Who's Who in the Far East/HILLIER, Edward Guy
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HILLIER, Edward Guy (PEKING), C.M.G.; Banker; &. March 11, 1857, a. of late Charles Batten Hillier, H.B.M. Consul to Siam; in. 1894. Educ.: Bluudell's School, Tiverton; Trinity College, Cambridge. Entered Service Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, 1883; Manager of Peking branch since 1891; was in Peking during Boxer outbreak 1930-01; negotiator of Chinese Imperial Government loans, issued in London and Berlin, 1895-99; British delegate on Commission of Bankers for the Chinese indemnity, 1902; failure of sight in 1896, resulted eventually in total blindness; made C.M.G. June, 1904. Club: Royal Societies, London. Address: Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Peking, China.