Mackinnon, William, 1823-1893

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1856 founded the Calcutta and Burmah Steam Navigation Company (1862 renamed the British India Steam Navigation Company); 1860s director of the City of Glasgow Bank; 1873 established mail service between Aden and Zanzibar; 1882 CIE; 1888 founder and chairman of the Imperial British East Africa Company; 1889 created baronet.

Epithet: shipping entrepeneur

Title: baronet

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associatedWith Kenealy, Edward Vaughan, 1819-1880. person
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Peking, Chihli, China
China, Asia
China, Asia
Italy, Europe
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Birth 1823-03-13

Death 1893-06-22

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