Index of contents

This is the index to the book: Policing Hong Kong – An Irish History

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Page references in bold refer to photographs. Police ranks are given when the man appears in the text only or predominantly at that rank.

• Adsetts, William Hall, case of 220-222
• Ah Leung 288-290
• Ahern, Nora/Hanora, Mrs. Mortimor O’Sullivan 20, 256ff, 256, 310-311
• Aldworth family 63-64, 323
• Armstrong, Maria, Mrs. E. O’Sullivan 21, 203-205, 205, 257-261, 258
• Ayres, Dr. Phineas, Colonial Surgeon 100, 118

 

• Badeley, Joseph, Captain S’intendent (1901-1913) HKP, 211, 242
• Baker, Inspector William, HKP 113, 122, 171, 176
• Banks
  • Dent and Co. 151;
  • Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation 42, 72, 151, 250
• Barradas, Z. M., case of 150-151, 156, 250
• Bell, Constable George, HKP 160, 185
• Bellew Constable ‘Billy’, Shanghai Police 221
• Bloomfield, Sapper William, RE 274, 302
• Boulger, Patrick, HKP 312, 312n.
• Briary, Constable George
  • early life 29-30, 40,
  • HKP, 29, 52-53,
  • dismissal and later life 55-56, 55n.
• British Army 46, 70, 115, 125;
  • ​59th Foot 70;
  • 80th Foot 193
• Brooks, Henry, Superintendent Fire Brigade 227
• Bubonic Plague, 1894, see Plague
• Burlingham, Donald, Asst. S’intendent, HKP 271, 272

 

• Caldwell, Daniel 171, 171n.
• Campbell, Thomas, HKP 97, 99
• Canton (Guangdong) 70, 114, 207-210, 302-303
• Canton Road affray 316-319
• Cashman, Thomas, HKP 165, 345
• Catholic Church in Hongkong 12, 46, 97
• Cattanoa, Antonio 146
• Cerebro-spinal meningitis 302-336-337
• Chan Lam-tsai 224
• Chang Loong 276, 288, 290
• Chang Tim, Constable, HKP, 277ff
• Cheung Kam, Constable, HKP 277ff
• Children, (including orphans) 97, 102, 249
• China, uprisings and unrest 207, 222-226
• Churches & places of worship
  • Catholic Cathedrals:
    • Wellington Road 46, 61, 83;
    • Immaculate Conception, Caine Road 160.
  • St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Garden Road 46, 98, 162, 190, 206, 235, 329, 334
  • St. John’s Cathedral (C. of E.) 46, 162, 182
  • Union Church 46, 162
• Civil service, pay and salaries 131, 153
• Clarke, Henry Goscombe, HKP Detective Sergeant 219, 275 ff,
  • Fire brigade 239,
  • death & funeral 279, 293-298
• Clarke, Goscombe Goddard 310, 339
• Clarke, Mrs. Alice 310
• Clarke, Samuel, Revenue Officer 291
• Climate 26, 37, 165, 230, see also Typhoons.
• Colbert, May, Mrs. T. Murphy 333, 334-335
• Colonial Office (Secretary of State for the Colonies) 154, 178, 233-234, 242
• Collar numbers 44, 44n., 172
• Contagious Disease, Examination 54-55 see also Ordinance, Prostitutes.
• Convents (French and Italian)  103, 142, 237, 249-250, 283-284
• Coolie Strike 1895 125-126
• Corcoran, Joseph, HKP 29, 30, 55, 58, 113, 171
• Creagh, Charles Vandeleur, Deputy S’intendent, HKP, 19, 40, 49, 60
• Crime, types, general 47-49, 56-57, 73, 124, 215-218, 272-273, 340;
  • ​reports & statistics 164, 208-210, 301

 

