Members |
Term of office |
Background |
Remarks
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David Jardine |
14 June 1850 |
8 March 1857 |
Jardine, Matheson & Co. |
Senior Unofficial Member (1850–57)
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Joseph Frost Edger |
14 June 1850 |
26 August 1857 |
Jamieson, How & Co. |
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Joseph Jardine |
9 March 1857 |
10 December 1860 |
Jardine, Matheson & Co. |
Senior Unofficial Member (1857–60); vice David Jardine deceased
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George Lyall |
15 May 1857 |
10 December 1860 |
Lyall, Still & Co. |
Senior Unofficial Member (1860)
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John Dent |
26 December 1857 |
8 November 1861 |
Dent & Co. |
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12 May 1866 |
20 June 1867 |
Senior Unofficial Member (1866–67); vice Francis Chomley resigned[3][4][5] |
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Alexander Perceval |
10 December 1860 |
12 March 1866 |
Jardine, Matheson & Co. |
Senior Unofficial Member (1861–64); vice Joseph Jardine resigned
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Angus Fletcher |
10 December 1860 |
16 March 1862 |
Fletcher & Co. |
Vice George Lyall resigned
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Francis Chomley |
9 November 1861 |
26 April 1866 |
Dent & Co. |
Senior Unofficial Member (1864–66); vice John Dent resigned
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Charles Wilson Murray |
17 March 1862 |
13 September 1864 |
Birley & Co. |
Vice Angus Fletcher resigned
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James Whittall |
5 April 1864 |
5 December 1867 |
Jardine, Matheson & Co. |
Senior Unofficial Member (1867); vice Alexander Perceval resigned on leave
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9 July 1872 |
13 July 1875 |
Vice William Keswick resigned
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Thomas Sutherland |
25 February 1865 |
26 April 1866 |
P. & O. Steam Navigation Co. |
Vice C. W. Murray resigned on leave
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Hugh Bold Gibb |
18 May 1866 |
1867? |
Gibb, Livingston & Co. |
Vice Thomas Sutherland on leave
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1868? |
11 November 1870 |
Senior Unofficial Member (1867–71); resigned and replaced by Richard Rowett
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29 May 1879 |
30 December 1879 |
Resigned and replaced by Ng Choy
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Phineas Ryrie |
23 July 1867 |
1868? |
Turner & Co. |
Vice John Dent resigned
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1870? |
7 December 1891 |
Senior Unofficial Member (1871–92); vice J. B. Taylor; reappointed on 1 March 1890; died in office
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Francis Parry |
23 July 1867 |
21 February 1868 |
Birley & Co. |
Vice H. B. Gibb absent on leave
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William Keswick |
21 February 1868 |
16 May 1872 |
Jardine, Matheson & Co. |
Vice James Whittall on leave
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2 September 1875 |
23 September 1887 |
Vice James Whittall resigned
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James Banks Taylor |
3 October 1868 |
30 September 1869 |
Smith, Archer & Co. |
Vice Phineas Ryrie on leave
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James Pender Duncanson |
1 May 1868 |
23 May 1868 |
Gibb, Livingston & Co. |
Vice Francis Parry resigned
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Henry John Ball
|
26 February 1869
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11 September 1871
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Judge of the Summary Court
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Sitting as unofficial; Absent on leave and replaced by Richard Rowett
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10 December 1872
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30 September 1873
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Richard Rowett |
24 September 1869
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1870? |
Holiday, Wise & Co. |
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25 January 1871? |
18 November 1871
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Absent on leave and replaced by Henry Lowcock
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24 February 1873
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16 November 1874
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Resigned and replaced by Henry Lowcock
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Henry Lowcock |
25 March 1872 |
11 February 1873 |
Gibb, Livingston & Co. |
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23 February 1875 |
26 February 1879
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Resigned and replaced by H. B. Gibb
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James Greig |
25 March 1872
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25 September 1872
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Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation |
Vice Henry John Ball on leave
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William Hastings Alexander |
29 May 1872
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7 January 1876
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Registrar of the Supreme Court |
Sitting as unofficial
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John MacNeile Price |
2 March 1877
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19 February 1878
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Surveyor General |
Sitting as unofficial
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18 January 1879
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28 December 1883
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Ng Choy |
26 February 1880 |
24 March 1883
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Barrister-at-law |
First Chinese member; Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1880–82)
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Francis Bulkeley Johnson |
19 January 1878 |
29 April 1878
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Jardine, Matheson & Co. |
Vice Wiliam Keswick absent on leave
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3 June 1881
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5 March 1884
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Thomas Child Hayllar |
15 October 1878
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21 December 1878
