Updated December 16, 2014
PREFACE
Finding Freemasons in Hong Kong has always been something I wanted to tackle ever since I began my research on early residents of Hong Kong. By nature, it is a difficult task because the Masonic Order was a secret society (and still is, even though a lot less so)[1]. On top of that, I have read, almost all of the pre-1942 records of Freemasons and their lodges in Hong Kong were destroyed during the Pacific War. None of these, however, do much to deter my blind ambition to embark on this journey. Why? “Because it's there.” I do realize it's kind of cocksure for me to quote these words, after all I'm no George Mallory and this remark was made after he came down from the Everest, not when he was heading up... but here I am, it hasn't been done yet (as far as I know) so it is mine to claim being the first. (11/6/2014)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Notes
Masonic Lodges
Freemasons
Notes
Masonic Lodges
Freemasons
NOTES::
- As in the case of other biographical dictionaries I am compiling, the first order of business is to find as many names as possible and put them in the roll, adding basic information where possible. Once that's done, I will then begin to work on the biography of each subject individual.
- The word “unknown” used in this post generally means “unknown to me” as opposed to nobody knows. In some cases, these are matters I think I know but do not know for a fact.
MASONIC LODGES
Eastern Scotia Lodge No. 923 S.C.[1] (chartered February 6, 1902)
Naval and Military Lodge No. 848 S.C. (chartered May 6, 1897)
Perseverance Lodge No. 1165 E.C.[2]
Royal Sussex Lodge No. 735 E.C.
St John's Lodge No. 618 S.C.
United Service Lodge No. 1341 E.C.
University Lodge No..3666 E.C.
Victoria Lodge No. 1026 E.C.
Zetland Lodge No. 525 E.C.
[1] Scottish Constitution.
[2] English Constitution.
[2] English Constitution.
FREEMASONS
(Found 300 as of December 16, 2014. Slowly but surely, I'm getting there!)
[N.B.] Click on the name header to display / hide its contents
A
Adams, William Stanley (St. John's 618)
[Deputy District Grand Master, Hong Kong and South China, E.C. (1882)]
temp. notes:
The Forefather of Drs. Anderson & Partners.
Name variations: William Stanley Stanley-Adams [1]. b.1842, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire - d. January 10, 1898, Brentford, Middlesex. MD, CM (Glas.) April 15, 1862. Hong Kong nlt.1864. RS, Seamen's Hospital 1864-73. Hong Kong Government, Health Officer of the Port (vice James Orr Henderson, resigned) April 21, 1868; Medical Inspector of Emigrants April 21, 1868. Registered to practice Hong Kong May 3, 1884 through 1892. Private practitioner 1887-92; founder, Drs. Adams and Jordan 1885 [or 1887], address: Pedder Street 1887-89; the practice would evolve into Drs. Anderson & Partners. Hon. Assistant Surgeon, HKVDC July 23, 1864. Trustee, St. John's Cathedral May 4, 1885 and May 3, 1886. JP (unofficial) February 21, 1885. Residence: Forest Lodge, #11 Caine Road 1884. Retired, Edmonton, Middlesex 1892. General Council, Glasgow Univ.[n.d.].
s/o John Adams, b.ca.1815-d.1891.
m. Sussy Blanche Mary Hugo [2].
[Adams was one of the first nine doctors who registered as medical practitioners in Hong Kong immediately following the enactment of the "Medical Registration Ordinance, 1884" that required all doctors to be licensed before they could treat patients for monetary reward. The nine were: William Stanley Adams, Philip Bernard Chenery Ayres, Johann Gerhard Heinrich Gerlach, Antonio Simplieio Gomes, William M. Hartigan, John H. Lockhead, Patrick Manson, James Stockwell, and Richard Young.]
[Adams was said to have held the position of Colonial Surgeon, but I found no other references to confirm this. The only thing I could find that linked him to the top medical office in Hong Kong was that he lived next door to Philip Bernard Chenery Ayres, Hong Kong's last Colonial Surgeon (1873-1897, the position was renamed Principal Civil Medical Officer following Ayres' retirement). Ayres lived in a house called Dinder, #13 Caine Road.]
[1] Adams had his named changed to William Stanley Stanley-Adams while sojourning in Hong Kong, for unknown reason(s).
