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Fra Dansk Biografisk Leksikon:²

Reinhard, Kay, 1871—1928, Søofficer, Rederidirektør. F. 30. Maj 1871 i Hillerød, d. 17. Juli 1928 i Kbh., begr. i Taarbæk. Broder til Joachim R. (s. d.). Gift 4. Aug. 1896 i Taarbæk med Julie Vett, f. 10. Dec. 1872 i Aarhus, D. af senere Gehejmeetatsraad Emil V. (s. d.) og Hustru. R. blev Sekondløjtnant i Marinen 1891, Premierløjtnant 1895 og gennemgik efter en Række Søtogter Hærens Officerskoles ældste Klasse, hvorefter han 1902—07 var Lærer i Søkrigshistorie og Taktik ved Kadetskolen og 1903—07 Lærer ved Flaadens Officersskole. 1906 udgav han de fortjenstfulde sømilitære Arbejder »Kortfattet Haandbog i almindelig Søkrigshistorie« og »Foredrag i Strategi«, men allerede n. A. tog han sin Afsked fra Marinen og virkede siden som Rederidirektør, først 1907—20 i Dansk-Russisk Dampskibsselskab, indtil dette Selskab gik op i Det Forenede Dampskibsselskab, og derefter 1920—25 som Direktør i sidstnævnte Selskab. Som Rederidirektør gjorde R. sig hurtigt bemærket ved sin Dygtighed, og i Kraft af sin alsidige Uddannelse og repræsentative Fremtræden kom han desuden tidligt til at ind tage en fremskudt Stilling inden for sin Stands Organisationsliv. Saaledes var han 1912—21 Medlem af Dansk Dampskibsrederiforenings Bestyrelse, ligesom han 1916—20 var Medlem af Fragtnævnet og dettes Forretningsudvalg. Ved Bestridelsen af disse Hverv gjorde R. sig i høj Grad gældende ved sin Intelligens, Hurtighed og Beslutsomhed, samtidig med at han var almindelig afholdt. Særlig bør det nævnes, at han var en af Fragtnævnets Repræsentanter under de vigtige Forhandlinger med England i Forsommeren 1917, der førte til Afslutningen af en Overenskomst mellem den britiske Regering og Fragtnævnet 20. Juni s. A. Ligeledes førte R. sammen med Skibsreder A. O. Andersen de meget vanskelige Forhandlinger med U. S. A. i Sommeren 1918, der resulterede i Overenskomsten mellem War Trade Board og Fragtnævnet 18. Sept. s. A. Ogsaa uden for Rederierhvervet gjorde R. sig bemærket paa forskellig Maade; saaledes var han bl. a. Formand i Bestyrelsen for baade Akts. Otto Mønsted og Akts. A. M. Hirschsprung & Sønner og Medlem af Bestyrelsen for Akts. Wessel & Vett.

R. 1910. DM. 1918.

^{Tidsskr. for Søvæsen, IC, 1928, S. 370 f. Dansk Dampskibsrederiforening 1884-17. Januar-1934, 1934.}

Jens Vestberg.

Fra “Pengemagt og Ruslandspolitik” af Kai Moltke:

ØK var iøvrigt ikke det eneste danske skibsfartsselskab, der tilstræbte en førende og indbringende position indenfor søtransporten til og fra det gamle Rusland. En lignende rolle spilledes frem til revolutionens udbrud ligeledes af en af Privatbankens aflæggere: »Dansk-russisk Dampskibsselskab«, der i perioden 1907-1920 stod under direktør Kay Reinhardts ledelse. Ligesom ØK havde også dette rederi for at opnå en priviligeret stilling tilpasset sig russisk lovgivning og havde i Petersburg oprettet datterselskabet »Nordisk Dampskibsselskab«, der var registreret som russisk firma for under tsarflaget at drive en omfattende skibsfart på havnene i det europæiske Rusland. Danske søfartskredse havde så aktivt engageret sig i sejlads på de russiske havne både i Østersøen og Hvidehavet, at den danske reder Chr. Sass fra selskabet »Myren« i hele perioden 1912-1922 fungerede som formand for den internationale skibsfartssammenslutning: »The Baltic and White Sea Conference«, der specielt interesserede sig for sejladsen i disse farvande…