• Davitt, George Neil, HKP 237, 339, 341-342, 344-345, 344
• Davitt, William, HKP, 166, 227, 328;
  • career 298, 312, 323;
  • marriage to Margaret Hennessy 21, 206, 237;
  • retirement 323
• Dayton, Gertrude, murder of 220-222
• Deane, Walter Meredith, Captain S’intendent (1867-1892) HKP, 47, 53-55, 57, 148, 210;
  • ​and NDYP 73-75
• Delanchi, John case 110-111
• District Watch Force, 127-128, 168
• Dixon, Henry (sen.) NDYP 66, 70, 76-77,
  • ​marriage to Isabella Pereira, family 71-72,
  • sickness & death 78-80
• Dixon, Henry William, 1865-1945 S’intendent, Money Order Office 148-151, 153-155, 313, 333;
  • ​education & early career 72, 142, 148;
  • marriage to Severina Sanchez, family life 152-153, 158, 237;
  • in Shanghai 156-158;
  • later career 337;
  • retirement & death 338
• Dixon, Philip Albert 153, 158, 338-339
• Dixon, William Henry 72, 142, 148
• Dorling, Arthur, HKP 329, 340

 

• Electricity in Hongkong 160, 252
• Exchange Rate Compensation System (E.R.C.S.) 129-132, 135, 153-155;
  • Double compensation 233
• Faherty, Constables Morgan & Martin, HKP 161, 186
• Fashions, clothing 263
• Federated Malay Straits 131, 232-234
• Fender, Sergeant, HKP 317-318, 332
• Fingerprinting, identification of criminals 217-218
• Fire Brigade 226, 227-228             
• Fires 227-228, 303;
  • ​Christmas night 1878 60-61,
  • Race Course 1918 15, 303-305
• Fishing Fleet 81, 188
• Fitzpatrick, Margaret, Mrs. John Murphy 313, 332-335, 333
• Fitzpatrick, Michael, HKP 339
• Fitzpatrick, Patrick (Pat) HKP 339, 339, 343-344;
  • and evacuation of Aberdeen Police Station 342-343
• Food 191, 262, 264
• Francis, John Joseph, Q.C. 91, 117, 117n., 141, 151,
  • ​career 145-146, 169ff
• Freemasonry, Police membership of 235-236

 

• Gair, Sergeant William, HKP, 28
• Gambling 48, 122-124, 168-169
  • Wa Lane & corruption scandal, 123, 169 ff
• Gas in Hongkong 160,
• Gibson, Emerson 146, 190
• Godwin, William, NDYP 89, 327-328
• Goldie, Lance-Sergeant, HKP 342-343
• Gordon, Inspector Alexander, HKP 243, 255, 259, 270, 296
• Governors of Hongkong 12, 46; (dates of term of office of those mentioned in text)
  • Robinson, Sir Hercules (1859-1865, born Ireland) 69
  • MacDonnell, Sir Richard Graves (1866-1872, born Ireland) 49, 54, 73-76,
  • Kennedy, Sir Arthur (1872-1877, born Ireland) 36;
  • Pope-Hennessy, Sir John (1877-1882, born Ireland) 48, 60, 92, 145
  • Bowen, Sir George (1883-1885, born Ireland) 92;
  • Robinson, Sir William (1891-1898, born England) 114-115, 126, 129, 201
  • Blake, Sir Henry (1898-1903, born Ireland) 231, 233;
  • Nathan, Sir Matthew (1904-1907, born England) 234
  • May, Sir Frances Henry (1912-1919, born Ireland) see separate entry
  • Stubbs, Sir Reginald (1919-1925, born England) 261, 332
• Gresson Street, Wanchai 275-276;
  • ​events in 15, 275-289;
  • Gresson Street Fund 291-292, 310;
  • Funerals after 292-298;
  • at the Magistracy 305-307;
  • at the Supreme Court 307-309
• Grey, Inspector Thomas, HKP 40, 41, 52
• Griffith’s Valuation Tables 63, 64n., 95

 

