Sir John Chippendale "Chips" Lindley Keswick (born 2 February 1940) is a British

United Kingdom

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 businessman and a member of the Keswick family which control Hong Kong company Jardine Matheson, founded by William Jardine

William Jardine (surgeon)

William Jardine was a Scottish physician and merchant. He co-founded the Hong Kong conglomerate Jardine, Matheson and Company. From 1841 to 1843, he was Member of Parliament for Ashburton as a Whig....

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Career

He attended Eton College

Eton College

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 and the University of Aix-Marseilles. He married Lady Sarah Ramsay, daughter of the 16th Earl of Dalhousie

Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie

Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie, KT, GCVO, GBE, MC, DL was a British land-owner, statesman and politician....

, in 1966. They have three sons David, Tobias and Adam.

His elder brother Henry

Henry Keswick

Sir Henry Neville Lindley Keswick is a Scottish businessman. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.Henry married Tessa, Lady Reay, younger daughter of the late Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat in 1985...

 and younger brother Simon Keswick

Simon Keswick

Simon Lindley Keswick is a Scottish businessman and the younger brother of Sir Chips Keswick and Sir Henry Keswick.He is a director of Matheson & Co Ltd , Fleming Mercantile Investment Trust, Hanson plc, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc. and the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group...

 are Chairman and Director of Jardine Matheson Holdings

Jardine Matheson Holdings

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...

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Sir Chips was formerly a director of Hambros Bank

Hambros Bank

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 and colleague of Peter Hill-Wood

Peter Hill-Wood

Peter Denis Hill-Wood is a British businessman and the current chairman of Arsenal Football Club.-Biography:Hill-Wood was born in Kensington, London. His father, three uncles and grandfather all played first-class cricket for Derbyshire CCC. He attended Eton College where he was a classmate of...

. He is currently a non-executive director

Non-executive director

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 of a number of companies including DeBeers Sa

De Beers

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, Investec Bank, Persimmon plc

Persimmon plc

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 and Arsenal Holdings plc, the parent company of Arsenal Football Club

Arsenal F.C.

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. He has been involved in a number of other business interests as well as serving as a director of the Bank of England

Bank of England

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 since 1993. His father Sir William "Tony" Keswick was also a director of the Bank of England between 1955 and 1973. (See Keswick family

Keswick family

The Keswick family are a business dynasty of Scottish origin associated with the Far East since 1855 and in particular the conglomerate Jardine Matheson....

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He has 20 shares in Arsenal representing 0.032% of the Company's issued ordinary shares.

He is a member of gentleman's club White's

White's

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and lobby group "Business for Sterling". Keswick has sat on the board of corporate donors to the Conservatives.