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Steam Navigation Co.Vice C. W. Murray resigned on leaveHugh Bold Gibb18 May 18661867?Gibb, Livingston & Co.Vice Thomas Sutherland on leave1868?11 November 1870Senior Unofficial Member (1867\u201371);resigned and replaced by Richard Rowett29 May 187930 December 1879Resigned and replaced by Ng ChoyPhineas Ryrie23 July 18671868?Turner & Co.Vice John Dent resigned1870?7 December 1891Senior Unofficial Member (1871\u201392); vice J. B. Taylor; reappointed on 1 March 1890;died in officeFrancis Parry23 July 186721 February 1868Birley & Co.Vice H. B. Gibb absent on leaveWilliam Keswick21 February 186816 May 1872Jardine, Matheson & Co.Vice James Whittall on leave2 September 187523 September 1887Vice James Whittall resignedJames Banks Taylor3 October 186830 September 1869Smith, Archer & Co.Vice Phineas Ryrie on leaveJames Pender Duncanson1 May 186823 May 1868Gibb, Livingston & Co.Vice Francis Parry resignedHenry John Ball26 February 186911 September 1871Judge of the Summary CourtSitting as unofficial;Absent on leave and replaced by Richard Rowett10 December 187230 September 1873Richard Rowett24 September 18691870?Holiday, Wise & Co.25 January 1871?18 November 1871Absent on leave and replaced by Henry Lowcock24 February 187316 November 1874Resigned and replaced by Henry LowcockHenry Lowcock25 March 187211 February 1873Gibb, Livingston & Co.23 February 187526 February 1879Resigned and replaced by H. B. GibbJames Greig25 March 187225 September 1872Hongkong and Shanghai Banking CorporationVice Henry John Ball on leaveWilliam Hastings Alexander29 May 18727 January 1876Registrar of the Supreme CourtSitting as unofficialJohn MacNeile Price2 March 187719 February 1878Surveyor GeneralSitting as unofficial18 January 187928 December 1883Ng Choy26 February 188024 March 1883Barrister-at-lawFirst Chinese member; Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1880\u201382)Francis Bulkeley Johnson19 January 187829 April 1878Jardine, Matheson & Co.Vice Wiliam Keswick absent on leave3 June 18815 March 1884Thomas Child Hayllar15 October 187821 December 1878Sitting as an unofficial during J. M. Price acting as Colonial SecretaryEmanuel Raphael Belilios23 August 18815 September 1882Belilios & Co.Vice J. M. Price absent on leave25 February 18925 April 1900Senior Unofficial Member (1892\u20131900); vice Phineas Ryrie deceased; reappointed on 25 February 1898Frederick Stewart26 March 188328 December 1883Registrar-GeneralSitting as an unofficialThomas Jackson28 February 18842 September 1887Hongkong and Shanghai Banking CorporationElected by the Chamber of Commerce on 2 JanuaryFrederick David Sassoon28 February 188413 January 1888David Sassoon Sons & Co.Wong Shing28 February 188424 February 1890Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1884\u201489)Henry George Thomsett23 April 18843 July 1884Royal NavyHarbour Master sitting as unofficial27 August 18868 February 1888Alexander Palmer MacEwen27 August 18861886?Holiday, Wise & Co.Elected 27 April vice Thomas Jackson on leave19 September 1887?21 July 1890Elected 17 September on retirement of Thomas JacksonJohn Bell-Irving27 August 18861886?Jardine, Matheson & Co.Vice William Keswick on leave14 August 1887?29 April 1890Vice William Keswick resignedCatchick Paul Chater10 December 18861887?BrokerVice Frederick D. Sasssoon on leaveAppointed as one-day member on 19 July 1919 and 23 November 192517 January 1888?7 December 1905Bendyshe Layton4 June 188820 November 1889Gibb Livingston & Co.Elected 22 May