Sir John Douglas ClagueCBEMCQPMCPMTDJP (13 June 1917 – 11 March 1981) was a British Hong Kong soldier and entrepreneur who spent most of his life in Hong Kong.[1]
After the war, he became the tai-pan of the British Hong Kong hongHutchison, better known as Hutchison Whampoa. He overstretched his finances, which resulted in HSBC taking over the firm, replacing Clague, and led to the sale of Hutchison Whampoa to Li Ka-Shing'sCheung Kong in 1979.[5]
douglas, clague, john, june, 1917, march, 1981, british, hong, kong, soldier, entrepreneur, spent, most, life, hong, kong, honourablesir, john, jpunofficial, member, legislative, council, hong, kongin, office, 1956, 1960unofficial, member, executive, council, . Sir John Douglas Clague CBE MC QPM CPM TD JP 13 June 1917 11 March 1981 was a British Hong Kong soldier and entrepreneur who spent most of his life in Hong Kong 1 The HonourableSir John Douglas ClagueCBE MC QPM CPM TD JPUnofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Hong KongIn office 1956 1960Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of Hong KongIn office 1961 1974Personal detailsBorn 1917 06 13 13 June 1917South RhodesiaDied11 March 1981 1981 03 11 aged 63 Berkshire England Contents 1 Early years 2 Business career 3 Personal 4 ReferencesEarly years editBorn in South Rhodesia in 1917 2 Clague arrived in Hong Kong in 1940 as a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery and on the outbreak of World War II became a prisoner in the Sham Shui Po PoW camp 3 He later escaped and joined the British Army Aid Group in free China 1 On the ending of the war he famously took the surrender of Japanese forces in Bangkok more or less single handedly 4 Business career editAfter the war he became the tai pan of the British Hong Kong hong Hutchison better known as Hutchison Whampoa He overstretched his finances which resulted in HSBC taking over the firm replacing Clague and led to the sale of Hutchison Whampoa to Li Ka Shing s Cheung Kong in 1979 5 Clague was also one of the commandants of the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force and a member of both the Executive and the Legislative Councils of Hong Kong when he succeeded Cedric Blaker on 21 March 1958 From 1950 to 1951 he was President of the Gunners Roll of Hong Kong 6 Clague owned a lodge at Kam Tsin in the northern New Territories alongside many other wealthy people 7 He was also a racehorse owner and one time chairman of the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club it was under his tenure that the Sha Tin Racecourse was developed The Clague Garden Estate in Tsuen Wan is named for him 8 as he was also one of the longest serving chairmen of the Hong Kong Housing Society Personal editClague was married to Lady Margaret Isolin Clague nee Cowley they had three children Jonathan Penny and Isolin 9 Sir John Douglas Clague died of cancer aged 64 in 1981 10 Lady Clague died in 2011 9 References edit a b The dawn of the Golden Age mainly about money gwulo com Retrieved 23 January 2023 Hong Kong s ties with Zimbabwe The past and the present EJINSIGHT ejinsight com EJINSIGHT HONG KONG Trouble in the Hongs Time magazine 20 October 1975 China s Business Newspaper The Standard Archived from the original on 21 September 2013 Retrieved 20 September 2013 Stephen Vines The Other Handover Time Magazine 6 August 2005 Documents Gunners Roll Retrieved 20 September 2013 Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force Silver Jubilee 1959 1984 PDF Ebook lib hku hk Archived from the original PDF on 25 April 2012 Retrieved 20 September 2013 Clague Garden Estate Hong Kong Housing Society hkhs com a b CLAGUE Lady Margaret Death notice The Irish Times 10 February 2011 Retrieved 21 July 2021 John Douglas CLAGUE aka Duggie 1917 1981 Gwulo Old Hong Kong gwulo com Business positions Preceded byP S Cassidy Chairman and Managing Director of John D Hutchison amp Co 1952 1977 Succeeded byHimselfas Chairman and Managing Director of Hutchison Whampoa Preceded byHimselfas Chairman of John D Hutchison amp Co Chairman of Hutchison Whampoa1977 1979 Succeeded byBill Wyllie Preceded byHimselfas Managing Director of John D Hutchison amp Co Managing Director of Hutchison Whampoa1977 1979 Succeeded byLi Ka shing Sporting positions Preceded bySir John Saunders Chairman of the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club1972 1974 Succeeded byP G Williams Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Douglas Clague amp oldid 1203367545, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
