Thomas Hanbury, Shanghai

Thomas Hanbury, Shanghai

Collection

Vacher-Hilditch

Identifier

VH02-076

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: VH02-076. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution reference: L04357-022b. Photograph taken outside the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China (see VH02-123). Sir Thomas Hanbury (1832-1907) was an English businessman, gardener, and philanthropist. Arriving in Shanghai in 1853, he started Hanbury & Co., merchants in tea and silk. Hanbury diversified into currency trading and cotton broking, to become extremely wealthy and the largest property holder in Shanghai. He built the Giardini Botanici Hanbury at Mortala, Italy. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hanbury and https://twitter.com/MOFBACN/status/1630045575738433538. See also 'Letters of Sir Thomas Hanbury' (1913).

Caption in album or on mount

T. Hanbury. 4/59

Location

Shanghai

Date

April 1859

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath