Henry KESWICK [1870-1928]

Henry Keswick was a British Conservative politician and businessman and member of the Executive and Legislative Councils of Hongkong. Born into the Keswick business dynasty in 1870 in Shanghai, Henry was the first born son of William Keswick by his first wife, Amelie Sophie Dubeux (d. 1883). He was educated at Eton College and in 1892 graduated with a B.A. at Trinity College, Cambridge, at which college he later took his M.A. degree.

Henry Keswick married Ida Wynifred Johnston in St. Marylebone, Middlesex, England, on September 11, 1900 when he was 29 years old.  They had three children.

Henry Keswick rowed, was a competent sailor and from 1910 to 1911 was Commodore of the Royal Hongkong Yacht Club.