[2] Adams married Susan (Sussy) Blanche Mary Hugo (b. April 11, 1848, Jersey, Channel Islands - d. Jan 28, 1940, Heston, Middlesex) at St. John's Cathedral in Hong Kong in 1867. Hugo was the daughter of Harper Richard Hugo and Blanche Leggatt. Adams and Hugo had eight children: Hilda Agneta Bertha Stanley-Adams, Blanche J. Adams, Maude Beatrice Stanley-Adams, Stanley Hugo Stanley-Adams, Mabel Gertrude Adams, Percy Hugo Adams, Ethel Constance Adams, and Herbert Hugo St. Leger Stanley-Adams. They were all born in Hong Kong where the family lived in a house named Forest Lodge at #11 Caine Road. Julia Hugo, Susan's sister, lived with the family in 1885. Her husband, William Kaye, worked for the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China in Hong Kong and the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in London.
temp. notes:
The Forefather of Drs. Anderson & Partners.
Name variations: William Stanley Stanley-Adams [1]. b.1842, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire - d. January 10, 1898, Brentford, Middlesex. MD, CM (Glas.) April 15, 1862. Hong Kong nlt.1864. RS, Seamen's Hospital 1864-73. Hong Kong Government, Health Officer of the Port (vice James Orr Henderson, resigned) April 21, 1868; Medical Inspector of Emigrants April 21, 1868. Registered to practice Hong Kong May 3, 1884 through 1892. Private practitioner 1887-92; founder, Drs. Adams and Jordan 1885 [or 1887], address: Pedder Street 1887-89; the practice would evolve into Drs. Anderson & Partners. Hon. Assistant Surgeon, HKVDC July 23, 1864. Trustee, St. John's Cathedral May 4, 1885 and May 3, 1886. JP (unofficial) February 21, 1885. Residence: Forest Lodge, #11 Caine Road 1884. Retired, Edmonton, Middlesex 1892. General Council, Glasgow Univ.[n.d.].
s/o John Adams, b.ca.1815-d.1891.
m. Sussy Blanche Mary Hugo [2].
[Adams was one of the first nine doctors who registered as medical practitioners in Hong Kong immediately following the enactment of the "Medical Registration Ordinance, 1884" that required all doctors to be licensed before they could treat patients for monetary reward. The nine were: William Stanley Adams, Philip Bernard Chenery Ayres, Johann Gerhard Heinrich Gerlach, Antonio Simplieio Gomes, William M. Hartigan, John H. Lockhead, Patrick Manson, James Stockwell, and Richard Young.]
[Adams was said to have held the position of Colonial Surgeon, but I found no other references to confirm this. The only thing I could find that linked him to the top medical office in Hong Kong was that he lived next door to Philip Bernard Chenery Ayres, Hong Kong's last Colonial Surgeon (1873-1897, the position was renamed Principal Civil Medical Officer following Ayres' retirement). Ayres lived in a house called Dinder, #13 Caine Road.]
[1] Adams had his named changed to William Stanley Stanley-Adams while sojourning in Hong Kong, for unknown reason(s).
[2] Adams married Susan (Sussy) Blanche Mary Hugo (b. April 11, 1848, Jersey, Channel Islands - d. Jan 28, 1940, Heston, Middlesex) at St. John's Cathedral in Hong Kong in 1867. Hugo was the daughter of Harper Richard Hugo and Blanche Leggatt. Adams and Hugo had eight children: Hilda Agneta Bertha Stanley-Adams, Blanche J. Adams, Maude Beatrice Stanley-Adams, Stanley Hugo Stanley-Adams, Mabel Gertrude Adams, Percy Hugo Adams, Ethel Constance Adams, and Herbert Hugo St. Leger Stanley-Adams. They were all born in Hong Kong where the family lived in a house named Forest Lodge at #11 Caine Road. Julia Hugo, Susan's sister, lived with the family in 1885. Her husband, William Kaye, worked for the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China in Hong Kong and the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in London.
Selected bibliography: Chronicle Directory for China, Japan, & The Philippines (1872) Hong Kong: Daily Press. Family Tree of Edna Killick and Terry Smith [internet]. Dennys, Nicholas Belfield (Ed.) The Treaty Ports of China and Japan, a Complete Guide to the Open Ports of those Countries, together with Peking, Yedo, Hongkong and Macao, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1867. The Hong Kong Government Gazette, April 9, 1864, Notice #63; July 23, 1864, Notice #119; April 25, 1868, Notice #47; February 27, 1869, Notice #20; May 3, 1884, Notice; February 21, 1885, Notice #73; May 9, 1885, Notice #188; May 8, 1886, Notice #159; May 7, 1892, Notice #206. Hugo, F.H.M. (Ed.) A Pedigree of The Family of Hugo of St. Feock, Co. Cornwall, Guernsey: Frederick Clarke, 1932. Private Residences of the Principal Government Officials, the Leading Merchants, the Consuls, Professional Men, and Justices of the Peace (1884), Hong Kong: Daily Press, pp.398-399. University of Glasgow › Biography of William Stanley Adams [internet].
