul Rassool; Abed ben Sakur; H.E.C. Abendroth; Ackland & Boyd; Lim Acquay; [ ] Adam; J.L. Adam; William Adam (of the 'Swallow'); Adam & Co.; William Adamson; [ ] Afoune; Aga Abdul Rahim Bin Hajee Abdul Rasool (Abdul Rahim); Henry Alabaster; Major Edward Aldrich (Royal Engineers); John Alexander (of Canton); Richard Allan; William Allen (Captain of the 'Ann'); Frederick P. Alleyn; F.M. Alloin; Jose d'Almeida Jnr; Jozé de Almeida (of Singapore); Jose d'Almeida & Son; Amutung & Lawrence, Hong Kong; W. Anchant; Andrew Ferguson Anderson; Captain George Cobham Anderson (Marine Superintendent, Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong); John Anderson (at Guam); John Anderson (Guthrie & Co., Singapore); William Anderson; William Henry Anderson; William Anderson Senr & Co.; G. André; B. Andreas; H.J. Andrew (Captain of the 'Leonidas'); [ ] Andrews; Thomas S. Andrews; E.E. Angullia; Henry Anthon; A.A. Anthony & Co.; A.J. Apcar; Apcar & Co.; E. Apel & Co.; William Ardlie (Captain of the 'Ganges'); N. Argence; George Armstrong; John Armstrong (of Canton); George Armstrong & Co.; John S. Atchison; W.J. Auld; Austen & Co.; Bernardino de Azcárraga; José de Azcárraga.

A. Baker Jnr; R.B. Baker (Captain of the 'Earl of Balcarres' and 'Singapore'); Robert Bain; P. Ballantyne; [ ] Balhetchet; William Balhetchet; Balhetchet & Co.; J.E. Banck; John Bancroft (of the brig 'Dhaulle'); Ban Soon; M. de Barcaiztegui; L.L. Barnard; William Charles Barne (formerly Lieutenant, 100th Foot); Barnet & Co.; [ ] Barretto; H.A. Barrett; A.V. Barretto; Bartolomeu Barretto; Bartolomeu Antonio Barretto; Enrique M. Barretto; Francisco Barretto; João Antonio Barretto; João Antonio Barretto Jnr; Luis Barretto; Barretto & Co.; B.A. Barretto & Co.; W.B. Bastian (of the barque 'Ettrick'); J.G. Batho; Batlle, Hermanos & Co.; P.J. Batteké; W. Baumann (Captain of the 'Margaret West'); John Baxter (Captain of the 'Mor'); H. Bayley; Captain H.P. Baylis; John C. Baynton; R.B. Beard (Captain of the 'Florence Nightingale' and 'Borealis'); William Beckett (Captain of the 'Clan Alpine', 'Wild Wave', 'James Shepherd', S.S. 'Unadilla' and 'Flying Spur'); J. Alleyne Beckles; John Bedale; A. Bédier; Bédier & Till; Behn, Meyer & Co.; Behre & Co.; W.H. Behrens; Charles Bell (Captain of the 'Mercury'); M. Bell (Captain of the 'Lammermuir'); Ezakiel Benjamin; L.H. Berns; Robert Berry; Berry & Ljungstedt; Mariano de Bertodano; J.M. Beth; A. Betts; F.L. Bicker; H.S. Bidwell; George Bilton (Captain of the 'Ardencraig'); [ ] Bing; Andrew C. Bing; H. Bingham (Captain of the 'Hertfordshire'); Richard Binks (purser of H.C.S. 'Marquess of Huntly'); E.F. Birchal; Edward Bird (Captain of the 'Anglo-Indian'); George Blair; W.M. Blanckenhagen; Fr. Manuel Blanco; James Henry Blight; John H. Bloom; Joseph Blyth (of the 'Cumbrian'); W.G. Bodecker; Jean Bolliet & Co.; Frederick Bolton; Captain Charles James Bolton; Reginald Gore Booth; Borneo Company Ltd; John Borradaile; J.C. Boswell; Braz Joaquim Botelho; Bourjau, Hübener & Co.; E. Boustead; Boustead & Co.; Boustead, Schwabe & Co.; Alexander Bowers (Captain of the 'Lauderdale'); John Charles Bowring; H.L. Boysen; Thomas Brady (Captain of the 'Regina'); J. Brandts; Lewis C. Brayley (of the 'Gresham'); C. Brigstocke (Captain of the 'Burnswark'); Brinkmann, Kümpers & Co.; British Dispensary, Bangkok; G. Brocke; A. Brook; David Brown (Brown & Co.); E. Brown (Captain of the barque 'Dora'); J.A. Brown; Lawrence Combe Brown; Thomas Brown (Captain of the 'Duke of Roxburgh'); Brown & Co.; F. Browne; R. Browne; W.E. Browne; Henry P. Brumell (Captain of the 'Lady Macdonald' and 'Bengal'); R. Bryce; John Will Buchanan (Captain of the S.S. 'Ben Ledi'); W. Buckle; Francis Bulkeley Bulkeley-Johnson (also Francis Bulkeley Johnson, afterwards Bulkeley-Johnson); John Burd (Captain of the 'Norden' and 'Syden'); David Laing Burn (of the 'Edinburgh'); Captain James Burnett; Burt, Myrtle & Co.; Büsing, Schröder & Co.; Alexander Butchart; B. Butler; Charles Butler; Butler, Sykes & Co.; William John Butterworth; Byramjee Hormasjee Cama & Co. (Byramjee Hormusjee Cama & Co.); Edward Byrne (Captain of the 'Zingari', 'London' and 'Telegraph').

