I think Mt Nicholson and Mt. Cameron were named in the 1890s when roadworks and/or defence works to these areas were being contemplated by the Military Authorities.
Mt Cameron after Major General William Gordon Cameron, Commander of the Troops.
Mt Nicholson perhaps after Lt. W. C. A. Nicholson, Adjutant to the HK Volunteer Corps. As he was an adjutant, this connection is only a guess.
How about Brigadier-General John Nicholson who died heroically at the Siege of Delhi?
Ended up worshipped as a minor deity in parts of the North-West Frontier and Punjab as had already been a larger than life figure well before the Mutiny.
Started out in the Company Bengal Army and many of his junior officer contemporaries would have rotated through Hong Kong at some point in their later careers.
re: Mount Nicholson
I'm not sure which Mr Nicholson it is named after. Any idea when that name was first used for this peak? That might give us a clue where to look.
Regards, David
Re: Mount Nicholson
I think Mt Nicholson and Mt. Cameron were named in the 1890s when roadworks and/or defence works to these areas were being contemplated by the Military Authorities.
Mt Cameron after Major General William Gordon Cameron, Commander of the Troops.
Mt Nicholson perhaps after Lt. W. C. A. Nicholson, Adjutant to the HK Volunteer Corps. As he was an adjutant, this connection is only a guess.
Another possible Nicholson
Lt. W. C. A. Nicholson seems bit junior, no?
How about Brigadier-General John Nicholson who died heroically at the Siege of Delhi?
Ended up worshipped as a minor deity in parts of the North-West Frontier and Punjab as had already been a larger than life figure well before the Mutiny.
Started out in the Company Bengal Army and many of his junior officer contemporaries would have rotated through Hong Kong at some point in their later careers.