Selected bibliography: Biographical Dictionary of Medical Practitioners in Hong Kong: 1841-1941 [online]. Hong Kong Telegraph, December 12, 1882, p.2.
temp. note:
Hong Kong nlt.1860. Hong Kong Government, Acting Colonial Surgeon (vice John Ivor Murray, absence on leave) December 15, 1860 - May 8, 1861.
Hong Kong nlt.1860. Hong Kong Government, Acting Colonial Surgeon (vice John Ivor Murray, absence on leave) December 15, 1860 - May 8, 1861.
Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, December 22, 1860, Notice #143; May 11, 1861, Notice #53.
[Junior Warden, St. John's Lodge 618 (1906)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 13, 1905, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation.
[Treasurer, Victoria Lodge 1026 (1904)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Weekly Press, December 128, 1903, p.9, Victoria Lodge.
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1920, 1921)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1930)]
[A. Allison and A.J. Allison probably were the same person. Until it can be verified, I'll keep them in two separate entries.]
[A. Allison and A.J. Allison probably were the same person. Until it can be verified, I'll keep them in two separate entries.]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[Member, Board of Trustees of the Hong Kong and South China Masonic Benevolence Fund (1893, at the time when an application was made to the Legislative Council to incorporate the Fund). Member, Zetland Hall Trustee (1915).]
Anderson was a marine surveyor who worked for Jardine, Matheson and Co.
Anderson was a marine surveyor who worked for Jardine, Matheson and Co.
Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, April 1, 1893, p.255.
[Inner Guard, St. John's Lodge 618 (1906)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 13, 1905, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation.
[Organist, St. John's Lodge 618 (1909)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 14, 1908, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation.
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1895). District Grand Superintendent of Works, District Grand Lodge of Scottish Freemasonry in South China (1906).]
Andrew was born in Scotland in October 1866. He was educated at Normal Training College, and Robert College, Aberdeen. He had worked for Douglas S.S. Company [probably was Douglas Lapraik & Co.] between 1890 and 1892, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Company between 1893 and 1896, He joined George Fenwick and Company in December 1896 as engineer and was promoted to be manager in 1909. He was authorized by the Hong Kong Government as acting surveyor of boilers of unlicensed steam ships under 60 tons (vice William George Winterburn) on March 15, 1901. He served in the Hong Kong Volunteer Corps; he was promoted from Company Sergeant Major to be 2nd Lieutenant on October 12, 1908, and Lieutenant on October 11, 1909. He served as a common juror between 1894 and 1911. He was elected a member of the Royal Society of Arts in 1909. Andrew married Sophia Berg (daughter of Captain [s.n.] Berg) in 1894. Andrew retired to Aberdeen probably in 1912 and died in 1936.
Andrew was born in Scotland in October 1866. He was educated at Normal Training College, and Robert College, Aberdeen. He had worked for Douglas S.S. Company [probably was Douglas Lapraik & Co.] between 1890 and 1892, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Company between 1893 and 1896, He joined George Fenwick and Company in December 1896 as engineer and was promoted to be manager in 1909. He was authorized by the Hong Kong Government as acting surveyor of boilers of unlicensed steam ships under 60 tons (vice William George Winterburn) on March 15, 1901. He served in the Hong Kong Volunteer Corps; he was promoted from Company Sergeant Major to be 2nd Lieutenant on October 12, 1908, and Lieutenant on October 11, 1909. He served as a common juror between 1894 and 1911. He was elected a member of the Royal Society of Arts in 1909. Andrew married Sophia Berg (daughter of Captain [s.n.] Berg) in 1894. Andrew retired to Aberdeen probably in 1912 and died in 1936.
Selected bibliography: Gwulo: Old Hong Kong [online]. The Hong Kong Government Gazette, March 16, 1901, #153; October 16, 1908, #727; October 15, 1909, #647; March 13, 1936, supplement, advertisement. The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, March 8, 1909, p.4. Who's Who in the Far East 1906-7, Hong Kong: China Mail, 1907.