I den russiske revolutions første fase blev der - trods den danske regerings fjendtlige holdning - taget de mest vidtgående hensyn til legale danske interesser i landet. Kun visse danske skibsfartsinteresser blev direkte berørt af de første nationaliseringslove: d. 9. februar udsendtes et dekret om nationalisering af alle russiske dampskibsselskaber, og formelt ramte dette både ØK´s russiske datterselskab og »Dansk-russisk Dampskibsselskab« aflægger i Rusland. I stedet for at forhandle om en erstatningsordning søgte de to danske firmaer at trodse den Sovjetiske lovgivning ved efter revolutionen og i interventionsårene at føre de omstridte skibe bort fra russisk område. Ellers blev de danskejede virksomheder og forretningsforetagender ikke beslaglagt eller hindret i deres legale virksomhed. De måtte blot underordne sig Sovjetisk social- og arbejdslovgivning. Det var ikke udfordrende eller ensidige skridt fra Sovjetmagtens side, der fremkaldte den senere krise i dette spørgsmål. Det var, da den danske regering i december 1918 dekreterede indstilling af arbejdet i Rusland og hjemkaldelse af de danske forretningsfolk…

Der fandtes visse større danske foretagender, der hovedsagelig virkede i de af de hvide generaler eller af invasionshærene besatte områder af det tidligere russiske rige, eller i områder, der stødte op til disse: I første række direktør Hjerl Hansens koncern »Det sibiriske Kompagni« og »Det almindelige Handelsselskab«, der virkede i de af admiral Koltjak besatte områder, til dels »Store Nordiske« og måske også Jørgen Sehesteds dansk-norske tømmerkoncerner, hvis skovdistrikter støtte lige op til de af englænderne besatte provinser i nord-Rusland (Murmansk og Archangelsk). Det er sandsynligt, at sådanne selskaber måske har spekuleret i en konsekvent intervention for at sikre en hurtig »hvid« sejr. Hertil må vel yderligere tilføjes et par større rederier med russiske datterselskaber, der gennem Sovjetregeringens lov af d. 9. februar 1918 var underkastet nationalisering. De forventede rimeligvis ikke en kompensation for skibene under russisk flag svarende til skibsaktiernes fantastiske himmelfart i den kapitalistiske verden. Det drejede sig her i første række om »Dansk-russisk Dampskibsselskab« med den russiske aflægger »Nordisk Dampskibsselskab« (Petrograd-Archangelsk) og om H. N. Andersens´ ØK med det russisk indregistrerede datterselskab »Russisk Østasiatisk Dampskibs Selskab«. For begge disse foretagender gælder det, at de havde foretrukket at trodse den nye sovjetiske lovgivning, havde holdt de skibe, der skulle nationaliseres, tilbage i udlandet eller havde bemægtiget sig skibene i de af de allierede magter besatte havne (Murmansk, Archangelsk, de finske havne og Vladivostok). At disse selskaber ingenlunde var interesserede i en normalisering af forholdene mellem Danmark og Sovjetrepubliken siger sig selv. Det er derfor meget muligt, at deres ledere efter evne har søgt at fremme bruddet med Sovjetstyret ud fra rent forretningsmæssige synspunkter.

Fra Wikipedia:

Harold Greville Hanbury (19 June 1898 at Compton Verney House, Warwickshire – 12 March 1993 at Pinetown, Natal, South Africa) was Vinerian Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford from 1949 to 1964.

Biography

He was the only child of Basil Hanbury and his wife, Patience, née Verney, a daughter of Henry Verney, eighteenth Baron Willoughby de Broke.

He was educated at Charterhouse and took up a Classical Scholarship at Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1915, but interrupted his studies for military service in the British Army in 1916, returning to complete his degree after the end of the war. In 1921 he was elected a Fellow of Lincoln College, and an Honorary Fellow in 1949.

In that year he was appointed Vinerian Professor of English Law, which carried with it a Fellowship at All Souls College. He remained there until his retirement in 1964, after which he was Dean of the Law Faculty of the University of Nigeria until 1966. He was afterwards a champion of the Biafran cause, and published in 1968 "Biafra: A Challenge to the Conscience of Britain".

In 1980 Margaret, Hanbury's wife, whom he had married in 1927 (a niece of the Danish pathologist Georges Dreyer), died, and he left England to live with a god-daughter in Natal, South Africa, where he died in 1993.

Hanbury was a highly-regarded figure in the Oxford of his day, on account of his accessible lecturing style and affable personality, and immensely popular with his undergraduates. He was also known for his great fondness for cats, and for years was the Vice-president of the Oxford Cat Club.

Works

His publications were not numerous, but included "Modern Equity", first published in 1935, which ran to 13 editions. Hanbury was a follower of Sir William Holdsworth, England's leading academic lawyer between the wars, and as his literary executor collaborated in the editing and publication of the last four volumes of Holdsworth's "History of English Law" (1952–66).

Obituary: Professor H. G. Hanbury af D. C. M. YARDLEY i The Independent, 30 March 1993:

Harold Greville Hanbury, law scholar, born 19 June 1898: Fellow, Lincoln College, Oxford 1921-49; Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford 1949-64; Visiting Professor, University of Ife 1962-63; Dean of Law Faculty, University of Nigeria 1964-66; married 1927 Margaret Dreyer (died 1980); died Pinetown, Natal, South Africa 12 March 1993.

