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Sir Thomas Sutherland, GCMG (Chinese: 蘇石蘭 16 August 1834 – 1 January 1922) was a Scottish banker and politician, initially elected to represent the Liberal Party and then as a Liberal Unionist.
Who was Thomas Sutherland, the founder of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation? How did he come up with the idea of creating a bank in Asia? Find out more about his life and legacy in this historical photograph from the HSBC archives.
HSBC was founded by Thomas Sutherland, a young Scotsman working in Hong Kong for a large shipping firm. He had never held a bank account himself, but while sailing along the South China coast in 1864, he read an article on Scottish banking that inspired him.
(Sir) Thomas Sutherland (1834-1922) is regarded as "the founder"; in 1864, he was Superintendent of the P&O (Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company), of which he became chairman in 1884 and later chairman of the London Board of the Suez Canal Company and a director of the London, City and Midland Bank. Sutherland left
First Earl of Inchcape. Sutherland (seated centre) with P&O's Hong Kong staff. Born in 1834 in Aberdeen, Sir Thomas Sutherland was to devote seventy years of service to the Company becoming, arguably, its most significant Chairman and one of the leading figures in British shipping.
Sir Thomas Sutherland, GCMG (Chinese: 蘇石蘭 16 August 1834 – 1 January 1922) was a Scottish banker and politician, initially elected to represent the Liberal Party and then as a Liberal Unionist.
Thomas Sutherland was the Founder of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking. He attended the University of Aberdeen.