• Hanson, Detective Inspector John, HKP 219-220
• Hastings, W.C.H., Commander, R.N. 123, 129, 157, 168-169,
• Hennessy, George, HKP, 94;
  • ​background & Met career 30-31, 93;
  • arrival 29;
  • promotions 58 -59;
  • Fire Brigade 59-60, 103-4;
  • cases 103-105, 107-111, 126;
  • leave & family (Bridget O’Sullivan) 92, 95, 102, 102-103, 132-137, 133;
  • recruiting for CSP May 135-138;
  • and Wa Lane scandal 177-180;
  • last years 176,181-182, 206, 237-238
• Hennessy, Honoria Agnes, (Cissie) 97, 202-203
• Hennessy, Margaret, Mrs. W. Davitt 21, 97, 203, 206, 237, 259,
• Hennessy, Mary Georgina (May), Mrs. N.G. Nolan 21, 97, 202, 238, 259,
• Hongkong Bank Case 250
• Hongkong Police Force
  • accommodation & married quarters 37, 137, 230-232, 251-253, 259, 332;
  • composition & contingents 9, 34-36, 44, 69, 269, 339-340;
  • cost of living for 131, 166-167, 232-234, 267;
  • daily work 9, 13, 41, 47-49, 56-57, 215-216;
  • Detective Branch 128-129, 218-222, 273, 335;
  • enlisting for war 271-272, 313;
  • Fire Brigade duty - see Fire Brigade;
  • health 49, 100-101, 121, 128;
  • compulsory V.D. exam. 28, 42, 51-56;
  • Inspectorate 104-107, 241-243;
  • language 36, 230n.;
  • medals & rewards 59, 116-117, 254, 312-313, 315, 319;
  • off-duty life & sports 45, 46, 94, 189, 234-236;
  • pensions 40, 135, 179, see also Widow’s & Orphan’s Pension Fund;
  • plague duty 115-117;
  • Police School 50;
  • recruitment 16, 32, 135-137, 182, 212-214;
  • regulation, discipline 28, 49-50;
  • salaries & conditions of service 32, 34-5, 40, 94, 131, 135, 166-167, 267-269;
  • Scottish intake, 1872 32, 36, 41;
  • stations, see Police Stations;
  • state of the Force 34-36, 58, 129, 163, 180;
  • uniform 37-38, 104, 230
• Hongkong Police Force, Water Police 34, 211-212
• Hongkong Reserve Police Force 270
• Hongkong:
  • commercial activities 45, 72-73, 114-115;
  • description 32-33, 51, 159;
  • health see also Plague 92, 100, 116, 117-121;
  • housing 38, 119;
  • population 10, 72, 160n., 207-209
• Hongkong administration 10, 72, 168;
  • ​government departments 66, 167
• Horspool, Chief Inspector George, HKP 51, 150
• Hospitals
  • Government Civil 61, 98;
  • Lock 54;
  • Mental (Lunatic Asylum) 202, 330;
  • Smallpox 100;
  • Tung Wah 100, 115
• Hudson, Captain William 245-246

 

• Inland Lots I.L. (defined) 83n.
• Ireland, movement for independence 254, 265-267, 322;
  • Easter Rising 265
• Irish in Hongkong 161,
  • ​Governors 12,
  • soldiers 13

 

• Japanese invasion & occupation, (1941-45) 13-14
• Johnston, Lance Sgt. Norman, HKP 274, 277, 292,
• Jones, John, NDYP 83;
  • ​Warden, Gaol 194
• Jones, Commodore Oliver, RN, 76, 87-89
• Journeys to & from Hongkong 11, 26-27, 132, 160, 188, 257

 

• Kelly, Sergeant, HKP 316-318
• Kenneally, Ellen/Helen, Mrs. Patrick O’Sullivan 20, 254, 255, 256ff
• Kenneally, Maurice (sen.) 254, 256
• Kenneally, Maurice, HKP 254, 254, 272, 291, 322, 303
• Kent, Walter, HKP 334
• Kepple, Vice Admiral 73-74
• Kerr, Chief Inspector James, HKP 321, 321n.
• King, Thomas, Asst. S’intendent HKP, 287
• Kowloon, accession of 70
• Kwong Kui, Constable, HKP 277ff
  • ​death & funeral 289, 292
• Kwong Sang, Constable, HKP 277ff
  • ​death & funeral 286, 292

 

