With roots that can be traced back to the opium trade, today, Jardines is a Fortune Global 500 company that consists of Jardine Pacific, Jardine Motors Group, Jardine Strategic, Dairy Farm, Hongkong Land, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Jardine Cycle & Carriage and Astra International.

Jardines has been in the insurance broking business since its earliest days in Canton and JLT, which is quoted on the London Stock Exchange, is one of the largest companies of its kind in the world.

* Jardines ' have a strict policy of not buying / investing in new companies as it is said to be against William Jardine's wishes.

In 1988, instigated by Brian Powers, the first American taipan of Jardines, the entire corporate structure of Jardine, Matheson & Co., including all its allied companies, were restructured so that a holding company based in London and controlled by the Keswick family would have overall policy and strategic control of all Jardine Matheson Group companies.

During the 1970s Jardines also expanded their insurance interests with acquisitions in the United Kingdom and the United States laying the groundwork for the foundation of Jardine Insurance Brokers.

The staff of Jardines ( 239, 000 employees as of January 2007 ) is predominantly Asian, with senior management levels composed of a mixture of British, Chinese, Indonesians, Europeans, Australians and Americans.

In 1841, Jardines had 19 intercontinental clipper ships, compared to close rival Dent and Company with 13.

FEER was set up in 1946 with seed capital provided by the Kadoories, Jardines and the Hongkong Bank.

The cape was finally conquered in 1864 when the Jardine brothers with eight companions drove a mob of cattle from Rockhampton to the new settlement of Somerset where the Jardines ’ father was commander.

After British forces regained Hong Kong in 1945, the Royal Navy provided Jardines with a new six-pound gun with which to continue the tradition of the noon-day gun.

The reservoirs are surrounded by Mount Butler ( 畢拿山 ), Jardines Lookout, Violet Hill and Mount Parker, with an extraordinary environment of peace and quiet.

On 30 December 1991, Rodrigo was raised into the Spanish nobility by King Juan Carlos I with the hereditary title of Marqués de los Jardines de Aranjuez ( English: Marquis of the Gardens of Aranjuez ).

Jardines is controlled by the Keswick family, who are direct descendants of William Jardine's sister Jean through the marriage of her daughter to Thomas Keswick, father of William Keswick, an early Tai-pan of the firm.

The organizational structure of Jardines has changed almost totally, but the members of the family of Dr. William Jardine still control the firm through a complex cross-shareholding structure, several allied shareholders and a secretive 1947 Trust.

While the leadership of Jardines is Scottish, the firm is international in its dealings.

* Mail sent to Jardines requires no address — just the name is enough to ensure its delivery.

Jardines ' main godowns and offices were located at East Point, and its private militia would fire a gun salute to welcome a Jardines tai-pans ' arrival by sea.

These include a number of Jardines ’ long-standing businesses such as Jardine Engineering Corporation ( JEC ), Jardine Shipping Services, Jardine Aviation Services, Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals, Jardine Schindler and Gammon Construction as well as more contemporary interests that reflect the demands of Asian consumers ; among them Pizza Hut restaurants in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Vietnam and Jardine OneSolution IT services.

Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited (, ) often referred to as Jardines, is a multinational corporation incorporated in Bermuda and based in Hong Kong.

While listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Singapore Exchange, the vast majority of Jardines shares are traded in Singapore.

Initially trading in opium, tea and cotton, Jardines soon diversified into other areas including insurance, shipping and railways.

In the early decades of the 20th century, Jardines built cotton mills, a press packing plant and a brewery in Shanghai while expanding into Africa, America and Australia.

The organizational structure of Jardines has changed almost totally, but the members of the family of Dr. William Jardine still have significant influence in the firm.

* Jardines ' history was the inspiration for a series of novels written by James Clavell, including Tai-Pan, Gai-Jin, and Noble House.

* Jardines installed the first elevator in China in the northern city of Tianjin.

These islands, " Los Jardines ," could be Eniwetok or Bikini Atoll.

Jardines also had hundreds of small ships, lorchas and small smuggling crafts for coastal and upriver smuggling.

His other nephews David, Joseph, Robert and Andrew Jardine, all sons of Jardine's older brother David, continued to assist James Matheson in running Jardines.

James Matheson returned to England to fill up the Parliament seat left vacant by Jardine and to head up the firm Matheson & Co., previously known as Magniac, Jardine & Co., in London, a merchant bank and Jardines ' agent in England.

Notable Jardines Managing Directors or Tai-pans included Sir Alexander Matheson, 1st Baronet, David Jardine, Robert Jardine, William Keswick, James Johnstone Keswick, Ben Beith, David Landale, Sir John Buchanan-Jardine, Sir William Johnstone " Tony " Keswick, Sir Hugh Barton, Sir Michael Herries, Sir John Keswick, Sir Henry Keswick, Simon Keswick and Alasdair Morrison.

Jardines is also active in China, North America, Europe, Australia, the Middle East and parts of Africa.

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