vice A. MacEwen on leaveJames Johnstone Keswick18 April 18891889?Jardine, Matheson & Co.Vice J. Bell-Irving absent on leave2 May 1890?1896?Vice J. Bell-Irving resigned18 May 1899?14 March 1901Vice J. J. Bell-Irving absent on leaveHo Kai1 March 18907 March 1912Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1890\u20131914); Senior Unofficial Member (1906\u201314); re-appointed in 1896, 1902, 1908;retired on 28 February 19142 May 191226 February 1914Thomas Henderson Whitehead6 October 189014 June 1892Chartered Bank of India, Australia and ChinaElected by 18 September, on resignation of A. MacEwen7 March 189413 April 1902Re-elected 19 September 1896 on expiry of termJames Jardine Bell-Irving16 November 18928 March 1893Jardine, Matheson & Co.Vice J. J. Keswick on leave23 May 18951895?Vice J. J. Keswick on leave23 October 1896?18 April 1899Vice J. J. Keswick resigned15 July 190130 April 1902Vice J. J. Keswick on leaveAlexander McConachie11 June 189414 December 1895Gilman & Co.Elected 9 June vice T. H. Whitehead on leaveWei Yuk3 December 189611 October 1917Senior Unofficial Member & Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1914\u201317); reappointed in 1902[6] 1908,[7] 1914;[8]retired on expiry of termRoderick Mackenzie Gray1 May 190014 March 1901Reiss & Co.Vice Emanuel Belilios resignedHerbert Smith7 May 190014 May 1900Butterfield & SwireElected 30 April vice T. H. Whitehead on leaveJohn Thurburn25 June 190012 July 1901Chartered Mercantile BankElected 18 June vice H. Smith resigned8 August 190110 April 1902Vice R. M. Gray resignedGeorge William Forbes Playfair11 June 190223 December 1902Acted during P. Chater’s leaveCharles Stewart Sharp23 April 190227 February 1903Gibb, Livingston & Co.Vice John Thurburn resigned[9][10]Charles Wedderburn Dickson28 May 190217 May 1906Jardine, Matheson & Co.Vice J. J. Bell-Irving resignedRobert Gordon Shewan23 June 19027 December 1905Shewan, Tomes & Co.Elected 5 June vice Whitehead on leave;Elected 3 October, expiry of term25 May 191727 December 1917Vice Edward Shellim on leave1 January 191923 December 1919Vice Edward Shellim retiredHenry Edward Pollock, K.C.17 September 190317 May 1904Barrister-at-LawElected 12 August vice Robert Gordon Shewan on leave22 February 190627 February 1919Senior Unofficial Member (1917\u201341); reappointed in 1912, 1918, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 194023 December 19195 March 19254 December 192526 April 192820 December 192812 September 1940Gershom Stewart20 April 19031904?Bill BrokerVice C. S. Sharp absent24 September 1904?22 February 1906Vice C. S. Sharp resignedWilliam Jardine Gresson17 May 190415 December 1904?Jardine, Matheson & Co.Vice C. W. Dickson on leave1 June 1906?14 April 1910Vice C. W. Dickson resignedEdward Osborne17 May 19061907?H.K. and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co.Vice G. Stewart absent19 December 1907?19 December 1912Vice G. Stewart resignedEdbert Ansgar Hewett17 May 190628 October 1915P. & O. Steam Navigation Co.Elected 26 April vice Shewan resgined;reappointed in 1912; died in officeHenry Keswick23 May 19071908?Jardine, Matheson & Co.Vice W. J. Gresson on leave5 May 1910?20 April 1911Vice W. J. Gresson on resignedMurray Stewart16 April 19081908?Stewart Bros.Elected 17 March vice Hewett on leave29 May 1909?27 October 1910Nominated by JP vice H. E. Pollock on leave23 May 191222 August 1912Elected 25 May vice Hewett on leaveSir Henry Spencer Berkeley, K.C.14 May 190824 July 1908Barrister-at-LawVice H. Keswick on leaveHenry Adolphus