Background
HILLIER, Edward Guy was born in 1857. Son of late Charles Batten Hillier, His Britannic Majesty Consul to Siam.
HILLIER, Edward Guy was born in 1857. Son of late Charles Batten Hillier, His Britannic Majesty Consul to Siam.
Studied at Blundell’s School, Tiverton. Trinity College, Cambridge.
Entered the service of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, 1883. Agent of the Bank in Peking, 1891. Negotiated Chinese Imperial Government loans issued in London and Berlin, 1895-1905.
British Delegate on the Commission of Bankers lor the Chinese Indemnity, 1902. Failure of sight in 1896 resulted in total blindness. Of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
Club: Royal Societies.
Spouse 1894, Ada,daughter of late Frederick Everett, Erith, Kent.