Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
Dates of birth & death given by Shiona M. Airlie in the Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography.
He is well connected to the Central Police Station project, as he was Captain-Superintendent of Police, and also superintendent of Victoria Gaol.
Some odds and ends from the web:
- There was an attempt to assassinate him on 5-July 1912. HKPRO have photos (not visible online. Refs: 06-01-007a/b/c/d). HKPRO have many more photos of him during his time as Governor.
- There are several formal portrait photos of him in 1919 at: http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp79442/sir-francis-henry-may
- He was appointed to Legco under 12 different roles: http://app.legco.gov.hk/member_front/english/library/member_detail.aspx?id=420
- Here is his family tree: http://www.geni.com/people/Francis-May/6000000015604341677
Photos that show this Person
1900
Comments
1912 Photos of the Assassination Attempt
Photos from the past in the HK Telegraph of the captioed event appear here
RHKYC biography
https://www.rhkyc.org.hk/upload/AboutRHKYC/CommodoreResearchByBob/May.p…
Francis Henry MAY
Heads Up. At Bonhams on 6th June 2023 are offered for auction some six albums of family photographs of the above covering his life in Hong Kong and Fiji.
15th Governor of Hong Kong
It should be noted that Francis Henry May was the 15th Governor of Hong Kong from 24 July 1912 – 12 September 1918.
Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Henry_May