Manuel Cacho; James S. Cadenhead (Captain of the 'Philip Laing'); Fernando Calderon; Alexander Cameron (Captain of the 'Florence Nightingale'); George Paulett Cameron; John Cameron & Co.; Cameron, Dunlop & Co.; Campana & Co.; J. Campana; Captain Campbell (of the 'Culder'); J.P. Campbell (of Maclaine, Fraser & Co.); Robert Campbell (of Martin, Dyce & Co.); Canton Insurance Office Ltd; Frédéric Thomas Caraman; Paul A. Cargey; D. Carlin (Captain of the 'Deerfoot' and 'Deerhound'); James Carnegy; James Fairlie Carnegy; Carnegy & Co.; W.A. Carpenter; William Carr (Captain of the 'Mangles', 'Mercury', 'Vixen' and 'Hellas'); Vincente Carranceja; John Carrol; Dave Carson; M. Carstonnet; Antonio P. Casal; J.T. Cassels; James G. Caswell; Richard Caunter; Robert Dundas Cay; Fr. Celestino; Antoine Cestrières; [ ] Chalmer; John Charretie; Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China; Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London & China; China Sugar Refining Co. Ltd (China Sugar Refinery Co. Ltd); Choon Sian, Choon Bock & Co.; Thomas Church (Resident Councillor, Singapore); John Thomas Claridge; Arthur Hamilton Clark; James S. Clark; John Pierce Clark (Captain of the 'Napoleon', 'Banshee' and 'Ettrick'); Stephen Clark & Co.; Thomas Clark (Captain of the 'Isabella Watson' and 'Thomas Campbell'); W. Morton Clark; J.S. Clark & Co.; Clark, Davidson & Co.; Richard Clarke (of the 'Nova Bella'); Clarke & Co.; George Thomas Clayton; William Clifton (Captain of the 'Red Rover'); W.A. Clubley; Samuel Clyma (of the 'Queen of the Age'); A. Coates; J.E. Coates (formerly Chief Officer of the 'North Star'); George Cobb (Captain of the 'Robin Hood' and 'Wild Deer'); Chef du Service Administratif de la Marine, Cochinchine; George Ward Cole; George Coles; Jose Coll; David Comrie; Lorenzo Moreno Conde; A.G. Conighi; William Connibeer; Constable, Wood & Co.; James Patfield Cook (partner, Thomas Hunt & Co.); Domenico Copello (Captain of the S.S. 'Glensannox'); J. Thomas Cork; J.O. Cormack; A. Cornu; Alphonse Jean Claude René Théodore, Comte de Cornulier-Lucinière; José Philippe da Costa (José Filipe da Costa; of Jardine, Matheson & Co.); Mrs M.A. da Costa (mother of José Phillipe da Costa); Polycarpo A. da Costa; Rufino da Costa Martins; Thomas Coupar (Captain of the 'Thomas Fielden'); W.C. Cowell (Captain of S.S. 'Penguin'); William Cragg; Robert Craig (of S.S. 'Legislator'); Thomas Craig (Captain of the 'Hastings'); Crane Brothers & Co.; Thomas Owen Crane; W.C. Crane; Thomas Crawford; Walter Crawford (Captain of the 'Unrivalled'); Charles Augustus FitzGerald Creagh (Captain, 80th Regiment); J.F. Crockett (Captain of the 'Hellespont' and 'Clan Alpine'); William C. Cross (of S.S. 'Pekin'); Revd Cárlos Cuarteron; John Robert Cuppage (writer, East India Co., at Penang, and son of Lieutenant-General William Cuppage); W. Cuppage (Postmaster, Singapore); Cursetjee Ardaseer & Co.; William Curtis (of the 'Hong Kong Times'); William Curwen (Captain of the 'Pride of the West').

