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unusual facts about Jardine Matheson Holdings



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.

Senior Unofficial Member

The colony's subjects remained unrepresented until 1850, when the government appointed two businessmen to Legco, which included David Jardine of Jardines as the first Senior Unofficial Member to LegCo in the history of Hong Kong.


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