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6 unusual facts about Jardine


Frank E. Midkiff

He then worked at the Kimberly Gold Mines, Jardine, Montana before taking a position as instructor of English and coach for baseball and football at Peddie Institute, Hightstown, New Jersey.

Jardine baronets

The Jardine Baronetcy, of Godalming in the County of Surrey, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 20 January 1916 for John Jardine, Liberal Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire from 1906 to 1919.

The Jardine Baronetcy, of Nottingham in the County of Nottingham, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 22 May 1919 for Ernest Jardine, Member of Parliament for East Somerset from 1910 to 1918.

There have been four baronetcies created for persons with the surname Jardine, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and three in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

The thirteenth Baronet and (as of 2008) present holder is also the twenty-fourth Chief of Clan Jardine.

John Jardine Paterson

Jardine Paterson was born into the family which had founded the Jardine Matheson company, although his branch of the family controlled Jardine, Skinner and Company of Calcutta, the Indian division of Jardines, rather than its main business based in Hong Kong.


Ali McMordie

Alistair Jardine "Ali" McMordie (born 31 March 1959, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a bass guitarist, who made his name with, and was a founding member of, Stiff Little Fingers.

Annan River

The river was given its gazetted name by an early Australian pastoralist and magistrate, John Jardine, who, on 11 November 1865, named it after the River Annan in Scotland, while on passage in the HMS Salamander.

Corrie Coursing Meeting

The meeting took place on land belonging to Andrew Jardine of Lanrick Castle, brother of Robert Jardine.

Declaration and Address

He studied at Glasgow university under George Jardine, who was a friend and student of Thomas Reid.

Francis Lascelles Jardine

Francis Lascelles (Frank) Jardine (28 August 1841 – 1919) was an Australian pioneer associated with the exploration and settlement of Far North Queensland.

Honkin' Down the Highway

A remake of this song is included on Jardine's album A Postcard from California, with Brian Wilson making a guest appearance.

Jardine House

Jardine House was prominently displayed in the 1988 NBC television miniseries Noble House as the headquarters for Struan’s.

Unusually for a Jardine property, elevators were produced by Otis Elevator, while escalators were manufactured by Schindler Elevator.

Jardine Matheson

The name of Yee Wo Street in Hong Kong's East Point and Causeway Bay Districts comes from Jardine's Chinese name "Ewo" whilst other locations associated with the company include Jardine's Bazaar, Jardine's Crescent, Jardine's Bridge, Jardine's Lookout, Yee Wo Street, Matheson Street, Jardine House and the Noon-day Gun.

These include a number of Jardines’ long-standing businesses such as Jardine Engineering Corporation (JEC), Jardine Shipping Services, Jardine Aviation Services, Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals, Jardine Schindler, Gammon Construction and Jardine Travel Group as well as more contemporary interests that reflect the demands of Asian consumers; among them Pizza Hut restaurants in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Vietnam, KFC franchises in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, and Jardine OneSolution IT services.

Jardine Paper

The Jardine Paper was the proposal sent by Dr. William Jardine to Lord Palmerston to guide the British government in its plans to wage war with China which eventually was called the First Opium War.

Jardine Water Purification Plant

The Jardine Water Purification Plant, formerly the Central District Filtration Plant, is the largest capacity water filtration plant in the world, located at 1000 E. Ohio Street north of Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois.

John Jardine Paterson

He was Chairman of the family firm, Jardine Henderson of Calcutta (closely related to Jardines of Hong Kong), from 1963 to 1967, Chairman of the Indian Jute Mills Association in 1963 and President of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry in 1966.

Madison Avenue Baptist Church

In 1930 the parish leased its property to be developed into the Roger Williams Hotel at 131 Madison Avenue, designed by Jardine, Hill & Murdock and named for the Baptist founder of Rhode Island, with the church sanctuary to be included in the 15-story building.

MG ZR

MG Sport & Racing signed Gwyndaf Evans, Tony Jardine and Natalie Barratt to compete in a number of events.

Stephen Jardine

The programme ended on Friday 22 May 2009, to be replaced by The Hour, airing weekdays at 5pm from Tuesday 26 May, with Jardine and Michelle McManus hosting.

Struan's

The fictional Struan family is based on the historical Jardine family of Jardine-Matheson fame, and hails from Ayr, Scotland.

Terry Jacks

In 2011 Terry's old friend Al Jardine of The Beach Boys Released a new version of Terry's song Don't Fight The Sea recorded along with fellow Beach Boys Mike Love, Brian Wilson, Bruce Johnston and the late Carl Wilson, who sang part of the lead vocal.

That's Not Me

The tambourine apparently was played by Al Jardine or an uncredited Terry Melcher; Brian has named the latter on at least one occasion.

The Half-Way Girl

Jardine (Sam Hardy), a plantation owner, is determined to have Poppy, and when she wants to escape from the Oriental underworld, he offers to help, provided she accompanies him to Penang.

Tony Jardine

Jardine has taken part in Rally GB every year since returning to the UK, and in 2013 will compete in a Mitsubishi Lancer with co-driver Amy Williams.

Jardine began career as a teacher in the United States, United Kingdom and the Middle East, where he was Head of Art at the New English School in Kuwait.

Valois Tapestries

Jardine and Brotton also suggest that the Valois tapestries have a clear antecedent in the triumphalist History of Scipio tapestries designed for Francis I by Giulio Romano.

William Murray Jardine

Sir William Murray Jardine, 13th Baronet of Applegirth, Dumfriesshire was born on the 4th July 1984.

William Wightman Wood

In 1827, Wood was a founder and editor of one of the first English-language newspapers in China, The Canton Register, which he printed himself on a hand press donated by James and Alexander Matheson, partners in the trading house Jardine, Matheson & Co..

Yabba

Telling a fly-swatting English cricket captain, Douglas Jardine, to "Leave our flies alone, Jardine. They're the only friends you've got here."


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