Henry Keswick
Sir Henry Keswick is a British businessman and part of the Keswick dynasty who own Jardine Matheson. He is a former owner of The Spectator and a former director of the Telegraph Group.
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Career
From Jardine Matheson's website:
- 'Sir Henry joined the Group in 1961 and has been a Director of its holding company since 1967. He is chairman of Matheson & Co. and Jardine Strategic, and a director of Dairy Farm, Hongkong Land and Mandarin Oriental. He is also vice chairman of the Hong Kong Association.'[1]
He owned Conservative newspaper The Spectator from 1975 to 1980 and was director of the Telegraph Group Ltd from 1990 to 2004.[2]
Education
Personal life
- Married to Tessa Keswick, deputy chairman of the Centre for Policy Studies, former special policy advisor to Kenneth Clarke from 1989 to 1995 and 1987 Conservative General Election candidate in Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber.[3][4]
Conservative Party donor
Keswick is a member of The Leader's Group, an elite Conservative Party supporter group which enables donors to secure access to leading party members and the prime minister through an annual membership fee of £50,000. [5]
Political donations
Recorded by the Electoral Commission:
| Date | Name of donor | Amount | Donated to | Subsidiary (parties only) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29/06/2001 | Henry Keswick | £5,000.00 | The Rt Hon Michael Ancram QC MP | |
| 25/07/2001 | Henry Keswick | £5,000.00 | The Rt Hon Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo MP | |
| 28/01/2002 | Henry Keswick | £10,000.00 | Conservative Party | Central Party |
| 07/05/2003 | Henry Keswick | £10,000.00 | Conservative Party | Central Party |
| 22/10/2003 | Henry Keswick | £2,000.00 | Conservative Party | North Devon |
| 18/02/2004 | Henry Keswick | £5,000.00 | Conservative Party | Galloway & Upper Nithsdale |
| 26/01/2004 | Henry Keswick | £50,000.00 | Conservative Party | Central Party |
| 06/04/2004 | Henry Keswick | £2,000.00 | Conservative Party | Devizes |
| 30/03/2005 | Henry Keswick | £2,000.00 | Conservative Party | Devizes |
| 08/04/2005 | Henry Keswick | £50,000.00 | Conservative Party | Central Party |
| 01/012/2006 | Henry Keswick | £3,000.00 | Conservative Party | Devizes |
| 15/06/2007 | Henry Keswick | £2,000.00 | Conservative Party | Devizes |
| 28/06/2007 | Henry Keswick | £50,000.00 | Conservative Party | Central Party |
| 27/02/2009 | Henry Keswick | £2,500.00 | Conservative Party | Devizes |
| 15/05/2009 | Henry Keswick | £25,000.00 | Conservative Party | Central Party |
| 07/01/2010 | Henry N Keswick | £2,500.00 | Conservative Party | Central Party |
| 11/01/2010 | Henry N Keswick | £50,000.00 | Conservative Party | Central Party |
| 28/04/2010 | Henry N Keswick | £5,000.00 | Conservative Party | Central Party |
| 26/01/2011 | Henry Keswick | £50,000.00 | Conservative Party | Central Party |
| 18/07/2012 | Henry Keswick | £50,000.00 | Conservative Party | Central Party |
| 04/06/2013 | Henry Keswick | £50,000.00 | Conservative Party | Central Party |
| 05/07/2013 | Henry Keswick | £2,000.00 | Conservative Party | Chippenham |
| 31/03/2014 | Henry Keswick | £50,000.00 | Conservative Party | Central Party |
| 22/12/2014 | Henry Keswick | £100,000.00 | Conservative Party | Central Party |
| 23/12/2014 | Henry N Keswick | £7,000.00 | Conservative Party | Devizes |
Notes
- ↑ Jardine Matheson Directors, accessed 24 February 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Debretts, Henry Neville Lindley Keswick, accessed 24 February 2015
- ↑ Centre for Policy Studies, Tessa Keswick], accessed 24 February 2015
- ↑ Richard Thomson Profile: Taipan coils for City strike: Richard Thomson assesses the rise of Henry Keswick and the impact of his homecoming Independent, 21 February 1993, accessed 24 February 2015
- ↑ Conservatives Leader's Group guests 2014 4th quarter, accessed 25 February 2015
- ↑ Electoral Commission, Donation Search, accessed 24 February 2015
