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Mr Arratoon Vertannes Apcar was a shipping merchant and long time Hong Kong resident of some 38 years and descended from the Armenian Apcar family originally from Persia. He was the managing director and founder of Messrs. A.V. Apcar and Co. Ltd.. He started in the opium business but later founded the firm of merchants and commission agents which bore his name. For some years the firm was agents in Hong Kong for the Ultramarino Bank of Macao.
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.
Senior Hong Kong policeman in the late 19th century
His son was Fred Horspool born in Hong Kong 1884.
"THE appointment of Mr. George Horspool, Acting Deputy Superintendent of Police, to be Acting Captain Superintendent, has been officially gazzetted. This is a step in the right direction and one that, we trust, will be consistently followed in all departments of the Government Service where the deputy is capable of taking over and efficiently performing the duties of his immediate chief."
At the risk of going off the Gwulo "piste", I wonder if anyone can help me trace Albert Warren, the younger brother of my grandfather, Charles Warren and youngest of all the Warren siblings. In the thread https://gwulo.com/charles-edward-warren David once suggested that he might have followed his brother to Hong Kong, when an A.H. Warren turned up, but it wasn't him. Just one year apart in age, the brothers must have been close. They both took apprenticeships in Irchester, Northamptonshire - Charles with a baker and Albert with a butcher.
Hong Kong Government Nautical Surveyor 1929-1931, Assistant Harbour Master from 1931. Deputy Harbour Master for Hong Kong Government 13th February 1940 and then resumed position 26th September 1945 upon release as civilian internee in September 1945
Herself an Eurasian, she was the wife and then widow of Oswald Chan (1918-1946), Eurasian R.A.F. pilot.
Later married another Eurasian Edwin Johnsford Macomber Churn (1912-1991) on 20th January 1951
Obituary - Hong Kong Telegraph 4 January 1926
Denman Fuller was a long time organist and choirmaster of St. John's Cathedral. He retired several years ago on account of ill-health. He was prominently associated with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Society, and was, in addition Secretary of the City Hall Library and Curator of the Museum.
Student and Prefect at KGV 1953-54
Student and Prefect at KGV 1953-1954
Appointed Assistant Superintendent of the Civil Aerodrome on 1 May 1934.
Left Hong Kong on leave in 1938.