Daendels & Co.; J. Daendels & Co.; 'Daily Times'; John Dallas (Captain of the 'Fiery Cross'); G.J. Dare & Co.; C.B. Dasborough; Charles F. Davidson (of Edinburgh); John Davidson; John Davidson (Captain of the 'Conqueror'); M.F. Davidson; Davidson & Co.; Davidson & Co., Ningpo; G.F. Davidson; James Jeremiah Davis (Captain of the 'Austen', 'Lady M. Wood' and 'Arabia'); William Davis (of Robert Wise & Co., Batavia); M.D. Deasy; Dent & Co.; Dent, Thomas & Co.; De Nys, Brown & Co.; João de Deos de Castro (J. Castro); [ ] Derigny; [ ] De Sturler; A.W. Dickson; Thomas Dickson (Captain of the 'Haddasah'); Edouard Dierx; Diggles, Rawson & Co.; L.P. Dominé; William H. Douglas; Douglas, Mackenzie & Co.; Peregrine Butler Downes; T.B. Drage (Captain of S.S. 'Hochung' and S.S. 'Sin Nanzing'); David Dring (Captain of the 'Janet'); Sandwith Drinker; George Duddell; Robert Dudman; Thomas Dumayne; Duncan Dunbar & Sons; Captain John G. Duncan; Walter Scott Duncan; J.J. Dunken; George Dunlop (Captain of the 'Investigator'); George Dunn (Captain of the 'Sharperton'); William Durant (Captain of the 'Good Success'); N. Duus & Co; Joseph P. Dymes.

William Eaton; John Eccles; Edgar & Co.; Richard Edmonds (Captain of the 'Sir Lancelot'); Ogden C. Edwards; Edwards & Hunter; Elles & Co.; William N. Elliot; John Ellis; [ ] Endicott; Henry Collins Endicott; James Bridges Endicott (uncle of Henry C. Endicott); Eng Soon An; F. Engler & Co.; Francisco Enniguez; Rafaela Escalante de Escovar; W. Escott (Captain of the 'Samarang'); Antonio Escovar; Charles S. Evans (Captain of the 'Mermaid'); A. Eymond, Delphin Henry & Co.

Fairlie, Bonham & Co.; John William Perry Farren; E. Fawckner; Juan Manuel Feran; James Ferguson (Captain of the 'India'); John Ferguson (of Ramage & Ferguson, Leith); Fergusson & Co.; Joaquim Honorato Ferreira; J.B. Field; E.H. Fimch; James Findlay; Robert Findlay (Captain of the 'Foam'); J. Finlayson; Maximilian Fischer; J. Fisher (of Singapore); Fisher & Riley; W. FitzPaine; J. Flamank; William Flint; Duncan Forbes (Captain of the 'Lady Hayes', 'Folkestone' and 'Mahamoodie'); John Forbes; Samuel Jeremiah Foster (Captain of the 'Aallotar'); Framjee Pestonjee; Arthur Fraser; Fraser & Co., Penang; Fraser & Neave Ltd; Fraser, Eaton & Co.; James Fraser; John Freebody (Captain of the 'Mary Nicholson'); H. Fricke; Frommurze Sorabjee; Angel de la Fuente; Furdoonjee Hormasjee.

Catchiture Galastaun; G. Galles; Edward John Gambier; H. Ganswyk (Captain of the 'Wild Deer' and missionary in West Africa); Andrés Garcia Camba; William A. Gardiner; Captain Gardner (of S.S. 'China'); A.C. Geekie; Alexander Gentle; T. Geoffroy; A. George; William Renshaw George (of Charles Thomas & Co.); F.J. Gervers; James Gibson (Captain of the 'Perseverance'); S. Gilfillan; Gilfillan, Wood & Co.; Alexander Gillanders (engineer; of U.S.S. 'Yantic' and the China Sugar Refining Co.); David Gillespie (Captain of the 'Lord Raglan'); J. Gillies; Ellis James Gilman (of Hamilton, Gray & Co. and Gilman Bros & Co., London); William Raymond Gingell; Louis J.R. Glass; James Goddard; James Goddard & Co., Canton; H. Goetz; Goh Chean Chu; Y. Gonzales Azaola; John Burgess Goodridge; Tiburcio de Gorostiza; G.F. Gottlieb (Captain of the 'Flora' & 'Samadany'); E.H.M. Gower; J.W. Graham; James Graham (of Syme & Co, Singapore); A. Grandhomma; Alexander Grant (Captain of the 'Jamesina', 'Lord Lowther', 'Castle Huntly' and 'Hercules'); P.W. Graves (of the 'Spee'); W.B. Graves; C. Gray (of the 'Dona Carmelita'); J.B. Gray; John Henry Gray; Edward Henry Green; George N. Green (Supercargo, brig 'Fox'); Greenshields Ledward & Co.; A. Gregg M.D.; Gregson, Melville & Knight; T.J. Grier; A. Guthrie; Fr. Manuel Grisalbo; A.M. Grönsund; J. Henry Groos; Josef Manuel Gruet; Guichard et Fils; H.W. Gunn; Charles Seton Guthrie; J. Guthrie; Guthrie & Clark; Guthrie & Co.

