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His family were originally [[History of the Jews in Iraq|Iraqi Jews]] from [[Baghdad]] who later migrated to [[Bombay]] ( | His family were originally [[History of the Jews in Iraq|Iraqi Jews]] from [[Baghdad]] who later migrated to [[Bombay]] ([[British Raj]]), in the mid-nineteenth century. His brother was Sir [[Ellis Kadoorie]], and his sons were Sir [[Lawrence Kadoorie, Baron Kadoorie|Lawrence Kadoorie]] and Sir [[Horace Kadoorie]]. | ||
Elly Kadoorie arrived in [[Shanghai]] from Bombay in 1880 as an employee of the [[Sephardi Jews|Sephardic Jewish]] firm [[David Sassoon (treasurer)|David Sassoon]] & Sons.<ref name=HaaretzSurvivor>[http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/this-day-in-jewish-history/.premium-1.612235 Haaretz: "This Day in Jewish History: A WWII Survivor Who Built Hong Kong Dies – Lawrence Kadoorie rose from a Japanese prison camp to restore his family’s fortunes and help forge Hong Kong’s future with China" by David B. Green] 25 August 2014</ref> Within a few years he had accumulated large sums of money and had gone into business on his own account, with companies in both Shanghai and [[Hong Kong]]. He became the largest shareholder when [[CLP Group|China Light & Power]] was restructured in early 20th century.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Staff|first=ByMerrilee BartonForbes|title=Kadoorie family|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/kadoorie/|access-date=2021-03-02|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref> Over the next two decades, the Kadoorie brothers made their fortunes, achieving success in banking, rubber plantations, electric power utilities and real estate and gaining a major shareholding in Hong Kong Hotels Limited.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kaufman|first=Jonathan|date=2020-05-28|title=A Jewish Dynasty in a Changing China|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-jewish-dynasty-in-a-changing-china-11590688537|access-date=2021-03-02|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> | Elly Kadoorie arrived in [[Shanghai]] from Bombay in 1880 as an employee of the [[Sephardi Jews|Sephardic Jewish]] firm [[David Sassoon (treasurer)|David Sassoon]] & Sons.<ref name=HaaretzSurvivor>[http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/this-day-in-jewish-history/.premium-1.612235 Haaretz: "This Day in Jewish History: A WWII Survivor Who Built Hong Kong Dies – Lawrence Kadoorie rose from a Japanese prison camp to restore his family’s fortunes and help forge Hong Kong’s future with China" by David B. Green] 25 August 2014</ref> Within a few years he had accumulated large sums of money and had gone into business on his own account, with companies in both Shanghai and [[Hong Kong]]. He became the largest shareholder when [[CLP Group|China Light & Power]] was restructured in early 20th century.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Staff|first=ByMerrilee BartonForbes|title=Kadoorie family|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/kadoorie/|access-date=2021-03-02|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref> Over the next two decades, the Kadoorie brothers made their fortunes, achieving success in banking, rubber plantations, electric power utilities and real estate and gaining a major shareholding in Hong Kong Hotels Limited.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kaufman|first=Jonathan|date=2020-05-28|title=A Jewish Dynasty in a Changing China|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-jewish-dynasty-in-a-changing-china-11590688537|access-date=2021-03-02|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> | ||
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Sir Elly Kadoorie KBE | |
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| Chairman of the Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1867 Baghdad |
| Died | 2 August 1944 (aged 77) |
| Spouse(s) | Laura Kadoorie (b.1866, d.1919) |
| Relations | Ellis Kadoorie (brother, 1865–1922) |
| Children | Lawrence Kadoorie (1899–1993) Victor Kadoorie (1900–1900) Horace Kadoorie (1902–1995) |
Sir Eleazer "Elly" Silas Kadoorie KBE (1867 – February 8, 1944) was a Baghdadi-born Jewish businessman and philanthropist active in Shanghai and Hong Kong. He was a member of the wealthy Kadoorie family that had large business interests in the Far East.
Biography[edit | edit source]
His family were originally Iraqi Jews from Baghdad who later migrated to Bombay (British Raj), in the mid-nineteenth century. His brother was Sir Ellis Kadoorie, and his sons were Sir Lawrence Kadoorie and Sir Horace Kadoorie.
Elly Kadoorie arrived in Shanghai from Bombay in 1880 as an employee of the Sephardic Jewish firm David Sassoon & Sons.[1] Within a few years he had accumulated large sums of money and had gone into business on his own account, with companies in both Shanghai and Hong Kong. He became the largest shareholder when China Light & Power was restructured in early 20th century.[2] Over the next two decades, the Kadoorie brothers made their fortunes, achieving success in banking, rubber plantations, electric power utilities and real estate and gaining a major shareholding in Hong Kong Hotels Limited.[3]
Kadoorie was made an Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1926 Birthday Honours.[4] He was given the Order of the Brilliant Jade by the Chinese government.[5] He became a naturalised British citizen the following year. [6]
In 1942, Kadoorie was taken from his home in Shanghai and interned in a Japanese prison camp for foreign civilians.[7] He died in prison on February 8, 1944.[5][8]
Sir Elly Kadoorie's grave and that of his wife Laura, Lady Kadoorie, are located in the Song Qingling Memorial Park near Hongqiao Road, Shanghai, and are accessible to visitors. Theirs are amongst only four Jewish tombstones in Shanghai which remained intact and were not destroyed during the Cultural Revolution.[citation needed]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Haaretz: "This Day in Jewish History: A WWII Survivor Who Built Hong Kong Dies – Lawrence Kadoorie rose from a Japanese prison camp to restore his family’s fortunes and help forge Hong Kong’s future with China" by David B. Green 25 August 2014
- ↑ Staff, ByMerrilee BartonForbes. "Kadoorie family". Forbes. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ↑ Kaufman, Jonathan (28 May 2020). "A Jewish Dynasty in a Changing China". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ↑ "No. 33179". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 July 1926. p. 4415.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Sir Elly Kadoorie, Bagdad-born Jewish Prilanthropist, Dies in Japanese Captivity". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 5 March 1944. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ↑ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. Kelly's Directories, 1931, p.1091.
- ↑ "Elly (KBE) Kadoorie | Science Museum Group Collection". collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ↑ Léo-Paul Dana (1 January 2010). Entrepreneurship and Religion. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-84980-632-9.
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- Hong Kong philanthropists
- Hong Kong Jews
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- Kadoorie family
- Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Jews and Judaism in Shanghai
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- Businesspeople from Mumbai
- British people who died in Japanese internment camps
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- Chinese Zionists
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