• Lamma Island 183-185
• Lau Chui, alias Li Kwan Fan 223
• Lawn bowls 299;
  • Goscombe-O’Sullivan Cup 299n.
• Legg family case (Thomas, Amni, Achan, Tai Yuk) 108-110
• Leonard, Joseph, Supreme Court 324, 327-328
• Leonard, Mary Frances, Mrs. T.F. O’Sullivan 324, 326, 327
• Lewis, E.C.L., Post Office 157-158
• Li Ka Chuk, Mandarin 223
• Lister, Alfred, Postmaster General 150
• Lo Hoi, Constable, HKP 277ff, 302n., 306, 309
• London Metropolitan Police 15, 28, 29;
  • ​1872 disturbances in 32, 39;
  • pay and conditions 32, 45, 166;
  • recruitment from 27, 31, 36, 128
• Lun Fat Street, Wanchai 276
• Lynch, Constable Michael, HKP 136-138, 160, 185-186
• Lysaght family, Newmarket 64-65, 154, 187
• Lysaught, daughters of William & Isabella: Marion, Mrs.Ramsey; Elizabeth, Mrs. Gibson; Kathleen, Mrs. Waters; Lillian, Mrs. Cattanoa, 84, 146
• Lysaught, children of John & Norah: Edward St. Leger; Henry 330; Kathleen, Mrs. Dorling, 329; William John 330, 331
• Lysaught, James Patrick 84, 148
• Lysaught, John Joseph 21, 84;
  • marriage (Norah Murphy) & family 186-188, 190-192;
  • career 148, 236, 328
• Lysaught, William 64-66
  • Inspector, NDYP 80-81, 87-88, 147-148;
  • ​marriage (Isabella Pereira) & family 81-84, 102, 142-143;
  • property transactions 140-145, 148, 236;
  • engineering business 148, 236;
  • later years 163, 236-237

 

• Macao & Portuguese 13, 46, 84, 139, 151, 250,
• Mackie, Inspector A., HKP 171, 175, 180, 211
• Magistracy 34
• Mak In, Detective Constable, HKP 318-319
• Mallory, Lawrence 190
• Mann, Inspector Aeneas, HKP 122, 180
• Marks, Andrew and Terrade, Marie, case of 182-183
• Marks, Sergeant Robert, HKP 291
• Marriage and families 11, 146, 162, 186-187, 260
• Marriott, Sergeant Henry ‘Kid’, NYDP 284-285, 310
• May, Charles, Superintendent (1845-1862) HKP later Magistrate 34, 68, 77
• May, Francis Henry
  • career 113n. 204;
  • ​Captain S’intendent (1893-1901) HKP 106, 113, 125ff, 130, 168ff, 184-185;
  • plague service & CMG 117;
  • recruiting from home 129;
  • as Governor 268;
  • at Gresson St. 287-289, 296n., 301
• McAuliffe, Ellen, née Lysaught 154
• McEwen, Sergeant, HKP 317-318
• McWalter, Sergeant, HKP 281-285
• Messer, Charles McIlvaine, Captain S’intendent, (1913-1918) HKP 268, 271, 284-289, 310
• Messing 45, 232
• Moffat, Galbraith & Thomas, HKP 100, 100n.
• Money Orders (Postal Orders) 151-152
• Money Order Office 42, 149-151
• Money
  • sterling value 130- 132, 147, 232-234, 269;
  • currency 40, 72, 232;
  • working man’s money 42, 151, 153, 166-167;
  • Sterling Salary Scheme 232-234;
  • see also Exchange Rate Compensation System
• Mortality, dead bodies 216, 246
• Mui Tsai 48n.
• Murison, William, HKP 129, 219, 242
• Murphy family, Newmarket 65, 154, 186, 213, 253
• Murphy, Coleen 336-337, 337
• Murphy, James, HKP 253, 330, 331;
  • ​military service 271, 272;
  • death 331-332
• Murphy, John, HKP 253, 253, 330, 331;
  • ​military service 271, 272;
  • marriage (Margaret Fitzpatrick) 332-334, 333;
  • promotions 335, 341
• Murphy, Michael, HKP 254, 272, 330, 331, 333, 341;
  • ​promotions 341;
  • post -war service 344
• Murphy, Norah, Mrs. J.J. Lysaught 21, 186-192, 316, 329-330, 333
• Murphy, Patrick, HKP 253, 272, 333, 335
• Murphy, Timothy (Tim), HKP 21, 213-214, 219, 253, 286, 333, 334-335;
  • ​Sanitary Dept. service 228-230;
  • Detective Branch 238, 314-315, 332;
  • Fire Brigade service 226;
  • marriages (Mary Sheahan, May Colbert) 313, 316, 333, 334;
  • Canton Road affray 316-319, 318;
  • King’s Police Medal 319, 332, 335;
  • Asst. S’intendent 326, 336; retirement 340