William G. Hale; William G. Hale & Co.; W.M. Hall (of the 'Coleroon'); William Hall & Co.; Hall Downes & Co.; William Hall (Hall, Downes & Co., Penang); Frederick Halliburton; James Hamilton; Montague Hamilton; Richard Farr Hamilton (of Jardine, Matheson & Co.); Robert Hamilton (Captain of the 'Nemesis'); Thomas Hamilton (Captain of the 'Madeline'); Hamilton, Gray & Co.; George Hamlin (Captain of the 'Scotia', 'Negapatam' and 'State of Alabama'); A.V. Hansard (Captain of the S.S. 'Coringa'); G.O. Hantiat; C. Harding; J.H. Harman; F.J. Harms (Captain of the 'Charlotta'); R.J. Harper; Charles Hercules Harrison; Henry L. Hart (Captain of the 'Stornaway'); Christopher Harvey; William H. Harvey (formerly of the S.S. 'Yuentzefa'); L. Hauschild; Hauschild & Sörnsen; Andrew Hay; Charles E. Hay (of Martin, Dyce & Co.); Hay & Duncan; James Hayes & Co.; [ ] Heard; Augustine Heard Jnr; George Farley Heard; Augustine Heard & Co.; Thomas Hector (Captain of the 'Lady Hayes'); John Hemery (Captain of the 'Constant'); Andrew Henderson (of the 'Forbes' and 'Water Witch'); Benjamin Clifton Henderson; John Henderson (Captain of the 'Red Riding Hood'); W. Henniker; Philip Herbert; C.F. Henrici; Thomas Henry (Captain of the 'John Bunyan'); Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee; C. Hermann; F. Griswold Heron; Herton, Ebell & Co.; Captain John James Heys; James Hibbert (of the 'Lady MacNaghten'); John Hine (Captain of the 'Earl of Balcarres'); Hine & Cragg; A.G. Hogg & Co.; Joseph C. Holden; Holliday, Wise & Co.; 'Hong Kong Daily Advertiser'; 'Hong Kong Times'; J.D. Hooglandt; Hooglandt & Co.; Robert Alexander Houstoun; H. Huber; James Hudson (Captain of the 'Mercia'); W. Huggins; H.L. Hughes; Patrick Joseph Hughes (British Consular Service); Thomas Hunt (Thomas Hunt & Co.); Thomas Hunt & Co.; Thomas Hunter (of the 'Vanguard'); Hunter & Hayes; Hunter Houghton & Co.; Hunter, Watt & Co.; J.P. Hurst; W.H. Hussey; Alexander Hutchison (Captain of the 'Rona', 'Clan Alpine' and 'Lancefield'); Hyder Allie.

R. Ibbetson; Emile Imbert; Imprimerie Commerciale; John Inglis (Victoria Foundry); José Maria Ingo; George Innes (of the 'Foam'); Charles Irvine (Captain of the 'Cairngorm'); William J. Irwin; C. Iverson.

John Jack; Thomas J. Jackson (of H.C.S. 'Hannah'); George Jacson; J.W. Jameson; Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy (Cursetjee Jamsetjee), 2nd Baronet; Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy & Co.; Joseph Jandron (Captain of the 'Champion'); Robert January; [ ] Jardine; Andrew Jardine; David Jardine (partner, Jardine, Matheson & Co.); Joseph Jardine; Sir Robert Jardine, 1st Baronet; William Jardine; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; William Jeffrey (of the 'Lady Grant'); S.J.G. Jellicoe (Agent, P. & O. Steam Navigation Co., Singapore); G.W. Jenks; W. Jensen; Captain Johns (of the 'Margaret'); Alexander Johnston (of Syme & Co.); Alexander L. Johnston; H. Johnston (of Adam Scott & Co., and William Hale & Co.); H.C. Johnston (of Martin Dyce & Co.); Alexander L. Johnston & Co.; Andrew Johnstone; Maharjah of Abubkar Johore; Charles George Jones (of the 'Marquis Camden', 'William Jardine' and 'Prima Donna'); T. Wynne Jones; Joseph & Co.; Juda & Gubboy; Sasoon E. Judah; Jumnojee Nasserwanjee (also Jamnojee Nesserwanjee and J. Nasserwanjee); Colin Junor; W.H.D. von Justi.

