Harry Edward Arnhold
| H.E. Arnhold | |
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| Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council | |
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In office April 1929 – April 1931 |
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| Preceded by | Stirling Fessenden |
| Succeeded by | Ernest Macnaghten |
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In office April 1934 – April 1937 |
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| Preceded by | A.D. Bell |
| Succeeded by | Cornell Franklin |
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| Born |
January 16, 1879 Hong Kong |
| Died | 1950 New York |
| Profession | Businessman |
Harry Edward Arnhold (born 16 January 1879 in Hong Kong) was for five years the chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council, the body that administered the Shanghai International Settlement in Shanghai, China; the chairman of Arnhold & Co., which is now Arnhold Holdings Ltd.; and the chairman of the Shanghai Land Investment Company, which owned the Broadway Mansions apartment building in the Hongkou District of Shanghai. Arnhold was a close business associate of Sir Victor Sassoon, and managed various Sassoon enterprises.
Born in Hong Kong on 16 January 1839, Arnhold was a British Jew of German ancestry. He was the son of Anne née Wolfers (1852–1916) and Jacob Arnhold (born 1893 – died July 1903 at London), nephew of Phillip Arnhold (born 1851 – died on 29 March 1910 at Altona, Hamburg in Germany), and brother of Charles Herbert Arnhold (born 19 September 1881 in London - died 1954). The family moved to London and were naturalised in 1882; in 1819, at the age of 12, he and his brother Charles were baptised at St Mark, Notting Hill; and he was educated in Britain.
Harry Arnhold's first marriage in 1904 was to Daisy Grace née Homan of Indiana (1880–?) they divorced in 1906; his second marriage in 1907 was to Mary Oldham née Alberga of London (1881–1949), this marriage also ended in divorce. Arnhold's third marriage in the early 1940s was to Esther Jean née Miller (1898–1965) of Oregon, USA previously the wife of William Selman Gassaway (1901–1981). Jean was eighteen years younger than Arnhold.
During World War II, Arnhold and his wife were interned by the Japanese. Jean was allowed to leave Shanghai on the MS Gripsholm in 1942. Arnhold was kept a prisoner for the remainder of the war. After the war, Arnold and his wife made their home in Hong Kong. In 1949, the Arnholds decided to move to New York. Harry died the following year at the age of 70. Jean died in 1965. In her will she established the Esther Jean Arnhold Fund to be administered by Community Funds Inc. She asked that income from the Fund be used to benefit young people and the arts.
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