Sir Alexander Matheson

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Sir Alexander Matheson was a 19th-century Scottish businessman, politician, and co-founder of the powerful trading conglomerate Jardine Matheson.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish person ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
associatedWith British colonial trade ⓘ
opium-era China trade ⓘ
businessPartner Jardine Matheson ⓘ
businessRegion China ⓘ
East Asia ⓘ
Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China
centuryOfActivity 19th century ⓘ
coFounded Jardine Matheson ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
employer Jardine Matheson ⓘ
era Victorian era ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scottish ⓘ
fieldOfWork commerce ⓘ
international trade ⓘ
politics ⓘ
hasBusinessRole co-founder of Jardine Matheson ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle knighthood ⓘ
historicalSignificance key figure in 19th-century British–Asian commerce ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
industry finance ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
trading ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
name Alexander Matheson ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableFor being a prominent Scottish businessman in the 19th century ⓘ
co-founding a major Far Eastern trading conglomerate ⓘ
role in 19th-century British–Chinese trade ⓘ
role in expansion of Jardine Matheson ⓘ
notableWork co-founding Jardine Matheson ⓘ
occupation businessman ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
politician ⓘ
trader ⓘ
politicalAlignment British establishment ⓘ
positionHeld Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Scotland ⓘ
residence Scotland ⓘ
sphereOfInfluence British Empire ⓘ
Scottish business community ⓘ

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Matheson → hasNotableBearer → Sir Alexander Matheson ⓘ