Henry Keswick (MP)
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Henry Keswick
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Member of Parliament for Epsom |
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In office 1912–1918 |
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| Preceded by | William Keswick |
| Succeeded by | Rowland Blades |
| Provisional Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong | |
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In office 10 March 1908 – 9 May 1908 |
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| Preceded by | Edbert Ansgar Hewett |
| Succeeded by | Henry Spencer Berkeley |
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In office 5 May 1910 – 1910 |
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| Preceded by | Catchick Paul Chater |
| Succeeded by | Catchick Paul Chater |
| Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
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In office 23 May 1907 – 20 April 1911 |
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| Preceded by | William Jardine Gresson |
| Succeeded by | Charles Henderson Ross |
| Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council | |
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In office August 1906 – May 1907 |
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| Preceded by | Cecil Holliday |
| Succeeded by | David Landale |
| Chairman of the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation | |
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In office February 1908 – February 1909 |
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| Preceded by | G. H. Medhurst |
| Succeeded by | William Jardine Gresson |
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| Born | 1870 Shanghai, China |
| Died | 29 November 1928 (aged 57 or 58) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Ida Wynifred Johnston |
| Parents | William Keswick |
Henry Keswick (1870 – 29 November 1928) was a British Conservative politician and businessman and member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Henry Keswick the first-born and only surviving son of William Keswick by his first wife Amelia Sophie Dubeux (d. 1883), born in 1870 in Shanghai, into the Keswick business dynasty. He was educated at Eton College and graduated with a B.A. at the Trinity College, Cambridge in 1892, of which he took his M.A. degree later. He was commissioned as an officer in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion of the King's Own Scottish Borderers, and saw active service when he fought as a captain in the Second Boer War in South Africa. After the war had ended, he resigned his commission on 2 August 1902. He rejoined the battalion during the First World War in which he commanded until its disbandment. He was also a member of the Royal Company of Archers, a ceremonial unit that serves as the sovereign's bodyguard in Scotland.
He joined the family business and spent two years in the New York office of Jardines before he arrived in Hong Kong in 1895, the year before his Uncle James Johnstone Keswick left and became the taipan of the Jardine. During his time in the Far East, he went to Shanghai and became the chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council from 24 August 1906 and served until May 1907. He was also chairman of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce.
He was appointed as Unofficial Member of the Legislative and Executive Councils during his time in Hong Kong. He was also vice-chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, and Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company as well as other numerous public companies. After he returned to England, he became the first chairman of the Far Eastern Section of the London Chamber of Commerce and member of the London Committee of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
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