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Boustead
Boustead may refer to the following: *Boustead & Co Boustead & Co. is an asset management and corporate finance company created by Edward Boustead in 1828 that still exists today. History In 1828, Edward Boustead arrived in Singapore on board the British ship ''Hindustan''. In the same year, he e ..., a London merchant banking business * Boustead Singapore, a Singapore engineering company * Boustead Group, a Malaysian company * Boustead Hill, an English village * Boustead Cup, an annual English rowing race People with the surname * Edward Boustead (1800–1888), an English businessman * Hugh Boustead, a British officer, pentathlete, and diplomat * Kerry Boustead, an Australian rugby league footballer {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boustead & Co
Boustead & Co. is an asset management and corporate finance company created by Edward Boustead in 1828 that still exists today. History In 1828, Edward Boustead arrived in Singapore on board the British ship ''Hindustan''. In the same year, he established a trading company, Boustead & Co. Boustead & Co specialised in import and export, offering goods such as banca tin, spices, saps, rattan, medicinal herbs, silk and tea widely available in South East Asia in exchange for Western products like cloth, oil and machinery. Boustead & Co commissioned Irish civil architect, George Drumgoole Coleman to design the company's headquarters alongside the Singapore River. The warehouse was known as "the house of seven and twenty pillars", located around the corner from High Street. In 1834, Boustead & Co partnered with German-born merchant, Gustav Christian Schwabe in the Singapore company. Schwabe and his cousin established Sykes Schwabe & Co in Liverpool. The Liverpool partner would export ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boustead Singapore
Boustead Singapore Limited () is an engineering services group listed on the Singapore Exchange and headquartered in Singapore. The group's engineering divisions specialise in energy-related engineering and industrial real estate solutions. Boustead also has a geospatial technology arm which distributes Esri geographic information systems to major markets across Australia and South East Asia. Boustead is listed on the MSCI Global Small Cap Index for Singapore and the FTSE ST Small Cap Index. History Early history Edward Boustead, an English businessman, founded Boustead & Co in 1828. The trading company specialised in import and export, offering goods such as banca tin, spices, saps, rattan, medicinal herbs, silk and tea widely available in South East Asia in exchange for Western products like cloth, oil and machinery. With the development of a wide trading network in Singapore, trade credit and finance became increasingly important to banks, merchants, manufacturers and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boustead Group
Boustead Holdings Berhad (BHB) () is a Malaysian corporation with over 16,000 employees across more than 90 listed and non-listed companies in Malaysia, Indonesia and the United Kingdom. It is an affiliate of the Malaysian military. BHB was founded in 1828 as ''Boustead & Co'' in Singapore by Edward Boustead, an English businessman. The company was incorporated in 1961, and is currently listed on the Kuala Lumpur stock exchanges. History In 1975, Boustead & Co split into four entities: Boustead Plc in London (which was later reorganized as Boustead & Co), Boustead Holdings Berhad (BHB) in Malaysia, Boustead Singapore Limited, and Boustead China Co, Ltd. The major shareholder of BHB is Malaysian military pension fund statutory board – Armed Forces Fund Board. Organisation The Group’s business interests are focused in key sectors of the Malaysian economy via its five Divisions: Property & Industrial The division engages primarily in property development and investment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boustead Hill
Boustead Hill is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. It has two separate equestrian centres. In 1831 the township had a population of 63. It is located close to the site where the famous Solway Firth Spaceman photograph was taken. See also *Listed buildings in Burgh by Sands Burgh by Sands is a civil parish in the Cumberland (unitary authority), Cumberland district in Cumbria, England. It contains 55 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of th ... References Hamlets in Cumbria Burgh by Sands {{Cumbria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boustead Cup
The Boustead Cup is an annual challenge of the Men's First Eight of London Rowing Club and Thames Rowing Club. Taking place between February and March, upon a formal challenge from the previous years loser. The race is held over the Championship Course The Championship Course is a stretch of the River Thames between Mortlake and Putney in London, England. It is a well-established course for rowing races, particularly the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. The course is on the tidal reaches of t ... in London, England. History The Boustead Cup was founded in 1947 by Guy Boustead as an Annual Race between London Rowing Club and Thames Rowing Club. Guy Boustead was the son of J M Boustead, who rowed for Oxford in the University Boat Races of 1875, 1876 and 1877 (the year of the famous “dead heat”). Course Nearly all the 50 plus races to date have been raced on the ebb tide between Mortlake and Putney (the reverse of the University Boat Race course). The exceptions were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Boustead
Edward Boustead (1800–1888) was an English businessman and philanthropist, who founded Boustead & Co and played an active role in the development of Singapore as a business and trading centre. Boustead was born in Yorkshire, England. He was the great-grandfather of actor David Niven. Beginnings of Boustead & Co In 1828, Boustead arrived in Singapore on board the British ship ''Hindustan''. In the same year, he established a trading company, Boustead & Co. Boustead & Co specialised in import and export, offering goods such as banca tin, spices, saps, rattan, medicinal herbs, silk and tea widely available in South East Asia in exchange for Western products like cloth, oil and machinery. Boustead commissioned Irish civil architect, George Drumgoole Coleman to design his company's headquarters alongside the Singapore River. The warehouse was known as "the house of seven and twenty pillars", located around the corner from High Street. In 1834, Boustead partnered with German-bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Boustead
Colonel Sir John Edmond Hugh Boustead KBE CMG DSO MC & Bar (14 April 1895 – 3 April 1980) was a British military officer, modern pentathlete, and diplomat who served in numerous posts across several Middle Eastern countries, including ambassador to Abu Dhabi from 1961 to 1965. The son of a tea planter from Sri Lanka, Boustead began his career with the Royal Navy, but soon joined the British Army to fight in the trenches during World War I, where he earned his first of two Military Crosses. Following an appearance at the 1920 Summer Olympics, Boustead spent several years as a mountaineer and explorer prior to being appointed commander of the Sudan Camel Corps, with whom he served through World War II. He then embarked on a diplomatic career until his 1965 retirement and published an autobiography, ''The Wind of Morning'', in 1971, nine years prior to his death in Dubai. Early life Boustead was born on 14 April 1895 in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka, the son of a local tea planter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |