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Knox, Edward (1819 - 1901) |
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| Sugar pioneer and Bank Manager | |||
| Born: 6 June 1819 Helsingör, Denmark. Died: 7 January 1901 Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia. | |||
| (Sir) Edward Knox was a director of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney 1845-1901 and manager 1847-51. He was manager of the Australasian Sugar Company 1843-54 and in 1855 founded the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, of which he was the first chairman of directors, holding the post until 1901. |
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