Private and confidential letters from London to Hong Kong, 1945-1984 (1945-1975 and 1983-1984)
Scope and Contents
An incomplete series of copies of private and confidential letters from Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, to Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, with enclosed letters and papers. The correspondents are I.F. Aucott, H.D.M. Barton, P.H. Blagbrough, D.I. Bosanquet, J.J.G. Brown, J.G. Curtis, D.C. Geddes, R. Gordon, M.S. Henderson, M.A.R. Herries, E.J.V. Hutt, H.N.L. Keswick, J.H. Keswick, S.L. Keswick, W.J. Keswick, D.F. Landale, D.P.F. Maxwell, D.S. Middleditch, R.E. Moore; S. Murray, D.K. Newbigging, L. Norris, J.F. Owen, J.J. Paterson, F.A. Pollock, A. Reid, R. Shoppee, H. Sidbury, W.E.D. Smith, Sir H. Trevelyan and E.F. Watts.
Dates
- Creation: 1945-1984 (1945-1975 and 1983-1984)
Creator
- From the Fonds: Jardine, Matheson and Co. Ltd (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson & 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_permission_form.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 to some records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
Extent
20 file(s) (20 ring-binders)
11 folder(s) (11 folders)
1 archive box(es) (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Originals
The originals of the letters, belonging to Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, covering the period 1945-1987, can be found in J4/7 (1945-1947, 1949-1953 and 1956), J4/12 (1954, 1955, 1957-1970, 1974-1981), J4/14 (1948), J4/41 (1971-1973 and 1982-1987) and J4/70 (1983).
Subject
- Aucott, Ian Frank, 1916-1991 (businessman) (Person)
- Barton, Hugh David MacEwen, 1911-1989 (businessman) (Person)
- Blagbrough, Paul Hampden, b 1946 (businessman) (Person)
- Bosanquet, David Ives, 1914-1988 (businessman) (Person)
- Brown, Jeremy John Galbraith, 1933-2022 (businessman) (Person)
- Curtis, John Gilbert, b 1932 (Person)
- Geddes, David Campbell, 1917-1995 (businessman) (Person)
- Gordon, Robert, 1900-1965 (businessman) (Person)
- Henderson, Martin Stuart, b 1943 (businessman) (Person)
- Herries, Michael Alexander Robert Young-, 1923-1995 (Knight, businessman) (Person)
- Hutt, Eric John Villette, b 1915 (businessman) (Person)
- Keswick, Sir Henry Neville Lindley, b 1938 (Knight, businessman) (Person)
- Keswick, Sir John Henry, 1906-1982 (Knight, businessman) (Person)
- Keswick, Simon Lindley, b 1942 (businessman) (Person)
- Keswick, Sir William Johnstone, 1903-1990 (Knight, businessman) (Person)
- Landale, David Fortune, 1905-1970 (businessman) (Person)
- Maxwell, Desmond Peter Forrest, b 1942 (Person)
- Middleditch, David Seton, 1923-1992 (businessman) (Person)
- Moore, Raymond Edward, b 1928 (businessman) (Person)
- Murray, Simon, b 1940 (businessman) (Person)
- Newbigging, David Kennedy, b 1934 (Person)
- Norris, Leslie, b 1907 (businessman) (Person)
- Owen, John Featherstone, b 1889 (businessman) (Person)
- Paterson, John Johnstone, 1886-1971 (businessman) (Person)
- Pollock, Frederick Arthur, b 1899 (businessman) (Person)
- Reid, Alan, 1911-1993 (businessman) (Person)
- Shoppee, Reginald, b 1913 (businessman) (Person)
- Sidbury, Henry, d 1906 (businessman) (Person)
- Smith, William Elder Drummond, 1892-1957 (businessman) (Person)
- Trevelyan, Sir Humphrey, 1908-1985 (Baron Trevelyan, diplomat) (Person)
- Watts, Erik Francis, 1904-1984 (businessman) (Person)
Repository Details
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