Background
Lawrence Kadoorie was born at the peak of the British Empire"s power. Kadoorie was born to a Mizrahi Jewish family, the older of sons of Laura (née Mocatta) and Sir Elly Kadoorie.
entrepreneur Member of the House of Lords
Lawrence Kadoorie was born at the peak of the British Empire"s power. Kadoorie was born to a Mizrahi Jewish family, the older of sons of Laura (née Mocatta) and Sir Elly Kadoorie.
Cathedral School, Shanghai, Ascham Saint Vincents, Eastbourne, Clifton College, Bristol and Lincoln"s Inn, London.
He was the first man born in Hong Kong to be named to the British House of Lords. His family were originally Mizrahi Jews from Baghdad who later migrated to Bombay (Mumbai), India in the mid-eighteenth century. He was educated at Clifton College.
Kadoorie was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1970, knighted in 1974 and created Baron Kadoorie, of Kowloon in Hong Kong and of the City of Westminster on 22 September 1981 for his philanthropic work throughout the United Kingdom and Hong Kong.
Kadoorie was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1970, knighted in 1974 and created Baron Kadoorie, of Kowloon in Hong Kong and of the City of Westminster on 22 September 1981 for his philanthropic work throughout the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Kadoorie and his brother, Horace, both received the Magsaysay Award for public service in 1962. They were also conferred Chev.Leg.Hon. by the French government. He also gave money to the Kahal Kadosh Mekor Haim (Holy Community Fountain of Life) in order to finish the construction of the Kadoorie Synagogue for the Anusim/Marranos in Oporto, Portugal.
And official numerous Hong Kong civic organisations.
Married Muriel Gubbay in 1938.
