Louis T. Leonowens

Louis Thomas Cunnis Leonowens (25 October 1856 – 17 February 1919) was a Briton who served as an officer with the Siamese royal cavalry and founded the trading company that bears his name.

Early life

He was the son of Anna Leonowens of "Anna and the King of Siam" fame and Thomas Leon Owens, a civilian clerk, whom she married in India in 1849. He came to Siam (now Thailand) with his mother in 1862.

Career

Leonowens later returned to Siam (from Canada where his mother had settled) and became a captain in the Siamese royal cavalry. He later entered the teak trade and went on to found the international trading company that bears his name to this day, leading exporters of Malayan hardwoods and importers of building materials and general merchandise. ["The Times" (16 September, 1963); pg. x, col. A.]

Later life

Leonowens died in 1919 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London. [ [http://www.brompton.org/Residents.htm Brompton football equipment training folding at brompton.org ] at www.brompton.org]

Personal life

Leonowens married Caroline Knox, a daughter of Sir Thomas George Knox, the British consul-general in Bangkok (1824–1887), and a Siamese wife, Prang Somkok, who died in 1888.

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* [http://www.louist.co.th/ Louis T. Leonowens, Ltd.]