 

• Naval Dockyard Police (NDYP)
  • history 66, 68-70;
  • duties & cases 77-78, 86-87;
  • establishment 73-78;
  • pay and conditions 69, 74-76, 90-91, 147-148;
  • personnel 87-90, 148
• Naval Dockyard
  • description 84-85;
  • ​history 67-68
• Naval Stores, Victualling Yard 67,
• New Territories
  • acquisition of 207;
  • policing of 183-185, 210-211
• Newmarket, Co. Cork 9, 15-16, 63, 96, 186-187;
  • ​(townlands) Barnacurra 95, 161, 256, 267;
  • Curraduff 96, 133;
  • Glenlara 30, 95;
  • Island 63-65, 253, 335
• Newmarket Battalion 266
• Ng Ling 278-281;
  • trial 305-309;
  • banishment & execution 309
• Ng Ming 278-285
• Nolan, Margaret, née Summers 98, 192-196;
  • ​Gaol Matron 103, 195-196, 200, 217;
  • death 201-202
• Nolan, Maria Anna, Mrs. John Jones 99, 193-194
• Nolan, Nicholas (sen.) 193; NDYP 89, 193,195;
  • ​Gaol Turnkey 199-200
• Nolan, Nicholas George 21, 99, 163, 193;
  • ​Student Interpreter 196-199;
  • Chief Interpreter, Supreme Court 320;
  • marriage (May Hennessy) and family 202-203,237-238, 320n.;
  • death 319
• Nolan, Thomas Alexander 193, 197

 

• O’Sullivan, Bridget, Mrs. Hennessy 96-98, 129;
  • ​death 101
• O’Sullivan, Edmund, HKP 21, 129, 186-188, 190, 214, 226;
  • ​detective cases 183-185, 220-222, 245;
  • marriage (Maria Armstrong) 203-205, 205;
  • promotions 182, 241-242;
  • death & funeral 257-259
• O’Sullivan, John, HKP 21, 204, 214
• O’Sullivan, Margaret, Sr. Benita 96, 267, 321
• O’Sullivan, Mortimor, HKP, 15, 21, 96, 160, 226;
  • ​recruitment 136-8;
  • promotions 182, 241-243;
  • marriage (Nora Ahern) 256, 255-256;
  • cases 182-183, 245-246, 250, 275ff;
  • death & funeral 279, 292-298
• O’Sullivan, Murtagh 96,
• O’Sullivan, Patrick, HKP, 20, 96, 174, 227, 242, 270, 291, 312;
  • ​recruitment 136-8;
  • promotions 182, 241-243, 321;
  • marriage (Ellen Kenneally) 255, 255-256;
  • cases 185, 243-245, 246-250;
  • retirement 323
• O’Sullivan, Peggy (Margaret) 302-303
• O’Sullivan, Thomas Francis HKP 21, 204;
  • ​career 214, 324-5;
  • marriage (Mary Leonard) 324;
  • disappearance of 325-327
• O’Sullivan, Timothy (Tadhgy Tom) 203-204, 237

 

• Passports, requirement for 321
• Peak, The 10, 39,
• Pereira family 71, 83, 141, 189
• Pereira, Isabella/Elizabeth Mrs. Dixon 71, 81-82;
  • ​Mrs. Lysaught 83
• Perkins, Constable, HKP 221-222
• Płaczek, Fr. Augustine, P.I.M.E. 21, 206, 235, 258-259, 296-297, 311, 329
• Plague, Bubonic 114-116;
  • Plague Committee 115-117
  • see also Sanitary Board
• Police Station, Central
  • description 33-34, 37, 43, 331;
  • development 43, 231-232, 313-314;
  • state of 58, 165, 251
• Police Stations, Kowloon and New Territories 107, 164, 230-231
• Police Stations, Hongkong Island, 103, 107, 164, 251-252
• Portuguese in Hongkong see Macao
• Post Office 150, 246;
  • ​in Shanghai 155-58
• Prostitution, 48, 53-55, 55n., 128, 168,

