Albert RAYMOND [c.1881-1955]

Albert Raymond and Richie neé Silas, both of Hong Kong, were married in 1906 at the colony’s synagogue.

They were held at Stanley Internment Camp where they both took prominent roles; he was a member of a three-man tribunal: https://gwulo.com/node/22794.

Richie served on the British Community Council; she was the only woman to serve on any of the Councils. https://gwulo.com/node/20092. A

lbert Raymond and his uncle Abraham Jacob Raymond were on the board of Bombay’s Raymond Woolen Mills, part of the E.D. Sassoon empire, which was named after Albert and Abraham’s family. He was chairman of China Light & Power and Lawrence Kadoorie gave the eulogy at his funeral. At the time of Raymond’s death at the age of 74, he also was a director of Hongkong Land, General Commercial Corp., Hongkong Rope Manufacturing, and Lane Crawford.

Lawrence Kadoorie eulogized Raymond as “an unusual man of great knowledge and charm – both student and teacher, a scholar in Hebrew, Latin and Greek, yet a business executive of unrivalled experience and understanding, yet one who demanded of himself and others the highest standard of integrity and efficiency."