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I am researching Francis Leslie Ball. He lived at 364, The Peak prior to WWII. He married Frances Mary Trevor-Smith, daug of John Thomas Smith AKA John Trevor-Smith and Marie Emma Barchet (descendant of Stephen Paul Barchet and Johann Georg Bausum - Chinese Missionaries from Germany).
Hilda Selwyn-Clarke was active in the Independent Labour Party in the 1930s. She stood for the ILP in the Clapham constituency in the 1931 General Election, achieving second place. In 1935 she abandoned her political career to marry Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke. Their daughter Mary was born in September of the next year.
Page 7 of the China Mail, 7 Jan 1937, reports his funeral, including:
The chief mourners were Mr. Reginald Potts and Mr Jack Potts (sons), Mr Peter Potts (brother), Mr Alec Potts and Mr J A Pym (nephews), Mr R Pestonji (partner of Messrs. Benjamin and Potts) and Mr. Ellis Hayim, of the Shanghai Office.
The Hong Kong Daily Press, 1937-01-05, gives a summary of his life on pages 1 & 8, including:
Here's the inscription on his gravestone, as shown in Patricia Lim's records:
| 16E--/06/08- | Erected by the/ Government of Hong Kong/ in memory of/ Kingsley Frank Woodward/ 3rd officer SS Haiching/ killed by pirates/ in the execution of his duty off Chelang Point/ 8th December 1929 |
Alfred Percy Sinnett edited the Hong Kong Daily Press between 1865 and 1868. He returned to England to work for The Standard, and in 1872 he became editor of the influential Indian paper The Pioneer (Rudyard Kipling was one of his staff).
He became interested in Asian religions and was involved with the Theosophical Society's attempt to draw on Hinduism and Buddhism to create a religion that would replace Christianity and eventually be validated by science. He wrote a number of books, the best known of which is Esoteric Buddhism (1883).
Taught at Central British School from 1925.
I found these mentions in the online newspapers (Searched for munro. 16 results, following for this person):
born Walter George ROBINSON in 1860. He became a merchant in the late 19th century, dealing with musical instruments, plying his wares from China (HK and Shanghai) to the US and England. He had married Alvilda Olivia OLSEN sometime before 1912. He later became General Manager circa 1905, perhaps owner, of the Robinson Piano Company, Ltd. In 1912 he purchased a large number of lots on Savary Island, British Columbia, as part of an investment.