 

• Quincey, Inspector William, HKP 101, 171, 176, 219

 

• Raimondi, Fr. Timoleon, later Bishop 71, 72, 72n, 79-80, 145
• Ramsey, Alfred Formosa 146
• Reclamation, Praya 92, 159, 207
• Reed, A. J., Post Office, 154, 157
• Registration General’s Office 163, 197
• Robertson, Sergeant, HKP 317-319
• Royal Irish Constabulary (R.I.C.) 14;
  • ​pay and conditions 29, 166;
  • recruiting from 136, 161, 165, 206;
  • attacks on 14, 254, 267, 322

 

• Sam Yin (Sam a cha) 169, 172, 175-180
• Sanchez, Severina Maria Dolores, Mrs. Dixon 152, 158
• Sanitary Board 92, 169
• Sanitary Department 216, 228-230
• Sanitation 118
• Servants 45, 262-263
• Sheahan, Mary, Mrs. T. Murphy 313, 316, 332, 333
• Sidney Street incident, London 1911 291
• Sim, George, HKP 183-185, 281-289, 304, 304n.
• Singh, Constable Magher, HKP 281, 317-319
• Singh, Constable Mullah, HKP 281-283, 309;
  • funeral 293-296
• Singh, Constable Tara, HKP 281-283, 290, 310, 312-313
• Solly, William, Post Office 156-158, 156n.
• Sotto, Vincente case 245
• SS Ajax 27
• SS Devanha 257, 260
• St. John’s Ambulance 287;
  • certificates 238
• St. Joseph’s College 142, 145, 148, 158, 338
• St. Patrick’s Club 98
• St. Vincent de Paul Society 158, 237
• Stanton, Inspector William, HKP 94, 113, 126, 136, 160, 176, 219
• Straits Settlements 131, 232-234
• Student Interpretership scheme 197n.,
• Sullivan, Constable Maurice, HKP 40, 40n., 55
• Sun Tai, Detective Constable, HKP 275-290;
  • ​at the Magistracy 306-307,
  • at the Supreme Court 308-309
• Sun Yat-sen 223
• Supreme Court
• Sutton, Constable Joe, HKP 160, 185
• Taipingshan 38, 114,
• Taylor, Susan, Mrs. Hennessy 134, 137, 162, 176
• Thérèse of Lisieux, Saint 235
• Traffic 104, 340
• Truncheon 90, 147
• Tung Wai, Constable, HKP 281, 290
• Typhoons 57-58, 124

 

• United States of America, 65, 131

 

• Vanstone, Sergeant J., NDYP 86, 89
• Victoria Gaol 34;
  • Female Prison 196, 216-217
• Volunteer Defence Corps 263

 

• Walters, Alfred 146
• Wanchai Engineering Godowns 148
• Wanchai, description 39, 139
• Wanchai Road 102, 143, 191, 200-202
• War, Great (First World War) 263-265
• Watchmen, Commercial Dockyards 66, 68, 73n.
• Water supply 118
• Watt, Inspector J.J., HKP 243, 259
• Widows and Orphans Pension Fund 200, 260-261, 310
• Wild Dell Building 146, 153
• Wilden, Charles, Excise Officer 288
• Williamson, Sergeant, HKP 342-343
• Willis, George, HKP 229, 238, 248
• Wills, Sergeant Robert (Bob), HKP 219, 287, 290
• Witchell, Inspector Job, HKP 106, 171-174;
  • later career 174n., 305
• Wodehouse, Henry Ernest, C.M.G., Magistrate 89, 110, 110, 123, 173-174, 197-198
• Wodehouse, Philip Peveril John
  • ​early career 198;
  • Asst. Superintendent HKP 199, 211, 287
• Women, criminal 216-217
• Women’s lives in Hongkong 11, 162, 190-192, 261-263,
• Wong Kin Man 248-249

 

• Yang Quyun, see Yeung Kui-wan
• Yeong, Fr. John 140, 142
• Yeung Fat, Constable, HKP 177-179
• Yeung Kui-wan, career 222-223;
  • ​murder of 223-226

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