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Ewen Cameron (banker)

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branch, where he served until 1890. Cameron's success in reorganizing the bank was rewarded by his appointment as a director before he returned to Britain, where he became chairman of the bank in the City of London.
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After suffering bouts of ill health in 1903 and at the end of 1904, Sir Ewen retired in February 1905 and later died at home in
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David Cameron's family fortune: the Jersey, Panama and Geneva connection | Politics
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at the end of 1901 for his "services to overseas banking", and was elected a
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During 1904 Cameron and other leading London financiers – including
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Takahasi Korekiyo, the Rothschilds and the Russo-Japanese War, 1904–1907
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with the addition of four bezants or coins, representing banking
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in London. He played a key role in arranging loans from the
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branch of HSBC, following which he acted as manager of its
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In 1878, Cameron married Josephine Elizabeth (born at
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in 1866. His abilities, described as "remarkable" by
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The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
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Inverness-shire
Hampstead
KCMG
FRGS
merchant banker
chartered accountant
late 19th century
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Rothschild family
Empire of Japan
Russo-Japanese War
David Cameron
Inverness-shire
Camerons of Erracht
Culloden

Caledonian Bank
Aberdeen
chartered accountant
Bank of Hindustan, China and Japan
Hong Kong
The Times
Calcutta
Shanghai
KCMG
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
Lord Revelstoke
Baring Bros.
W. M. Koch
Panmure Gordon

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