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The founder of the dynasty, William Keswick was born in 1834, in Dumfriesshire in the Scottish Lowlands.His grandmother, Jean Jardine Johnstone was an older sister of Dr. William Jardine, the founder of Jardine Matheson & Company His father Thomas Keswick had married Margaret Johnstone, Jardine's niece and daughter of Jean, and entered the Jardine business.
Keswick was a keen racehorse owner [12] and hunter. [13] Keswick's elder brother Henry and younger brother Simon Keswick are chairman and director of Jardine Matheson Holdings. [14] Keswick died on 17 April 2024, at the age of 84. [15] His memorial service, held in May 2024 in Knightsbridge, was attended by the King and Queen. [16]
He was the son of Sir William Johnstone "Tony" Keswick and Mary Lindley, [1] and an older brother to Simon Keswick and Sir Chips Keswick. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. During the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953, Keswick was a page to Field Marshal Alan Brooke, and took part in the ceremony in Westminster Abbey.
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