Peter Kahler; Kaltenbach, Engler & Co.; Rudolf Kausch; Arthur Saunders Keating; Oliver Keating; F.R. Kendall; George Kennedy (of the 'Governor Findlay' and 'Fairy'); Henry Keppel; Robert Ker; William Wemyss Ker; Ker & Co.; Ker, McMicking & Co.; Ker, Murray & Co.; Ker, Rawson & Co.; Kerr & Tanner; James Johnstone Keswick; William Keswick; William Kierulf; Kierulf & Co.; D.O. King; George King (Captain of the 'Emma Colvin'); George Pockock King; Robert J. King; Clive Kingcome; [ ] Kinghorn; Henry Kingsmill; T. Kirkwood (brother of James); J.K. Klaassen; J. Knagge & Co.; James Knight; M.J. Knight (Captain of the 'Leander'); F.C.C. Kóbke; B. Kopersmit & Co.; H.R.H. Prince Krom Muang Devawongse; Arthur Kurtzhalss.

William Henry Ladd (of the 'Austen'); Hilaire Lafon; Octavien Lafon; Lafon Frères & Cie; P.(?) Lagnier; Charles Lakes (Captain of the 'Granville'); C.P. Lalla & Co.; James G. Langley (Captain); J.R. Lankester; Thomas Larkins (Captain of H.C.S. 'Marquis of Camden'); James Latham; J.M. Lauré; John Lenox; Joseph Lèques; John Lessler; C.S. Liebschwager; J.M. Limjangco; Joseph Little; G.S.P. Living; José Agustin de Lizaur; Anders Ljungstedt (Andrew Ljungstedt); John Lloyd (purser, S.S. 'Singapore'); John Lobban; William Lockhart; Loney & Co.; Loney, Kerr & Co.; Constantino Jozé Lopes; Jabesh Lovett; Gregory Lucas; Jorge Ludewig; Robert Lungley; Lyall, Matheson & Co.

John McArthur (Captain of the 'Pet', 'Despatch' and 'Australia'); P.N. Macbride; P. McCallum; Richard Bolton McCausland (Recorder of Singapore); John McClure (of Manila); William McClure & Son; James McCraith; J.A. Macdonald; William Macdonald & Co.; McEwan & Co.; Alexander John McFarlane (Captain of the 'Sulimany' and 'Amazon'); W. Macfarlane; D. Macgregor (Captain of the 'Clarendon'); John Macgregor; T. Macgregor (Captain of the 'Chevy Chase and 'Clarendon'); Dominga Machado; Anthony McIntyre; Peter Macintyre (Captain of the 'Alfred the Great'); L.H. Macintyre & Co.; William Mackay (Captain of the 'John Biggar' and 'Fairy'); Graham Mackenzie; H. Somerset Mackenzie; J. MacKenzie (Captain of the 'Dewa Gungadheer'); James Joseph Mackenzie; (Sir) William Mackenzie (of the 'Governor Findlay'); Graham Mackenzie & Co.; D.D. Mackie; James Donald McKie; MacLaine, Fraser & Co.; MacLaine, Watson & Co.; Alexander Campbell Maclean (partner, Jardine, Matheson & Co.); Duncan McLean; Malcolm Anderson Macleod (junior partner, Jardine, Matheson & Co.); Neil Macleod; Macleod & Co.; Macleod, Pickford & Co.; Thomas McMicking; A. McNeill; J. McNeill; N. McNeill; Ronald Macpherson; Macquoid, Davidson & Co.; W. Mactaggart; John Macvicar; [ ] Magniac; Charles Magniac (brother of Hollingworth and Daniel); Herbert St Leger Magniac; Mahomed Noordin; L. Malherbe; L. Malherbe & Co.; C. Marilyan; William Manford; Antonio Maria de Marcaida; Juan José de Marcaida; A. Markwald & Co.; George Marshall (of Strachan Murray & Co., Manila); H.J. Marshall (Captain, of P. & O.); Alfred Martin; James Martin Jnr (Captain of the 'Stag'); Martin, Dyce & Co.; Pedro Martinez Garde; D.K. Mason; D.K. Mason & Co.; David Masterton (Captain of the 'Ferozepore'); [ ] Matheson; Alexander Matheson; Donald Matheson; (Nicholas) James Sutherland Matheson (also 'Santiago Thomasen', pseudonym); Matheson & Co.; Matheson & Scott; Mathieu, Ebbs, Ruys & Co.; William Mathieu; William Mathisen (of Herton, Ebell & Co.); Richard Matthews (Captain of the 'Ringleader'); William Graham Maxwell M.D. (surgeon, Indian Army); Matia Menchacatorre & Co.; Joseph Melany; James Meldrum; George Melville; C.V. Mennecken; John Ambrose Mercer (purser on the 'Inglis'); Robert Methven (Captain of the 'Manilla'); F. Mettler; William Metzendorff, William Meyer; Wilmans, Ruys & Co.; James Mitchell R.N.R. (Captain of the S.S. 'Singapore'); Michell, Barnard & Co.; John Miller (Captain of S.S. 'West Indian'); Miln, Haswell & Co.; Milne & Blanckenhagen; A.O. Minard; Nicholas Moalle (Captain of S.S. 'Yuentzefee'); Captain Möallor (of the Danish ship 'Norden'); J.H. Moir; A.S. Molison (Captain of the 'Lancashire Witch'); Edmund Moller; Moller & Koter; A. Montclar; Remi de Montigny; Marie Albert de Montjon; Andrew Moore (Chief Engineer, S.S. 'Swatow'); Henry Moore; E. Moormann & Co.; J.G. Mordue (Captain of the barque 'Superb'); William Morgan (Captain of the 'Pascoa' and 'General Wood'); Morgan Melbourn & Co.; R.C. Morris; A.G. Morrison; W.S. Morton (Captain of the 'Oneiza'); Moshei Moshei (Mooshe Mooshe); D. Moss; Samuel Mounsey; C.D. Mugford; W. Mulholland; Munga Dobie; Fernando Muñoz; P.L. Murat (Captain of the 'Anna'); K. Murchison; Joseph Murdoch (of the 'Janet Stewart'); J. Murray (Syme & Co.); Murrow, Stephenson & Co.; T. Musson (Captain of the 'Conch').

