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This is the story in a nutshell of Sir Thomas Sutherland, G.C.M.G.. LL.D., ex-M.P. for the Greenock Division, founder of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the premier financial establishment of the East, and earthly providence for the past thirty years of the far-famed Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. AN ABERDONIAN.
May 3, 2015 · It is a multinational financial and banking institute of Britain. It provides financial and banking facilities to its clients. Its original was in Honk Kong and Shanghai which wasled by Sir Thomas Sutherland. But it was again refined into 1991 and it’s headquarter has been shifted to United Kingdom’s London.
Thomas Sutherland may refer to: Thomas W. Sutherland (ca. 1817–1859), early settler and attorney in San Diego, California; Thomas Sutherland (banker) (1834–1922), Scottish banker in Hong Kong; Thomas Sutherland (British Army officer) (1888–1946), British Army officer; Thomas Sutherland (academic) (1931–2016), former Dean of Agriculture ...
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited is the founding member of HSBC. The new firm was the inspiration of a Scottish businessman, Thomas Sutherland. In 1864 he produced a prospectus for a locally-based bank to finance the increasing flow of commerce between Asia, Europe and North America. Hong Kong merchants were among the first ...
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. He founded The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation which was the founder member of HSBC Group and directed the P&O Company.
