Background
Lester was born in Southampton in 1840 as the youngest of four brothers.
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Education
Then he attended Shanghai Real Estate Agency, which was opened by Edwin Smith, who is an American, and he became a main shareholder of the agency.
Career
After finishing his university studies, he returned to Southampton with a bachelor degree in architecture. One doctor told him that he should leave his homeland, so Lester departed Southampton with sadness and disconsolation. Henry arrived in Shanghai in 1867, and worked in Shanghai Municipal Council.
Three years later, he ended that work after the expiration of his contract.
After Mr. Smith"s retiring, Henry"s own company, Lester, Johnson&Morriss(Chinese:德和洋行), took over all the assets of Shanghai Real Estate Agency and then Henry became one of the richest merchants in Shanghai. According to the stipulation of Shanghai Municipal Council, staff members could not participate in its main business services and trade activities.
Henry opened its own company, Lester. H, until the expiration of his contract.
His compatriots Gordon Morris, George A. Johnson became shareholders together afterward.
They renamed the company "Lester, Johnson & Morris" and the Chinese name was kept as before. lieutenant became one of the most well-known architect offices. lieutenant is hard to know how many architectures did this office design and construct.
Sincere Department Store, Shanghai Branch (No646, East Nanjing Road) 1917
Nissin Building (Number 5, the Bund) 1921
Puyi Building (No110, Middle Sichuan Road) 1922
North China Daily News Building (No17, the Bund) 1924
Bank of Taiwan Building (Number 16, the Bund) 1926
Renji Hospital (No145, Shandong Road) 1932
Henry Lester Institute of Technical Education (No505, Changzhi Road) 1934
Mitsubishi Bank Building (No85, Guangdong Road) 1936
Jialing Office Building (No346, Middle Sichuan Road) 1937
Most of them are historic architectures in Shanghai.
Mr. Henry Lester bequeathed most of his assets to establish and endow the Henry Lester Trust Limited, which support Chinese Students study in United Kingdom.
