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He arrived in Hong Kong in 1888 as a Cadet, then after learning Chinese he was appointed to a succession of roles in the local civil service. In 1901 he became the Registrar General, and remained in that role until retiring in 1912 on the grounds of ill health.
Local sites named after him:
Sir John Francis Davis, 1st Baronet Bt KCB FRS was a British diplomat and sinologist who served as second Governor of Hong Kong from 1844 to 1848. Davis was the first President of Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong.
Frederick John Dealtry Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard GCMG CB DSO PC, known as Sir Frederick Lugard between 1901 and 1928, was a British soldier, mercenary, explorer of Africa and a colonial administrator. He was the 14th Governor of Hong Kong (1907–1912).
Probate England and Wales Calendar
03 Mar 1939 • Martha Kate More of Lauriston Hotel Bowen Road Hong Kong Probate John Owen Hughes and Kenneth Sinclair Morrison merchants
She appears in my personal family tree. She married Andrew Charles More 8 March 1889 St Johns Hong Kong and was the proprietress of the hotel.
She appears in the Ladies Directory from 1890 onwards.
She was born in Clevedon Somerset England in 1958
Birth & death dates from Ancestry.co.uk
On 24 Feb 1941 he married Beryl Daisy Fair at St John's Cathedral in Hong Kong. (Source: Carl Smith Card 142063, which noted Skipwith was a Captain in the Royal Artillery.)
Born 21 February 1889 in Broxbourne Hertfordshire, son of Sir George Turner MRCS, MRCP and Eleanor Charlotte Silcock [1]
On 4 Nov 1925 he married Daisy Mainwaring Lockett Fair. [2]
He was a partner in Deacons, a well-known law firm in Hong Kong. [2]
He doesn't appear on the lists of internees at Stanley, although his wife was interned there, so he may be the 'Turner, Michael H. [131] 2nd Lieutenant' of the 7th Heavy AA Battery listed on the Hong Kong War Diary website [3]. That would have made him a POW in Hong Kong during WW2.
Captain Superintendent of Police. 1901 – 1913.
Douglas Lapraik was a British watchmaker, shipbuilder and shipping magnate of Scottish origins.
Lapraik arrived in Hong Kong in 1842 from Macao, working as a watchmaker. Some time later he started his own business. He soon found out that more money could be made in trading and shipping, therefore he became a shipping agent. During the 1850s and 1860s, he made much money and became one of the taipans of Hong Kong. With his money, he was involved in many business activities.
Mary Monica Coupe was better known as Sister Mary Eucharista. She served the Maryknoll Sisters and was transferred from the Philippines to Hong Kong in 1935.
During the Japanese invasion, she resided in the convent in Holy Spirit School on Caine Road. After the fall of Hong Kong, the Sisters at the convent worked at Queen Mary Hospital to help care for the wounded. On 21 January 1942, Sister Mary Eucharista and her group of Sisters from Hong Kong Island were interned at Stanley Camp. In camp, she worked in the library.