Henry Lester bequeathed most of his assets to establish and endow the Henry Lester Trust Limited, which support Chinese Students study in UK. Most of them are historic architectures in Shanghai. Jialing Office Building (No.346, Middle Sichuan Road) 1937.Mitsubishi Bank Building (No.85, Guangdong Road) 1936.

Henry Lester Institute of Technical Education (No.505, Changzhi Road) 1934.

Renji Hospital (No.145, Shandong Road) 1932.

North China Daily News Building (No.17, the Bund) 1924.

Puyi Building (No.110, Middle Sichuan Road) 1922.

Sincere Department Store, Shanghai Branch (No.646, East Nanjing Road) 1917.

It is hard to know how many architectures did this office design and construct. It became one of the most well-known architect offices. They renamed the company 'Lester, Johnson & Morris' and the Chinese name was kept as before. Johnson became shareholders together afterward. Lester and his company Īccording to the stipulation of Shanghai Municipal Council, staff members could not participate in its main business services and trade activities. After Smith's retirement, Lester's own company, Lester, Johnson & Morris ( Chinese: 德和洋行), took over all the assets of Shanghai Real Estate Agency and Lester became one of the richest merchants in Shanghai. Then he attended Shanghai Real Estate Agency, which was opened by the American businessman Edwin Smith, and he became a main shareholder of the agency. Lester arrived in Shanghai in 1867, and worked for the Shanghai Municipal Council for three years. Lester was a native of Martinsville, Va., and attended Bentley Business College, Gassaway Business College, and, later in life, Patrick Henry Community College and Averett College. Henry took a cargo ship to Shanghai with another Briton, Gordon Morris, who afterwards became his partner. Lester Foundation builds on the charitable works of Mrs. One doctor told him that he should leave his homeland, so Lester departed Southampton with sadness and disconsolation. Unluckily, all of his brothers died of an unknown disease. After finishing his university studies, he returned to Southampton with a bachelor's degree in architecture. Lester was born in Southampton in 1840 as the youngest of four brothers.

Henry Lester (1840–1926) was a British architect, merchant and philanthropist in Shanghai.

For the theologian, see Henry Arthur Lester.

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