David Landale was the 13th taipan of the Jardine Matheson & Company and member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Background
Born on 6 August 1868, Landale was the son of Review David Landale and Margaret Helen Hassels Jardine, daughter of Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet, a distant relative of the founder of the prominent trading house Jardine Matheson & Company, William Jardine.
Education
He was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh.
Career
Landale moved to the Far East and became both managing director of Jardine Matheson and the Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council in 1907. He was also director of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation until his resignation in 1920. He was also the chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce in 1915.
Landale died on 6 September 1935 in London, England.
Reet in Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island was named after David Landale.
Membership
He was appointed as unofficial member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1913 and Executive Council in 1916.