Warre Slade13 May 19081 April 1909Gilman & Co.Vice E. Osborne on leaveCharles Montague Ede26 April 191119 October 1911Union Insurance Society of CantonVice Edward Osborne on leave13 February 191330 October 1913Elected by JP vice H. E. Pollock on leave31 July 192429 December 1924Vice A. O. Lang on leaveCharles Henderson Ross3 May 191117 April 1913Jardine, Matheson & Co.Vice H. Keswick on leaveJohn Whyte Cooper Bonnar12 September 191219 December 1912Gibb, Livingston & Co.Elected 10 September 1912 on resignation of M. StewartEdward Shellim16 March 19133 October 1918David Sassoon & Co.Vice E. Osborne resignedDavid Landale29 May 191331 October 1916Jardine, Matheson & Co.Hongkong and Shanghai Banking CorporationVice C. H. Ross resigned21 February 191810 April 1919Lau Chu-pak9 October 191330 March 1922Vice Ho Kai absent; appointed on 2 March 1914 vice Ho Kai retired; Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1917\u201322); reappointed in 1920; died in officePercy Hobson Holyoak16 December 19153 November 1921Reiss & Co.Holyoak, Massey & Co., Ltd.Elected on 10 December 1915 vice E. A. Hewett deceased;reappointed in 1921;died in office15 February 192318 March 1926Return from leave on 3 January 1923;appointed as one-day member on 18 July 1928Charles Edward Anton7 November 191627 December 1917Jardine, Matheson & Co.Appointed vice David Landale on leaveStanley Hudson Dodwell7 June 1917October 1917?Dodwell & Co.Hongkong and Shanghai Banking CorporationElected 29 May vice P. H. Holyoak on leave11 October 1918?1919?Appointed vice Edward Shellim on leave10 March 1919?October 1919?Appointed vice R. G. Shewan on leave1 January 1920?4 March 1920Appointed vice R. G. Shewan retired8 November 193422 November 1934Vice W. H. Bell on leave6 April 193626 June 1941Vice W. E. Shenton resignedHo Fook23 October 191714 November 1921Appointed vice Wei Yuk retiredHerbert William Bird28 August 191817 October 1918Architect, Palmer & TurnerElected by JP vice H. E. Pollock on leave7 April 19211922Vice A. V. D. Parr on leave26 May 192226 October 1922Vice A. G. Stephen on leave31 July 192418 July 1928Chan Kai-ming3 October 191813 November 1918Vice Lau Chu-pak on leaveChaloner Grenville Alabaster K.C.10 April 191931 October 1919Barrister-at-LawVice H. E. Pollock acting Attorney General31 July 19241924?Vice H. E. Pollock on leave21 March 1925?23 November 1925Vice H. E. Pollock on leaveEdward Victor David Parr17 May 19191919?Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co.Hongkong and Shanghai Banking CorporationElected 13 May vice P. H. Holyoak on leave[11]5 September 1919?1919?26 March 1920?31 May 1923John Johnstone5 June 19193 March 1921Jardine, Matheson & Co.Vice David Landale retiredArthur Rylands Lowe17 June 192024 June 1920Lowe Bingham & MatthewVice H. E. Pollock on leave1 June 19221922?Vice H. E. Pollock on leave30 October 1923?22 May 1924Vice H. W. Bird on leaveAlexander Gordon Stephen5 April 192114 June 1923Hongkong and Shanghai Banking CorporationVice on John Johnstone retiredArchibald Orr Lang22 April 192118 June 1921?Gibb, Livingston & Co.Elected 21 April 1921 vice H. Holyoak on leave10 November 1921?3 January 1923?Elected 24 November 1921 vice P. H. Holyoak on leave11 June 1923?18 July 1928Vice E. V. D. Parr resignedChau Siu-ki28 April 192130 April 1921Vice Ho Fook on leave31 May 19231923?Vice Ng Hon-tsz deceased5 March 1924?28 August 1924Vice Chow Shou-son on leaveChow Shou-son8 December 192122 October 1931Vice Ho Fook retired; Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1922\u201331)Ng Hon-tsz8 June 192222 February 1923Vice Lau Chu-pak deceasedRobert Hormus Kotewall28 March 19233 October 1935H.K. Mercantile Co., Ltd.Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1931\u201335);Vice Robert Kotewall on leaveDallas Gerald Mercer Bernard20 April 192629 March 1928Jardine, Matheson & Co.Hongkong and Shanghai Banking CorporationElected 16 April 1926 vice P. H. Holyoak on leave;Elected 14 June & appointed 15 June 1926 vice Mr. P. H. Holyoak deceasedWilfred Miller Vincent Koch26 July 192615 October 1926Medical Faculty, UniversityVice H. E. Pollock on leaveArthur Cecil Hynes4 April 192723 January 1930Hongkong and Shanghai Banking CorporationVice A. O. Lang resignedJohn Owen Hughes16 June 19272 April 1931Harry Wicking & Co.Elected 16 May[12]4 May 193422 November 1934William Edward Leonard Shenton16 June 19271927?SolicitorVice H. E. Pollock on leave3 April 1928?19 March 1936Vice D. G. M. Bernard resignedCharles Gordon Stewart Mackie28 June 19284 October 1928Gibb, Livingston & Co.Vice H. E. Pollock on leave19 June 19301931?Vice H. E. Pollock on leave7 May 1931?28 March 1935Elected 4 May vice J. O. Hughes resignedJose Pedro Braga17 January 19296 January 1937Braga & Co.First Portuguese representativeTs’o Seen-wan24 January 19296 January 1937Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1935\u201437)Benjamin David Fleming Beith28 June 192831 October 1929Jardine, Matheson & Co.Vice J. O. Hughes on leave15 March 1930?1933?Vice A. C. Hynes resignedJohn Johnstone Paterson17 April 193013 November 1941Jardine, Matheson & Co.Provisionally vice B. D. F. Beith on leave; appointed in succession of B. D. F. Beith;reappoiinted in 1934, 1938Antonio Ferreira Batalha Silva-Netto19 June 193026 June 1930Silva-Netto & Co.Vice J. P. Braga on leave21 May 193622 July 1936William Henry Bell14 May 19311931?Asiatic Petroleum Co. (South China) Ltd.Vice J. O. Hughes resigned1 April 1932?1933?Vice C. G. S. on leave12 April 1934?October 1934?Vice J. J. Paterson on leave12 April 1935?22 July 1936Elected 5 April on resignation of C. G. S. MackieChau Tsun-nin10 December 193116 November 1939Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1937\u201339);reappointed in 1935, 1939Lo Man-kam9 November 193525 December 1941?SolicitorSenior Chinese Unofficial Member (1935\u201341)Marcus Theodore Johnson8 June 19361936?Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co.Vice H. E. Pollock on leave21 May 1937?20 April 1938Elected May vice A. W. Hughes resignedEdgar Davidson26 August 19361936?Solicitor (Hastings & Co.)Vice S. H. Dodwell on leave25 May 1937?22 December 1937Vice S. H. Dodwell on leave7 June 194113 November 1941Vice S. H. Dodwell on leaveArthur William Hughes28 July 193614 April 1937Union Insurance Society of Canton Ltd.Elected 26 July on resignation of W. H. Bell.Leo d’Almada e Castro, Jr.3 February 193713 November 1941Barrister-at-LawVice J. P. Braga;reappointed in 1941Li Shu-fan3 February 193716 January 1941Medical PractitionerVice Tso Seen-wanAndrew Lusk Shields29 April 193813 November 1941Shewan Tomes & Co.Vice M. T. Johnson on leave; elected 7 October on resignstion of M. T. JohnsonJohn Keith Bousfield27 May 193914 September 1939Asiatic Petroleum Co. (South China) Ltd.Elected on 25 May vice A. L. Shields on leaveLi Tse-fong20 July 193928 December 1939Vice Li Shu-fan on leave20 February 194113 November 1941Vice Li Shu-fan retiredThomas Ernest Pearce11 March 193913 November 1941J. D. Hutchison & Co.Vice J. J. 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