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Sitting as an unofficial during J. M. Price acting as Colonial Secretary
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Emanuel Raphael Belilios |
23 August 1881
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5 September 1882
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Belilios & Co. |
Vice J. M. Price absent on leave
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25 February 1892
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5 April 1900
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Senior Unofficial Member (1892–1900); vice Phineas Ryrie deceased; reappointed on 25 February 1898
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Frederick Stewart |
26 March 1883
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28 December 1883
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Registrar-General |
Sitting as an unofficial
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Thomas Jackson |
28 February 1884
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2 September 1887
|
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation |
Elected by the Chamber of Commerce on 2 January
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Frederick David Sassoon |
28 February 1884
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13 January 1888
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David Sassoon Sons & Co. |
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Wong Shing |
28 February 1884
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24 February 1890
|
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Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1884—89)
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Henry George Thomsett |
23 April 1884
|
3 July 1884 |
Royal Navy |
Harbour Master sitting as unofficial
|
27 August 1886 |
8 February 1888
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Alexander Palmer MacEwen |
27 August 1886
|
1886? |
Holiday, Wise & Co. |
Elected 27 April vice Thomas Jackson on leave
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19 September 1887? |
21 July 1890
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Elected 17 September on retirement of Thomas Jackson
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John Bell-Irving |
27 August 1886
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1886?
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Jardine, Matheson & Co. |
Vice William Keswick on leave
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14 August 1887?
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29 April 1890
|
Vice William Keswick resigned
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Catchick Paul Chater |
10 December 1886 |
1887? |
Broker |
Vice Frederick D. Sasssoon on leave
Appointed as one-day member on 19 July 1919 and 23 November 1925
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17 January 1888? |
7 December 1905
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Bendyshe Layton |
4 June 1888
|
20 November 1889 |
Gibb Livingston & Co. |
Elected 22 May vice A. MacEwen on leave
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James Johnstone Keswick |
18 April 1889 |
1889? |
Jardine, Matheson & Co. |
Vice J. Bell-Irving absent on leave
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2 May 1890? |
1896? |
Vice J. Bell-Irving resigned
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18 May 1899? |
14 March 1901
|
Vice J. J. Bell-Irving absent on leave
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Ho Kai |
1 March 1890 |
7 March 1912
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Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1890–1914); Senior Unofficial Member (1906–14); re-appointed in 1896, 1902, 1908; retired on 28 February 1914
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2 May 1912 |
26 February 1914
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Thomas Henderson Whitehead |
6 October 1890 |
14 June 1892
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Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China |
Elected by 18 September, on resignation of A. MacEwen
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7 March 1894
|
13 April 1902 |
Re-elected 19 September 1896 on expiry of term
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James Jardine Bell-Irving |
16 November 1892
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8 March 1893
|
Jardine, Matheson & Co. |
Vice J. J. Keswick on leave
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23 May 1895
|
1895? |
Vice J. J. Keswick on leave
|
23 October 1896? |
18 April 1899
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Vice J. J. Keswick resigned
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15 July 1901
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30 April 1902
|
Vice J. J. Keswick on leave
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Alexander McConachie |
11 June 1894 |
14 December 1895
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Gilman & Co. |
Elected 9 June vice T. H. Whitehead on leave
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Wei Yuk |
3 December 1896
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11 October 1917
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Senior Unofficial Member & Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1914–17); reappointed in 1902[6] 1908,[7] 1914;[8] retired on expiry of term
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Roderick Mackenzie Gray |
1 May 1900 |
14 March 1901
|
Reiss & Co. |
Vice Emanuel Belilios resigned
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Herbert Smith |
7 May 1900
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14 May 1900
|
Butterfield & Swire |
Elected 30 April vice T. H. Whitehead on leave
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John Thurburn |
25 June 1900
|
12 July 1901 |
Chartered Mercantile Bank |
Elected 18 June vice H. Smith resigned
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8 August 1901 |
10 April 1902
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Vice R. M. Gray resigned
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George William Forbes Playfair |
11 June 1902
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23 December 1902 |
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Acted during P. Chater’s leave
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Charles Stewart Sharp |
23 April 1902 |
27 February 1903
|
Gibb, Livingston & Co. |
Vice John Thurburn resigned[9][10] |
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Charles Wedderburn Dickson |
28 May 1902
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17 May 1906
|
Jardine, Matheson & Co. |
Vice J. J. Bell-Irving resigned
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Robert Gordon Shewan |
23 June 1902
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7 December 1905
|
Shewan, Tomes & Co. |
Elected 5 June vice Whitehead on leave; Elected 3 October, expiry of term
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25 May 1917
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27 December 1917
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Vice Edward Shellim on leave
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1 January 1919 |
23 December 1919
|
Vice Edward Shellim retired
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Henry Edward Pollock, K.C. |
17 September 1903
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17 May 1904
|
Barrister-at-Law |
Elected 12 August vice Robert Gordon Shewan on leave
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22 February 1906
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27 February 1919
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Senior Unofficial Member (1917–41); reappointed in 1912, 1918, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940
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23 December 1919
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5 March 1925
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4 December 1925
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26 April 1928
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20 December 1928
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12 September 1940
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Gershom Stewart |
20 April 1903
|
1904? |
Bill Broker |
Vice C. S. Sharp absent
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24 September 1904? |
22 February 1906
|
Vice C. S. Sharp resigned
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William Jardine Gresson |
17 May 1904
|
15 December 1904? |
Jardine, Matheson & Co. |
Vice C. W. Dickson on leave
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1 June 1906? |
14 April 1910
|
Vice C. W. Dickson resigned
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Edward Osborne |
17 May 1906
|
1907? |
H.K. and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co. |
Vice G. Stewart absent
|
19 December 1907? |
19 December 1912
|
Vice G. Stewart resigned
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Edbert Ansgar Hewett |
17 May 1906
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28 October 1915
|
P. & O. Steam Navigation Co. |
Elected 26 April vice Shewan resgined; reappointed in 1912; died in office
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Henry Keswick |
23 May 1907 |
1908? |
Jardine, Matheson & Co. |
Vice W. J. Gresson on leave
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5 May 1910? |
20 April 1911
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Vice W. J. Gresson on resigned
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Murray Stewart |
16 April 1908
|
1908? |
Stewart Bros. |
Elected 17 March vice Hewett on leave
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29 May 1909? |
27 October 1910
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Nominated by JP vice H. E. Pollock on leave
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23 May 1912
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22 August 1912
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Elected 25 May vice Hewett on leave
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Sir Henry Spencer Berkeley, K.C. |
14 May 1908
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24 July 1908
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Barrister-at-Law |
Vice H. Keswick on leave
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Henry Adolphus Warre Slade |
13 May 1908 |
1 April 1909
|
Gilman & Co. |
Vice E. Osborne on leave
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Charles Montague Ede |
26 April 1911 |
19 October 1911
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Union Insurance Society of Canton |
Vice Edward Osborne on leave
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13 February 1913 |
30 October 1913
|
Elected by JP vice H. E. Pollock on leave
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31 July 1924
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29 December 1924
|
Vice A. O. Lang on leave
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Charles Henderson Ross |
3 May 1911 |
17 April 1913
|
Jardine, Matheson & Co. |
Vice H. Keswick on leave
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John Whyte Cooper Bonnar |
12 September 1912 |
19 December 1912 |
Gibb, Livingston & Co. |
Elected 10 September 1912 on resignation of M. Stewart
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Edward Shellim |
16 March 1913
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3 October 1918
|
David Sassoon & Co. |
Vice E. Osborne resigned
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David Landale |
29 May 1913
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31 October 1916
|
Jardine, Matheson & Co. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation |
Vice C. H. Ross resigned
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21 February 1918
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10 April 1919
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Lau Chu-pak |
9 October 1913
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30 March 1922
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Vice Ho Kai absent; appointed on 2 March 1914 vice Ho Kai retired; Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1917–22); reappointed in 1920; died in office
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Percy Hobson Holyoak |
16 December 1915
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3 November 1921
|
Reiss & Co. Holyoak, Massey & Co., Ltd. |
Elected on 10 December 1915 vice E. A. Hewett deceased; reappointed in 1921; died in office
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15 February 1923
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18 March 1926
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Return from leave on 3 January 1923; appointed as one-day member on 18 July 1928
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Charles Edward Anton |
7 November 1916 |
27 December 1917 |
Jardine, Matheson & Co. |
Appointed vice David Landale on leave
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Stanley Hudson Dodwell |
7 June 1917
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October 1917? |
Dodwell & Co. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation |
Elected 29 May vice P. H. Holyoak on leave
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11 October 1918? |
1919? |
Appointed vice Edward Shellim on leave
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10 March 1919? |
October 1919? |
Appointed vice R. G. Shewan on leave
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1 January 1920? |
4 March 1920 |
Appointed vice R. G. Shewan retired
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8 November 1934
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22 November 1934
|
Vice W. H. Bell on leave
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6 April 1936
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26 June 1941
|
Vice W. E. Shenton resigned
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Ho Fook |
23 October 1917 |
14 November 1921
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Appointed vice Wei Yuk retired
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Herbert William Bird |
28 August 1918
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17 October 1918
|
Architect, Palmer & Turner |
Elected by JP vice H. E. Pollock on leave
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7 April 1921
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1922 |
Vice A. V. D. Parr on leave
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26 May 1922 |
26 October 1922
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Vice A. G. Stephen on leave
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31 July 1924
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18 July 1928
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Chan Kai-ming |
3 October 1918 |
13 November 1918 |
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Vice Lau Chu-pak on leave
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Chaloner Grenville Alabaster K.C. |
10 April 1919
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31 October 1919 |
Barrister-at-Law |
Vice H. E. Pollock acting Attorney General
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31 July 1924
|
1924? |
Vice H. E. Pollock on leave
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21 March 1925? |
23 November 1925
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Vice H. E. Pollock on leave
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Edward Victor David Parr |
17 May 1919 |
1919? |
Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation |
Elected 13 May vice P. H. Holyoak on leave[11] |
5 September 1919? |
1919? |
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26 March 1920? |
31 May 1923
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John Johnstone |
5 June 1919
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3 March 1921
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Jardine, Matheson & Co. |
Vice David Landale retired
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Arthur Rylands Lowe |
17 June 1920
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24 June 1920
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Lowe Bingham & Matthew |
Vice H. E. Pollock on leave
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1 June 1922
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1922? |
Vice H. E. Pollock on leave
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30 October 1923? |
22 May 1924
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Vice H. W. Bird on leave
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Alexander Gordon Stephen |
5 April 1921 |
14 June 1923
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Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation |
Vice on John Johnstone retired
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Archibald Orr Lang |
22 April 1921
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18 June 1921? |
Gibb, Livingston & Co. |
Elected 21 April 1921 vice H. Holyoak on leave
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10 November 1921? |
3 January 1923? |
Elected 24 November 1921 vice P. H. Holyoak on leave
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11 June 1923? |
18 July 1928
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Vice E. V. D. Parr resigned
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Chau Siu-ki |
28 April 1921 |
30 April 1921
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Vice Ho Fook on leave
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31 May 1923
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1923? |
Vice Ng Hon-tsz deceased
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5 March 1924? |
28 August 1924
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Vice Chow Shou-son on leave
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Chow Shou-son |
8 December 1921
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22 October 1931
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Vice Ho Fook retired; Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1922–31)
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Ng Hon-tsz |
8 June 1922
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22 February 1923
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Vice Lau Chu-pak deceased
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Robert Hormus Kotewall |
28 March 1923
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3 October 1935
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H.K. Mercantile Co., Ltd. |
Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1931–35); Vice Robert Kotewall on leave
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Dallas Gerald Mercer Bernard |
20 April 1926 |
29 March 1928
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Jardine, Matheson & Co. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation |
Elected 16 April 1926 vice P. H. Holyoak on leave; Elected 14 June & appointed 15 June 1926 vice Mr. P. H. Holyoak deceased
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Wilfred Miller Vincent Koch |
26 July 1926 |
15 October 1926
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Medical Faculty, University |
Vice H. E. Pollock on leave
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Arthur Cecil Hynes |
4 April 1927 |
23 January 1930
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Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation |
Vice A. O. Lang resigned
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John Owen Hughes |
16 June 1927
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2 April 1931
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Harry Wicking & Co. |
Elected 16 May[12] |
4 May 1934
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22 November 1934
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William Edward Leonard Shenton |
16 June 1927
