Jardine, Matheson & Co.

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trading company

Jardine, Matheson & Co. is a historic British trading conglomerate founded in the 19th century that became one of the leading commercial and shipping firms in East Asia, particularly in China and Hong Kong.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Jardine, Matheson & Co. canonical 2
Jardine Matheson 1
Jardine Matheson Group 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf trading company ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Jardine Matheson NERFINISHED ⓘ
areaServed China NERFINISHED ⓘ
East Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith British imperial trade in East Asia ⓘ
First Opium War NERFINISHED ⓘ
businessModel agency house ⓘ
businessStructure partnership (in the 19th century) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
employed Chinese compradors ⓘ
foreign merchants in China ⓘ
founders James Matheson NERFINISHED ⓘ
William Jardine NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundingDate 1832 ⓘ
hasEthicalControversy involvement in the opium trade ⓘ
hasMajorBusinessInterest banking GENERATED ⓘ
insurance GENERATED ⓘ
real estate GENERATED ⓘ
shipping GENERATED ⓘ
trading in commodities GENERATED ⓘ
headquartersLocation Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalActivity cotton trade ⓘ
opium trade in China ⓘ
shipping services ⓘ
tea trade ⓘ
historicalHeadquarters The Praya, Victoria, Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole leading member of the British merchant community in Hong Kong ⓘ
inceptionPlace Canton NERFINISHED ⓘ
China NERFINISHED ⓘ
industry merchant banking ⓘ
property ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
trading ⓘ
influenced commercial development of Hong Kong ⓘ
patterns of British trade in East Asia ⓘ
notableFor being one of the leading British trading houses in 19th-century China ⓘ
major role in the development of Hong Kong as a commercial center ⓘ
operatedDuring British colonial period in Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ
Qing dynasty period in China NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor Jardine Matheson Holdings NERFINISHED ⓘ
tradedWith British India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chinese treaty ports ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedLanguage Cantonese ⓘ
English ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chinese transport Kowshing → operator → Jardine, Matheson & Co. ⓘ
China Merchants Steam Navigation Company → competedWith → Jardine, Matheson & Co. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jardine Matheson
Jardine House → namedAfter → Jardine, Matheson & Co. ⓘ
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group → parentOrganization → Jardine, Matheson & Co. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jardine Matheson Group