| 词条 | Alfred Brooke-Smith |
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|name = Alfred Brooke-Smith |image = |imagesize = |caption = |order = Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council |term_start = 1920 |term_end = 1922 |predecessor = Sir Edward Pearce |successor = H.G. Simms |birth_date = {{birth date|1874|11|3|mf=y}} |birth_place = England |death_date = {{death date|1938|4|6|mf=y}} (aged 65) |death_place = England |constituency = |party = |spouse = |profession = Businessman |religion = |signature = |footnotes = }} Alfred Brooke-Smith (1874–1938) was the Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council for 2 years from 1920 to 1922. He also served as Managing Director of Jardine Matheson & Co. BiographyBrooke-Smith was born on 3 November 1874 in Yokohama, Japan and received his education there.[1] At the age of 16, he joined the firm of Findlay Richardson in Yokohama. In 1897, he joined Jardine Matheson & Co as an assistant in their Import and Cotton Mill Department in Hong Kong. On 1 May 1918, he was appointed a Director and was Senior Director at Shanghai from 1919 to 1926. He was also Managing Director in 1924-5.[2] He served on the Shanghai Municipal Council from 1917 and, in 1919, became Vice-Chairman. In 1920 he became Chairman of the Council and served in that position until 1922.[3] He retired in 1926 and returned to England.[4] He died on 6 April 1938 at Martley Hall, Suffolk, England.[5] MarriageBrooke-Smith married Ann Bigland Brand, daughter of Mr David Brand of Shanghai, in December 1918 at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai.[6] References1. ^Obituary, North China Herald, 14 April 1938, p452 and North China Herald, April 24, 1926, p158 {{DEFAULTSORT:Brooke-Smith, Alfred}}2. ^Obituary, North China Herald, 14 April 1938, p452 3. ^Obituary, North China Herald, 14 April 1938, p452 4. ^North China Herald, April 24, 1926, p158 5. ^North China Herald November 23, 1938, p311 6. ^North China Herald, December 14, 1918, p671 4 : History of Shanghai|Chairmen of the Shanghai Municipal Council|1874 births|1938 deaths |
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