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Sir Thomas Sutherland, GCMG (Chinese: 蘇石蘭 16 August 1834 – 1 January 1922) was a Scottish banker and politician, initially elected to represent the Liberal Party and then as a Liberal Unionist.
HSBC was founded by Thomas Sutherland, a young Scotsman working in Hong Kong for a large shipping firm. He had never held a bank account himself, but while sailing along the South China coast in 1864, he read an article on Scottish banking that inspired him. Local and foreign trade in Hong Kong and at ports in China and Japan had increased ...
24. Juli 2016 · Thomas Sutherland, a former agriculture professor who was swept up in an international drama when he was kidnapped by Islamic militants in Lebanon in 1985 and held for more than six years, died...
25. Juli 2016 · Robin Wright remembers Thomas Sutherland, a professor at American University in Beirut who was taken hostage by Hezbollah and held for six years.
- Robin Wright
23. Juli 2016 · Thomas Sutherland, who was held hostage in Lebanon for more than six years, died Saturday in Fort Collins, Colorado, according to Colorado State University, where he’d been a professor. He...
Who was Thomas Sutherland, the founder of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation? How did he come up with the idea of creating a bank in Asia? Find out more about his life and legacy in this historical photograph from the HSBC archives.
24. Juli 2016 · Thomas Sutherland, a teacher was held captive in Lebanon for six years until he was freed and returned home to become a professor at Colorado State University, has died.
