HSBC
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HSBC Holdings plc 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. According to
Headquarters at 8 Canada Square in Canary Wharf, London
Wardley House on the Hong Kong Praya (waterfront), where the bank had leased its first Hong Kong office in 1865
Former Shanghai Club building on No. 12 Bund, Shanghai, purchased by HSBC in 1874 and its Shanghai head office until reconstruction in the early 1920s
The same building (center right) following the Praya Reclamation Scheme and creation of Statue Square
Thomas Sutherland (banker)
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Sir Thomas Sutherland, was a Scottish banker and politician, initially elected to represent the Liberal Party and then as a Liberal Unionist. He founded HSBC and was a director of P&O.
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…Europe, of goods, produces and merchandises of all kinds, but especially opium, cultivated in or transited (re-exported) through the Raj. The founder, Thomas Sutherland of P&O, wanted a bank operating on "sound Scottish banking principles". Still, the original location of the bank was considered crucial and the founders…
Sutherland, c. 1890
Caricature of Thomas Sutherland by Spy