Alexander Nairne; Lawrence Nairne; L. Chu Nam; Napier & Co.; Napier & Scott; D.S. Napier; D.S. Napier & Co.; George Naunton (Captain of the 'Somass'); J. Neave; M. Neill & Co.; James Neish (Captain of the 'Fort William'); Captain Christopher Nelson; Thomas Neubronner; A. Nicaise (Captain of the 'Frederic'); Alexander Nicolson (Captain of the 'Red Riding Hood' and 'Argonaut'); G. Nissle; J.E. Noblea; Joao Antonio A. Nogueira; D.H. Norton.

Thomas Oates (of Talbot, Oates & Co. and Captain of the 'Northfleet'); G. Ogilvie; Manuel de Olea; Oldham Mackie & Co.; Duncan Stewart Oliver (Captain of the 'Lancefield'); Antonio de Olona; J.C. Opstelten; Jose de Orbezua; B. Orchard (Captain of the 'Peterborough'); John Ord (Captain of the 'Margaret'); Eugenio de Otadui; Eugenio de Otadui & Co.; David Ovenstone (Captain and part-owner of the 'Falcon' and 'Lady Hayes'); A. Overbury; M.A. Overgaaun; Sarkies Owen; L. Owens & Co.

R. Padday; Narciso Padilla; Richard C. Paige (Captain of the 'Navarino' and 'Venilia'); Paine, Stricker & Co.; F. Palmer (purser, H.C.S. 'Kellie Castle'); Palmer & Co.; Frederick C. Parker; Gifford Forbes Parker; Gifford F. Parker & Co.; George Parkyns (of the 'Merope' and Chediston Hall, Suffolk); George F. Parson (Captain of the 'Hopewell'); R.J. Paterson; W.R. Paterson; William Paterson (of Paterson Simons & Co.); Paterson & Co.; W.R. Paterson & Co.; Paterson, Simons & Co.; W. Patterson (Captain of the S.S. 'Abbotsford'); John Paty; Joshua Pears; James Pearson (of the 'Lady of the Lake'); James Pedersen (of the 'Inca' and 'Nagasaki'); Peel, Ross & Co.; Peele, Hubbell & Co.; Felipe de la Peña; José Peña (of Madrid); J. Peña & Co.; Alexander Perceval; Ventura de Pereda; Persian Company; B. Pestonjee; P. Pestonjee; H.C. Peters; W.S. Petherbridge; Paul Pickenpack; Pickenpack Thies & Co.; C.R.B. Pickford; Phya Pipat Kasa (Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Siam); J.G. Plate Jnr; Parodi Podestà & Co.; G. van Polanen Petel & Co.; Herman Polano; George Porter; Thomas Preston (of the 'Hong Kong Times'); William Preston (of 'Hong Kong Times'); John A. Primrose; John Prince; A.F. Procter (Captain H.C.S. 'Windsor'); [ ] Purvis; John Purvis; John Murray Purvis; Purvis & Co.; John Purvis & Co.; John Purvis & Son; Puttfarcken Rheiner & Co.

Queh Sien San; Claude Queiros; Queiros & Co.

