Charles
Rivington
Born in Piccadilly, London, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Brother of
Louisa (Rivington) Vaux, Francis Hansard Rivington, Alexander Rivington, Luke Rivington LL.D, Mary Rivington, Harriet Rivington, Phillip Rivington, Eustace Rivington, Septimus Rivington, Octavius Hansard Rivington, Grace Rivington [half], Helen Frances Rivington [half] and Mildred Rivington [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 51
in Shanghai, China
Profile last modified
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Biography
Charles Rivington was born in July 1835 at Piccadilly, Middlesex and was christened on 27 August the same year at St James Piccadilly.[1] He was the son of Francis Rivington and Louisa Hansard.
Charles went to Hong Kong where he was a mercantile clerk for well-known trading firm Jardine, Matheson & Co of East Point, Hong Kong.[2] He co-founded the Shanghai Mercury in 1879 as a daily newspaper.[3]
He passed away in Shanghai, China on 2 September 1886.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Birth/Chr: City of Westminster Archives Centre; London, England; Westminster Church of England Parish Registers; Reference: STJ/PR/1/13
- ↑ The Chronicle and Directory for China, Japan & The Phillippines for 1864, Compiled, Printed, Published and Sold at the "Daily Press" Office, Hong, p219
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Death: Obituary, Northern Territory Times and Gazette (Darwin) Sat, September 26 1886 p3: "Mr Charles Rivington, co-proprietor of the Shanghai Mercury, son of Mr Rivington of Messrs Rivington & Co, publishers, London, and for a quarter of a century a resident of the Far East, died at Shanghai on 2nd instant. He was well-known and popular.
See also
- Wikipedia article Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury
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