John Samuel Swire (1825-1898) was a British businessman. He grew his family business, the Swire Group, and expanded the cotton and sugar trade with China. He established the Taikoo Sugar Refinery in Hong Kong and The China Navigation Company on the Yangtze river. He was the instigator and founding chairman of the China and Japan Conference (later known as the Far Eastern Freight Conference). This shipping cartel existed from 1879 to 2008 and was a major component of the shipping industry from the Far East to Europe.
JohnSamuelSwire (1825-1898) was a British businessman. He grew his family business, the Swire Group, and expanded the cotton and sugar trade with China...
London, England. Swire's father was John Kidston Swire. Sir John Anthony Swire was educated at Eton College and the University of Oxford. Swire served in the...
grandson of JohnSamuelSwire. He was educated at Eton College, and University College, Oxford. John Kidston Swire became a director of Swire Group in 1920...
JohnSwire may refer to: JohnSwire (1793–1847), British trader and founder of the Swire Group JohnSamuelSwire (1825—1898), founder of Taikoo Sugar Refinery...
Christopher Swire AE DL (15 February 1932 – 24 August 2018) was a billionaire British heir and businessman. He was the former chairman of JohnSwire & Sons...
is a son of the late Sir John Anthony Swire, chairman of the Swire Group between 1966 and 1987 and life president of JohnSwire & Sons Ltd. He studied history...
by JohnSamuelSwire and William Hudson Swire, along with other shareholders, including the father of James Henry Scott of Scotts' Shipbuilding. John Swire...
sugar refinery in Hong Kong. Taikoo Sugar Refinery was established by JohnSamuelSwire in June 1881 after a thorough investigation into the feasibility and...
the murder mystery weekend. JohnSamuelSwire: (1825-1898) Shipping magnate, founder of China Navigation Company and the Swire group. [5] Terry Sylvester:...
was made several times in the late 19th century but was opposed by JohnSamuelSwire as uneconomic and too far outside their usual interests. The need...
the oldest part of the present Hall was built in the 1680s for Samuel and Elizabeth Swire. Similar houses in the Airedale often have three gables and the...
Banks (later Lord Stratford) and then to the Conservative MP Hugo Swire (now Lord Swire). His first major art discovery was a mis-catalogued portrait by...
Archived from the original on February 5, 2023. Retrieved February 5, 2023. Swire, Sonnet (February 4, 2023). "What to know about the suspected Chinese spy...
solo work, including Elton John, Alex Lifeson, Steve Howe, Robert Trujillo, Adrian Belew, Jordan Rudess, Mike Portnoy, Rob Swire, Seven Lions, Demians (Nicolas...
Provincial Holdings Survation SVG Capital Swaine London Swan Song Records Swire System Simulation Takeover/Cloud 9 Takeover Entertainment TalkTalk Group...
Commercial firms, Robert Dollar Company, Jardine Matheson, Butterfield and Swire and Standard Oil added their own steamers on the river between 1917 and...
Swire's 'Monophobia' Video Is Surreal, Vibrant and Full of Madness: Watch". Billboard. "deadmau5 releases crazy video for 'Monophobia' ft Rob Swire"...
Liverpool. Liver Press. OCLC 503703328. Special Collections, SOAS Library. "JohnSwire, Alfred Holt and Liverpool's Chinese Community". Special Collections,...
attack. Some relatives of the dead, including Lockerbie campaigner Jim Swire, believe the bomb was planted at Heathrow Airport, and not sent via feeder...
Security Service (United States Department of State) Flora Swire, 23, daughter of Jim Swire, English physician who would become known for his activism...
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