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1927? |
Solicitor |
Vice H. E. Pollock on leave
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3 April 1928? |
19 March 1936
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Vice D. G. M. Bernard resigned
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Charles Gordon Stewart Mackie |
28 June 1928
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4 October 1928
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Gibb, Livingston & Co. |
Vice H. E. Pollock on leave
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19 June 1930 |
1931? |
Vice H. E. Pollock on leave
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7 May 1931? |
28 March 1935
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Elected 4 May vice J. O. Hughes resigned
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Jose Pedro Braga |
17 January 1929 |
6 January 1937
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Braga & Co. |
First Portuguese representative
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Ts’o Seen-wan |
24 January 1929
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6 January 1937
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Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1935—37)
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Benjamin David Fleming Beith |
28 June 1928
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31 October 1929
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Jardine, Matheson & Co. |
Vice J. O. Hughes on leave
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15 March 1930? |
1933? |
Vice A. C. Hynes resigned
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John Johnstone Paterson |
17 April 1930
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13 November 1941
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Jardine, Matheson & Co. |
Provisionally vice B. D. F. Beith on leave; appointed in succession of B. D. F. Beith; reappoiinted in 1934, 1938
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Antonio Ferreira Batalha Silva-Netto |
19 June 1930
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26 June 1930
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Silva-Netto & Co. |
Vice J. P. Braga on leave
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21 May 1936
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22 July 1936
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William Henry Bell |
14 May 1931
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1931? |
Asiatic Petroleum Co. (South China) Ltd. |
Vice J. O. Hughes resigned
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1 April 1932? |
1933? |
Vice C. G. S. on leave
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12 April 1934? |
October 1934? |
Vice J. J. Paterson on leave
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12 April 1935? |
22 July 1936
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Elected 5 April on resignation of C. G. S. Mackie
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Chau Tsun-nin |
10 December 1931
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16 November 1939
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Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1937–39); reappointed in 1935, 1939
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Lo Man-kam |
9 November 1935
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25 December 1941? |
Solicitor |
Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1935–41)
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Marcus Theodore Johnson |
8 June 1936 |
1936? |
Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co. |
Vice H. E. Pollock on leave
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21 May 1937? |
20 April 1938
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Elected May vice A. W. Hughes resigned
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Edgar Davidson |
26 August 1936
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1936? |
Solicitor (Hastings & Co.) |
Vice S. H. Dodwell on leave
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25 May 1937? |
22 December 1937
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Vice S. H. Dodwell on leave
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7 June 1941
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13 November 1941
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Vice S. H. Dodwell on leave
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Arthur William Hughes |
28 July 1936 |
14 April 1937
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Union Insurance Society of Canton Ltd. |
Elected 26 July on resignation of W. H. Bell.
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Leo d’Almada e Castro, Jr. |
3 February 1937
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13 November 1941
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Barrister-at-Law |
Vice J. P. Braga; reappointed in 1941
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Li Shu-fan |
3 February 1937
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16 January 1941
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Medical Practitioner |
Vice Tso Seen-wan
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Andrew Lusk Shields |
29 April 1938
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13 November 1941
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Shewan Tomes & Co. |
Vice M. T. Johnson on leave; elected 7 October on resignstion of M. T. Johnson
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John Keith Bousfield |
27 May 1939 |
14 September 1939
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Asiatic Petroleum Co. (South China) Ltd. |
Elected on 25 May vice A. L. Shields on leave
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Li Tse-fong |
20 July 1939
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28 December 1939
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Vice Li Shu-fan on leave
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20 February 1941
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13 November 1941
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Vice Li Shu-fan retired
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Thomas Ernest Pearce |
11 March 1939 |
13 November 1941
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J. D. Hutchison & Co. |
Vice J. J. Paterson on leave
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William Ngartse Thomas Tam |
17 March 1939
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13 November 1941
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In succession of Chau Tsun-nin
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