Sassoon, Solomon David #10 Chairman (1873-1874)

Updated on October 31, 2020

Solomon David Sassoon #10 (1873/2/14-1874/2/16)

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1. Francis Chomley (1865-66)
2. John Dent (1866-67)
3. Edward Cunningham (1867)
4. Agathon Friedrich Woldemar Nissen (1867)
5. George Johann Hellend (1867-69)
6. George Farley Heard (1869)
• 1870
7. Henry Beverley Lemann (1870)
8. Richard Rowett (1871)
9. Thomas Pyke (1872-73)
10. Solomon David Sassoon (1873-74)
11. William Howell Forbes(1874-75)
12. Adolph (Adolf) von André(1875-76)
13. Emmanuel Raphael Belilios (1876-77)
14. Hans Christian Heinrich Hoppius (1877-78)
15. Frederick David Sassoon (1878-79)
16. William Howell Forbes (1879-80)
• 1880
17. William Keswick (1880-81)
18. Alexander McIver (1881-82)
19. Henry Liston-Dalrymple (1882-83)
20. Wilhelm Reiners (1883)
21. Alexander Palmer MacEwen (1884-85)
22. Frederick David Sassoon (1885-86)
23. Alexander McIver (1886)
24. Max Grote (1886-87)
25. Charles David Bottomley (1887-88)
26. John Bell-Irving (1888-89)
27. William Howell Forbes (1889-90)
• 1890
28. Henry Liston-Dalrymple (1890-91)
29. Jacob Silas Moses (1891-92)
30. Stephen Cornelius Michaelsen (1892-93)
31. Hans Christian Heinrich Hoppius (1893-94)
32. Charles James Holliday (1894-95)
33. Jacob Silas Moses (1895-96)
34. Alexander MacConachie (1896-97)
35. Stephen Cornelius Michaelsen (1897-98)
36. James Jardine Bell-Irving (1898-99)
37. Roderick Mackenzie Gray (1899-90)
• 1900
38. Nicolaus August Siebs (1900-01)
39. James Johnstone Keswick (1901-02)
40. Robert Gordon Shewan (1902-03)
41. Abraham Jacob Raymond (1903-04)
42. Abraham Jacob Raymond (1904-05)
43. Herbert Edmund Tomkins (1905-06)
44. Armin Haupt (1906-07)
45. George Harold Medhurst (1907-08)
46. Henry Keswick (1908-09)
47. William Jardine Gresson (1909-10)
• 1910
48. Herbert Edmund Tomkins (1910-11)
49. Gideon Balloch (1911-12)
50. Edward Shellim (1912-13)
51. Francis Harold Armstrong (1913-14)
52. David Landale (1914-15)
53. David Landale (1915-16)
54. Walter Leslie Pattenden (1916-17)
55. Stanley Hudson Dodwell (1917-18)
56. Percy Hobson Holyoak (1918-19)
57. John Archibald Plummer (1919-20)
• 1920
58. Edward Victor David Parr (1920-21)
59. George Thomas Money Edkins (1921-22)
60. George Melville Dodwell (1922-23)
61. Archibald Orr Lang (1923-24)
62. Archibald Orr Lang (1924-25)
63. Walter Leslie Pattenden (1925-26)
64. Dallas Gerald Mercer Bernard (1926-27)
65. Dallas Gerald Mercer Bernard (1927-28)
66. Albert Henry Compton (1928-29)
67. Neilage Sharp Brown (1929-30)
• 1930
68. John Archibald Plummer (1930-31)
69. Charles Gordon Stewart Mackie (1931-32)
70. John Johnstone Paterson (1932-33)
71. Thomas Ernest (Tam) Pearce (1933-34)
72. Charles Gordon Stewart Mackie (1934-35)
73. Stanley Hudson Dodwell (1035-36)
74. John Johnstone Paterson (1936-37)
75. Geoffrey Miskin (1937-38)
76. Thomas Ernest (Tam) Pearce (1938-39)
77. Andrew Lusk Shields (1939-40)
• 1940
78. Harrie Vaughan Wilkinson (1940-41)
79. John Johnstone Paterson (1941-42)

Office Held	Year(s)
Chairman	1873/2/14-1874/2/16
Deputy Chairman	1872/2/17-1873/2/13
Director	1868/1/27-1869/1/6, 1869/1/7-1870/1/28, 1870/1/29-1870/12/31, 1871/1/1-1872/2/16

Raw data
Sassoon D Sons

Information and commentaries pertaining to this term of office
Other members of the Board of Directors	William Howell Forbes (us)(#11, #16, #27)(Deputy-Chairman), Russell (us) Emmanuel Raphael Belilios (it)(#13) Albert Farley Heard (us), Augustine Heart (us) Friedrich Adolph Joost (de), Siemssen (de) Henry Beverley Lemann (uk)(#7), Gilman (uk) Hermann Melchers (de), Melchers (de) Thomas Pyke (uk)(#9), Birley (uk) Richard Rowett (uk)(#8), Holliday Wise (uk) Replacements: Melchers left, Adolf André (de) of Melchers (de) was appointed in his stead (HKDP 1873/4/1). Henry Beverley Lemann left, William Lemann (uk) of Gilman (uk) was apppointed in his stead (HKDP 1873/5/1). Johannes F. Cordes (de) of Pustau (de) appointed (HKDP, 1874/2/4).
Overlaping with government bodies and other key organizations
Legislative Council
Chamber of Commerce

Financials as of 1873/12/31
Balance-Sheet
Assets	$'000	Liabilities	$'000
Cash & bullion	11,263	Paid-up capital	5,000
Government Securities	2,818	Reserve fund	1,000
Bills discounted, loans and credits	9,841	Notes in cicculatio, deposits	18,767
Exchange remittances	26,951	Exchange acceptances	26,131
Bank premises	174	Profit & loss account	240
Dead Stocks	89
Total	51,139	Total	51,139
Profit & Loss Account
Debit	$'000	Credit	$'000
Remuneration to directors	10	Balance of undivided profits, 1873/6/30	36
Rebate on bills not due	4	Amount of net profits for the 6 months ending 1873/12/31, after deducting all expenses and interest paid	204
Dividend account at the rate of 8%, p.a. on $5mil	200
Balance of undivided profits, carried forward to next half-year	26
Total	240	Total	240

Selected bibliography: The Bankers' Magazine 1874, BPC (Bankers' Magazine) Ltd, 1874. HKDP, 1865/3/2; 1867/12/2, 1867/12/3; 1869/1/7; 1870/1/28; 1870/1/29; 1870/12/31; 1871/1/1; 1872/2/15; 1872/2/17; 1873/2/13; 1873/2/14; 1874/2/16.

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