Douglas Lapraik (7 October 1818, London – 24 March 1869, London) was a British watchmaker, shipbuilder and shipping magnate of Scottish origins, most...
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Steward Lapraik and dissolved in 1987. After arriving in Hong Kong in 1858 to join his uncle, Douglas Lapraik's shipping empire at Douglas Lapraik & Company...
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itself dates back to 1861 when a wealthy Scottish trader named Douglas Lapraik built the Douglas Castle as the place of his residence. University Hall was...
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Hong Kong Tai-pan Douglas Lapraik. The lane is named after Hong Kong Tai-pan Douglas Lapraik whose dockyard and subsequent Douglas Steamship Company wharf...
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Keswick (1834–1912), Scotland Merlin Bingham Swire (born 1973), England Douglas Lapraik (1818–1869), England John Johnstone Paterson (1886–1971), Jardine Matheson...
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Paul's Cathedral) Sir Peter Laurie, politician and Lord Mayor of London Douglas Lapraik, shipowner and co-founder of HSBC and the Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels...
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the Japanese forces captured Keelung, Tang Jingsong first fled to Douglas Lapraik & Co. (德忌利士洋行) in Huwei (滬尾, now Tamsui 淡水), then he took the German...
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1866; 158 years ago (1866-03-02) in Hong Kong HKCR No. 0000003 Founder Douglas Lapraik, Charles Henri Maurice Bosman, Emanuel Raphael Belilios, Gustav von...
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India Line" British Railways ships Clan Line Court Line Douglas Lapraik & Company (Hong Kong) Douglas Steamship Company (Hong Kong) Elder Dempster Line Ellerman...
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significance to the compound as Mr. Chan Keng-Yu was the Compradore of Douglas Lapraik and Co., as well as one of the Founding Directors of Chinese Chamber...
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