W. Rae; H.A. Ramsden; L.F. Rapp; Rautenberg, Schmidt & Co.; Harry H. Rawson; C.R. Read; Alexis Redlich; John Rees (Captain of the 'Dansborg', 'Kronberg', 'Colonel Young', 'Austin' and 'Lady Hayes'); Rowland Rees; Rehhoff Vale & Co.; R.M. Reid (Engineer, 'Clan Alpine'); J. Rekel; S.A. dos Remedios; Remington & Co.; Edouard Renard & Co.; J. Revely; Revely & Co.; Reynard & Co.; Peter L. Rhode; R. Richards (of the 'James Scott'); G. Richardson (Captain of the 'Trafalgar'); Charles P. Riches (Captain of the 'Gazehound'); John Rickett (Captain of the 'Austin'; Secretary of the Hong Kong Club; and surveyor, Canton Insurance Office); Edward Riley (of Robert Wise & Co.); Riley, Hargreaves & Co.; Adolph Louis Risser; David Ritchie (Captain of the 'Gananoque'); James Ritchie (of H.C.S. 'Thomas Coutts' and Giles, Ritchie & Co.); Daniel Ritson (1st Officer of the 'Fiery Cross' and Captain of the 'Caliph'); John Robertson (Captain of the 'Stornaway' and 'Cairngorm'); R.M. Robertson; J. Robinson (Engineer, S.S. 'Historian'); Richard Robinson (of the 'Fiery Cross' and 'Sir Lancelot'); Ygnacio Rocha; Francisco Rodrigues; Rodyk & Davidson; R.A.J. Roe; J. Rogers; J. Rogers & Co.; A.A. Rosenthal (Interpreter to the King of Cambodia); John Roskell (Captain of the 'Thebes' and 'Thales'); B. Röver; Roxas Hijos; Jose B. Roxas; Mariano Roxas; Daniel T. Roy; George R. Russell (of Russell Sturgis & Co., and the 'Pascoa'); Russell & Sturgis; John M. Ryrie (Captain of the 'Flying Spur' and 'Cairngorm').

D'Auvergne de Ste Croix (of the 'Wingsang'); Sadoodeen Shaik Ally Coor; Matias Saenz de Vizmanos; Juan A. de Salado; J. Samson; Sandilands, Buttery & Co.; Sarkies & Co.; F.C. Sauermann (of Behre & Co. and Jardine, Matheson & Co.); H.P. Sawell; Frederic H. Sawyer; Schimmelpenninck & Co.; Schlette & Ohl; Schmid & Loewenthal; Wilhelm Schriever; Schriever & Co.; Gustav Christian Schwabe; Schwanbeck & Thiel; Alexander Scott; Arthur Scott (Captain of the 'Undine'); Charles Scott (of Napier & Scott, Singapore; and Brown & Co., Penang); Christopher Scott; Edward Scott (Captain of the 'Sir Charles Napier'); George S. Scott (of Brown & Co., Penang); Hugh R. Scott; Margaret Scott; R.G. Scott (of Brown & Co.); Robert Scott; Thomas Scott (for John Purvis); William Scott (of Malacca); William Ramsay Scott; Scott & Co., Bangkok; W.R. Scott & Co.; Scott, Witham & Co.; John Sturrock Scrymgeour (Manager, Oriental Bank Corporation); Francisco Antonio Seabra (of Macao); Fr. Jose Segui (Archbishop of Manila); R. Sehlmacher; Eleazer Seudden; J. Shanks; James Sharpe; Shaw, Whitehead & Co.; Charles Shaw; J. Shepherd; John Shillaber; Sim Ban Joo; Henry Minchin Simons; John Simpson (Surgeon, H.C.S. 'Marquis of Huntly'); Alexander Sinclair (Captain of the 'Nile'); William H. Sinclair; James Sindry; John Skinner (of the Oriental Bank Corporation); Joshua Slocum (Captain of the 'Amethyst'); Andrew Smith (for W. McGregor Smith, Manila); E.M. Smith; George Mackrill Smith; Herbert Smith (partner, Jardine, Matheson & Co.); Hope Smith (Captain of the 'Madura'); James Adam Smith; James Warly Smith (formerly of Jardine, Matheson & Co.); John Smith (Captain of the 'Prince Albert' and 'Tell'); John Knox Smith; R. Calder Smith; Thomas Smith (of Wilson, Smith & Co., Batavia); W. Smith (of the 'Helen' and 'Soobron'); William Smith (Captain of the S.S. 'Seagull'); William McGregor Smith; Smith, Bell & Co.; Smith, Macleod & Co.; Société Agricole & Industrielle de la Cochinchine, du Cambodge et de l'Annan; F. Sörnsen; Camillo Lelis Souza; [ ] de Souza; Sabina de Souza (also Sabina d'Machado and Sabina Zausa de Machado); T. Speidel; Speidel & Co.; James Spence (Captain of the 'Queen Margaret'); Spottiswoode & Connolly; William Spottiswoode & Co.; L.M. Squires; G. Stelling; Daniel N. Stephens (Captain of the 'Harkaway'); James Stephens (of the 'Elizabeth', for late firm of J.S. Clark & Co.); S. Stephens; W. Sternberg; W. Stevenson; W.F. Stevenson; Charles Stewart (of Manila and Hong Kong); Edward Stewart; George G. Stewart; Gilbert Macleod Stewart; H.K. Stewart; Tom Sargent Stockman (Captain of the 'Broadwater' and 'Grasmere'); J.A. Stok; William Stokoe (Captain of the 'General Wood'); Henry M. Stone; Strachan Murray & Co.; Charles Stricker; Stuart & Co.; George Sturgis; Henry P. Sturgis; Samuel P. Sturgis (at Canton); S. Suarez; James Swan (purser, 'Prince Regent'); James Sword; Adam Sykes; Syme & Co.; William Symington (Captain of the 'Northfleet'); William Symonds; Captain Symons.

