Henry Keswick

Sir Henry Neville Lindley Keswick (born 29 September 1938 in Shanghai) is a Scottish businessman. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.

Henry married Tessa, Lady Reay, younger daughter of the late Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat in 1985. He lives on a large country estate in Oare, Wiltshire, England.

He is the older brother of Sir Chips Keswick and Simon Keswick.

During the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 Henry Keswick was a page to Field Marshal Alan Brooke, and took part in the ceremony in Westminster Abbey.

He is chairman of Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd which he joined in 1961. He has been a director since 1967 and became Managing Director in 1970 followed in 1972 by chairman. He is director of a number of Group companies. He is part of the Keswick family business dynasty.

He is Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Association and a member of the Council of the National Trust. He was previously the Chairman of the National Portrait Gallery. Proprietor of The Spectator Magazine 1975-81.

He was knighted in the 2009 Birthday Honours.[1]

He also owns a 18,000 acre shooting estate in the angus glens shooting mainly grouse named Hunthill Estate. Interestingly Mr. Keswick is a practising Catholic and is a member of The Tablet Charitable Trust. http://www.thetablet.co.uk/page/contact-us

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