Jardine Matheson
Jardine Matheson was founded as a trading company in China in 1832.[1] It has been run by the Keswick family of Scotland since its founding.[2]
The company accumulated wealth in the 19th century in part through the Chinese opium trade.[3]
Tory funding and rainforest controversy
In April 2010 The Times reported that the Conservative Party had accepted donations from members of the Keswick family, which has been accused of profiting from the destruction of one of the few remaining rainforest habitats of the orang-utan.[4]
People
- Sir Henry Keswick - chair. Married to Tessa Keswick, president of the Devizes Tory association in Wiltshire.[5] The Times reported in April 2010 that he had donated £213,000 to the Conservatives in the past eight years.[6]
Notes
- ↑ Introduction: Jardine Matheson Group, Jardines website, acc 28 Apr 2010
- ↑ Jane Lewis, Profile: The Flemings, MoneyWeek, 21 Dec 2005, acc 30 Mar 2010
- ↑ Ben Webster, Tories accused of hypocrisy over destruction of orang-utan habitat, The Times, 27 Apr 2010
- ↑ Ben Webster, Tories accused of hypocrisy over destruction of orang-utan habitat, The Times, 27 Apr 2010
- ↑ Ben Webster, Tories accused of hypocrisy over destruction of orang-utan habitat, The Times, 27 Apr 2010
- ↑ Ben Webster, Tories accused of hypocrisy over destruction of orang-utan habitat, The Times, 27 Apr 2010