Clement Tabor; A. Taggart; James Tait (Spanish Vice-Consul, Amoy); Tan Hang Yang; H.E. Tan Kim Ching (Consul General for Siam, Singapore); Tan Tiang Tsing; Viscount R. de Tarragon (Secretary to French Government of Cochin, China); Henry Jefferd Tarrant (barrister); C. Taylor; John Templeton; Thacker & Co.; Thacker, Mason & Co.; Charles Thomas; Henry Thomas; Josiah Thomas; Lewis Thomas (Captain of the 'Anonyma', 'Charlotte' and 'Sovereign of the Seas'); Miss. M.A. Thomas; Charles Thomas & Co.; Thomas & Mackenzie; [ ] Thompson (of Penang); James Thompson; John Skelton Thompson (of the barque 'Georgiana'); William Thompson (of Manila); Thompson, Roberts & Co.; Thompson, Whiteman & Co.; George Thomson (Captain of the 'Ettrick', 'Viola', 'Lanrick' and 'Carthage'); T.S. Thomson; R. Thorn; Henry B. Thornton (Captain of the 'Queen of India'); Tillson, Herrmann & Co.; P.H. Tomlin; J. Tomlinson (Captain of the 'Elmstone); P. Tonks (of the 'Lord Castlereagh'); Joseph William Torrey; C. Trohlich; Pablo Tuason; Henry Tudor (of the 'Sir Charles Malcolm'); L. Turc; N. Turnbull; John A. Tween (Captain of H.C.S. 'Sir David Scott').

William Herbert Vacher; Van Bruggen & Kruisinga; J.F. Van Leeuwen & Co.; John Vaux (of the 'Anonyma' and 'Balcarres'); Joaquim Jozé Ferreira Veiga; John G. Veitch; P. Vial; J. Ph. Von Hemert.

Giles Wade; Captain J. Walker; James Walker (Captain, of H.C.S. 'Macqueen'); John Walker (of the 'Don Manoel' and 'Black Joke'); Gustavus Wallis; F.E. Walte; Walte & Mennecken; Wan Chin Hong & Co.; E. Wardman (Captain of the 'Lobelia'); William Watson (Captain of the 'Hylton Castle'); John Watt; C.F. Weber (of Balguerie & Co., Bordeaux); David Webster; N. Webster; Benjamin Weeding; Thomas Weeding; G.E. Welch; E.J. Wells; Robert Wemyss; Stephen Whitaker; James Whittall; [ ] White; G. White; Thomas Blenkinsop White (Captain of the 'Lanrick' and 'Fiery Cross'); William White; J.T. Whiteside; T.W. Whittle (of Singapore); Alexander B. Whyte; Richard Wigzell (Captain, barque 'Bankside'; later at Sunderland); Peter Wildridge (of the 'Runnymede'); W.W. Willans; W. Williams (Captain of the 'Baringa'); Anthon Williams & Co.; David Wilson (of the 'Hercules'); J.H. Wilson (Captain of the 'Earl of Clare'); J.L. Wilson (Captain of the 'Carron'); Thomas Wilson (of Wilson, Smith & Co.); William Wilson (Captain of the 'Alfred the Great' and 'Anglia'); Wilson, Boyd & Co.; Wilson, Smith & Co.; Daniel T. Windsor; Windsor Redlich & Co.; Charles E. Wise (Captain of the 'Spirit of the North'); Joseph Wise; Thomas Wise; Robert Wise & Co.; John Wignall Witham; H.W. Wood (of the Borneo Co. Ltd); William Woodgate; Alfred Woodward (Captain of the 'Velocipede'); Richard Woosnam; Henry Worthington; Thomas Worthington; Henry Wright (partner, Jardine, Matheson & Co.); James Wright (Captain of the S.S. 'Alonso').

Francisco Ximenez.

Alexander Yates (Captain of the 'Sesostris'); Joaquin Ybar; Jasper Young; Yrastorza Brodett & Co.; Francis Xavier Joseph de Yrisarri; Yrisarri & Co.;

Manuel Zaragosa; Ciriaco de Yzaga.

G. & J. Zechariah; J.H. Zobel; Zobel & Butchart.

Dates

  • Creation: 1821-1898

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