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HSBC Holdings plc (Chinese: 滙豐; initialism from its founding member The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) is a British universal bank and financial services group headquartered in London, England, with historical and business links to East Asia and a multinational footprint.
The couple had two sons, and a daughter, Helen Christian Sutherland (1881–1965), known as an art patron; one of the sons, Eric Macnaught Sutherland, died in the Second Boer War, the other son, Thomas Leslie Macnaught Sutherland, died during World War I. In 1920, his wife Alice died. [7] [8]
HSBC has made significant contributions to the establishment of solid foundations for Thailand's financial and banking sectors. For example, in 1889 HSBC issued the first banknotes in Thailand. HSBC also issued the first foreign loan to the Thai government for its railroad construction project. HSBC's main branch office in Thailand is situated ...
After the establishment of Hong Kong as a British colony in 1842, the territory witnessed the foundation of its modern banking system. [1] The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) was established in 1865, with the primary purpose of financing trade between China and Europe.
John Malcolm Gray was born in Hong Kong on 28 July 1934. [3] At the beginning of the Second World War, Samuel Gray, his father, was manager of the bank in Calcutta. [3] He sent his family to Australia for safety. [3]
Midland Bank Plc was one of the Big Four banking groups in the United Kingdom for most of the 20th century. It is now part of HSBC.The bank was founded as the Birmingham and Midland Bank in Union Street, Birmingham, England in August 1836.
In 1898, Jardines and the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Company (HSBC) founded the British and Chinese Corporation (BCC). The civil engineering partnership of John Wolfe-Barry and Arthur John Barry were appointed Joint Consulting Engineers to the British and Chinese Corporation. [70]
Dent's Fountain, also known as City Hall's Fountain (near the rear side of present-day Bank of China Building), was built in 1864 and demolished in 1933. [2] Streets of Hong Kong, 1865 Beaconsfield Arcade, Hong Kong, c.1890. The building on the left is the HSBC building (second design)