Percy Hobson HOLYOAK [1874-1926]

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Names
Title
Mr
Given
Percy Hobson
Family
Holyoak
Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
Born
Date
(Day & Month are approximate.)
Birthplace (town, state)
Northampton
Birthplace (country)
United Kingdom
Died
Date
Died in (town, state)
London
Died in (country)
Hong Kong
Cause of death
Kidney disease

Percy Hobson Holyoak moved to Hong Kong in 1899 as a member of Reiss & Co, which then became Holyoak, Massey & Co. He rose to become an unofficial member of Legco. He was Chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce 1917-1918 and 1920-1921. He also became Chairman of the Hong Kong Club,  the Alice Memorial Hospital and the Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation.  He was District Grand Master of Freemasonry in Hong Kong and South China.

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1924
c.1926

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Marriage in Vancouver Canada 3 September 1904

Percy Hobson Holyoak to Nellie Gertrude Cowper

Probate Calendar 1926

Percy Hobson Holyoak of Victoria Hong Kong died 25 May 1926 at 35 Beaumont Street Marylebone London [not Birmingham]

Passenger List Hong Kong to San Francisco May 1917

Percy H Holyoak  44 Merchant born Northampton

Nellie G Holyoak 41

Margaret J Holyoak 11

Dorothy M Holyoak 11

Marriage Index 30 December 1933 St Marks Church Audley Street London

Margaret Joyce Holyoak age 28 of Tai Wo 35 Beech Avenue Amersham Buckinghamshire daughter of Percy Hobson Holyoak Merchant to Walter Horst 42 Civil Engineer

UK Birth Index

Percy H Holyoak birth registered Quarter 1 1874 Northampton

Death 26 May 1926 Hong Kong

1881 Census Mosside Lancashire

Percy Holyoak age 7 born Northampton. His father was a Baptist Minister

Birmingham C of E Burials Christ Church Yardley Wood

Percy Hobson Holyoak age 52 of Tai Wo The Peak Hong Kong burial 28 May 1926