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Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Matthew Nathan GCMG PC (Ire) was a British soldier and colonial administrator who variously served as the governor of Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Hong Kong, Natal and Queensland.

In 1903, Nathan was appointed (as the 13^th) Governor of Hong Kong (Chinese name: 弥敦), a position he would serve from 29 July 1904 – 29 July 1907. During his tenure, Nathan made use of his engineering background to establish a central urban planning and reconstruction policy. 

Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs GCMG  (Chinese: 司徒拔) was a British colonial administrator who served as governor of four British territories during his career. He was the 16^th Governor of Hong Kong from 30 September 1919 – 1 November 1925.

During Stubbs' tenure, strikes were frequent, including ones that were very damaging to the Hong Kong economy, such as the Seamen's strike of 1922 and the Canton-Hong Kong strike that began in 1925.

Born in 1912, Jill Doggett was a well-known Hong Kong journalist and champion for social justice who worked for the South China Morning Post from 1953 to 1974.

Edith Loudwell was a BCMS missionary who served in China in the years leading up to WWII.  She was born in 1901 in Limehouse, London, to Thomas and Gertrude Loudwell, and she had a younger brother Victor.  Thomas Loudwell was a messenge

He is mentioned in the list of civilian internees:

He is mentioned in the list of civilian internees:

Evelyn Paterson was a Red Cross volunteer during WW1 and went on to become a nurse at the Middlesex Hospital. It is not yet known how she met her future husband, Harry Hewett, whose parents had lived in China and who went on to have a career in the Far East himself. Both Evelyn's parents are recorded as having "private means". They lived in  Ilford, Essex. Evelyn travelled to Hong Kong in 1925, where she married Harry. They lived at 18 Broadwood Road, (albeit with trips back to England), until Evelyn and her daughter, Shirley Ann were evacuated to Australia before WW2.

Robert George Broadwood was a British army general.  He was also a keen horseman, who rode in the Grand National. He served in Sudan, in the second Boer War and the First World War.

Born September 14th 1922 at the Government Civil Hospital, Hong Kong (St. Matilda's, Top of the Peak). Baptized October 21 1922 at St. Andrew's Church Kowloon. Phyllis was fluent in both English and Cantonese. She was a first year student in the Arts Faculty of Hong Kong University. She was interested in Biology, but also wanted to teach. She was pupil at, and taught at, Diocesan Girls School. She sailed to England on the P&O Strathmore in early 1946, listed as Lang on the ship's register. Married name was Rollins. Her mother was Susie Nancy Kotwall (1902-1988).