HAROLD GREVILLE HANBURY was one of the last great characters of 20th-century academic law teaching.

Born in 1898, he arrived at Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1915 with a classical scholarship gained at Charterhouse, but his studies were interrupted by army service in the First World War (he was again in the Army in the early years of the Second World War). On his return to Oxford he completed his first degree in 1920, was top of the list of those completing the BCL in 1921, and then forthwith elected to a Law Fellowship at Lincoln College.

Lecturing was not his best mode of communication, though his audience profited from the wide range of information given in his frequent rambling asides; but his comments in tutorials could be keen and incisive, and the success rate among his pupils was high.

At Lincoln Hanbury held at various times a string of college offices, ending as Sub-Rector; and he was twice elected university Senior Proctor, in 1933 and 1944, an achievement very rare then, and impossible under present university rules.

In 1948 be became briefly Reader in Equity, and then in 1949 was elected to succeed Geoffrey Cheshire as Vinerian Professor of English Law, with its attendant Fellowship of All Souls, the post he was to hold until his retirement in 1964.

His most enduring influence upon the law was achieved both through his books and by his wise guidance of generations of pupils, many of whom went on to distinguished careers. His best-known book is the substantial Modern Equity, first published in 1935 and now in its 13th edition, having been carried on by other scholars after he relinquished his own work on it. English Courts of Law, first appearing in 1944, was by contrast a short and lively account of its subject set in its historical context. It went into five editions, the first three prepared by himself. The Vinerian Chair and Legal Education (1958) was a work of mature reflection.

On the death of Sir William Holdsworth, another former Vinerian Professor, Hanbury and Arthur Goodhart acted as his literary executors, and saw the last four volumes of Holdsworth's monumental History of English Law through to publication. Holdsworth had left quite a lot of his vast enterprise unfinished, and the final (16th) volume had to be compiled from boxes containing a mass of scrappy notes and jottings. Through all Hanbury's published works ran the thread of literature, classical, English, French, Scandinavian, and his writings were brought alive for the reader by striking allusions and metaphors. His books brought him a DCL, and in due course a QC honoris causa.

Some tutors consider their task over when their pupils graduate, but Hanbury retained a burning interest in the expectations and careers of all his pupils for the rest of their lives. He always knew the whereabouts of a Lincoln man (not, of course, a mixed college in his day) and what his career had been, and he outlived so many of them. In his retirement he often wrote obituaries for the Lincoln College Record, and no Lincoln graduate was allowed by him to depart this life without some neatly turned account of his virtues.

He and his Danish wife, Margaret, were the souls of generosity. Unable to have children, they interested themselves in both Hanbury's pupils and his younger colleagues. Countless numbers of them were entertained to dinner, and many, together with their spouses, were privileged to spend a few days stay as guests in their attractive house at Falmouth. Hanbury took great pleasure in dinners, surrounded by friends. He ate little, but loved conversation and reminiscence.

He was a tall, spare man, and his physical movements were somewhat uncoordinated. Yet, perhaps as a relic from his army days, he had a compulsion when walking with anyone to keep in step. Unfortunately his natural stride was long, and the jockeyings and contortions contrived by Hanbury when he was trying to get into step, and by his companion in seeking to avoid disappointing him by breaking step, were often wonderful to see.

He loved animals, especially cats; and he enjoyed cricket. Even in his sixties he could strike the ball with remarkable power. He established an annual fixture between the Lincoln College 1st XI and Professor Hanbury's XI which continued until his retirement from the Vinerian Chair. His team comprised old Blues, county-class players and two or three participants of rather more modest cricketing pretensions. The match would start at 11am, and the day's programme would include an excellent lunch provided at Hanbury's expense. The canny players always hoped to be batting after lunch, when somehow the bowling seemed to have lost much of its venom.

At various times, before and after retirement, Hanbury contributed to the arbitration of industrial disputes and the fostering of legal education in emerging countries, especially Nigeria. He was deeply affected when Margaret died in 1980, and thereafter went to live with his goddaughter in South Africa, from where he continued to correspond with all his friends - friends upon whom he showered advice, affection and help throughout his long life.

Henning Kristensen fortæller:

Peder Christian Bak Lauritsen var i 1930-31 præstegårdsbestyrer i Skyum, han blev i 1932 vejlebestyrer, og bosiddende i Sindrup Vejle, Ydby sogn, Thy. I 1934 bestyrer og 1935 arbejdsmand i Ydby By. Han var de følgende år arbejdsmand.