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1897)]
The name of J.J. Andrew could be miswritten. He and John Ingram Andrew could be the same person.
The name of J.J. Andrew could be miswritten. He and John Ingram Andrew could be the same person.
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Inner Guard, United Service Lodge 1341 (1906)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1905, p.4, United Service Lodge
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1911)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[Secretary, Perseverance Lodge 1165 (1904)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 19, 1903, p.2, Masonic Affairs.
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1917)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
temp. notes:
MRCS, LM (Eng.); LRCP (Edin.) August 1, 1865. Hong Kong 1873. Hong Kong Government, Colonial Surgeon November 4, 1873. Registered to practice Hong Kong May 3, 1884 through 1888. Residence: #27 Caine Road 1884.
[Ayres was one of the first nine doctors who registered as medical practitioners in Hong Kong immediately following the enactment of the "Medical Registration Ordinance, 1884" that required all doctors to be licensed before they could treat patients for monetary reward. The nine were: William Stanley Adams, Philip Bernard Chenery Ayres, Johann Gerhard Heinrich Gerlach, Antonio Simplieio Gomes, William M. Hartigan, John H. Lockhead, Patrick Manson, James Stockwell, and Richard Young.]
b.July 13, 1840 Oxfordshire – d. October 12, 1899 Kent; son of Philip Burnard Ayres (M.D., London; Chief Medical Officer of the Civil Hospital, Mauritius; lecturer in chemistry at Charing Cross Hospital); M.R.C.S.Eng; M.L.R.C.P.Edin; government medical officer posted in Mauritius and India; arrived in Hong Kong (November 1873) to take up the position of Colonial Surgeon and Inspector of Hospitals (and would become the longest serving Colonial Surgeon – twenty four years); the following establishment were under the purview of the Colonial Surgeon: Police, Troops, Government Civil Hospital, Tung Wah Hospital, Victoria Gaol, Lock Hospital, Health of the Colony, and Sanitation, the Lunatic Asylum was added in 1884 when it as established; annual salary GBP600, allowed to carry on private practice whilst holding the public office aiming to make up the difference of GBP200 ( Ayres had asked for GBP800 per year); oversight the opening of the Government Civil Hospital; instituted the nursing staff of trained nurses from the London Hospital (1889); played a pivotal role in fostering a higher standard in sanitation including institutionalized the Sanitary Board (1883); handled the epidemic of Plague (1894); Master of the Hong Kong Masonic Order, Officer of the District Grand Lodge of China; health began to fail in 1895; home leave (1896, this is the first and only home leave Ayres had ever took since arriving in 1873); retired (1897); died two years later at the age of 59; wrote in his last report before retiring, "What all my reports could not do the epidemic has done.", referring to the drastic improvement in sanitation standard following the epidemic; after his retirement, the position of Colonial Surgeon was changed to Principal Civil Medical Officer.
MRCS, LM (Eng.); LRCP (Edin.) August 1, 1865. Hong Kong 1873. Hong Kong Government, Colonial Surgeon November 4, 1873. Registered to practice Hong Kong May 3, 1884 through 1888. Residence: #27 Caine Road 1884.
[Ayres was one of the first nine doctors who registered as medical practitioners in Hong Kong immediately following the enactment of the "Medical Registration Ordinance, 1884" that required all doctors to be licensed before they could treat patients for monetary reward. The nine were: William Stanley Adams, Philip Bernard Chenery Ayres, Johann Gerhard Heinrich Gerlach, Antonio Simplieio Gomes, William M. Hartigan, John H. Lockhead, Patrick Manson, James Stockwell, and Richard Young.]
Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, November 8, 1873, Notice #172; May 3, 1884, Notice; May 5, 1888, Notice #181.The last Colonial Surgeon (1873-1897)
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Annual Salary of some government officials in 1875 (in GBP)
(It will be interesting to find out why the Postmaster General was so generously paid...)
Chief Judge Puisne Judge Attorney General Postmaster General Registrar General Captain Superintendent of Police Superintendent of the Gaol Colonial Surgeon
B
Bailey, W.H. (St. John's 618)
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1941)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Worshipful Master, United Service Lodge 1341 (1905)]
Baker joined the Hong Kong Police Force on September 5, 1882. He was made Chief Inspector of Police and Assistant Superintendent of Fire Brigade on April 18, 1903.
Baker joined the Hong Kong Police Force on September 5, 1882. He was made Chief Inspector of Police and Assistant Superintendent of Fire Brigade on April 18, 1903.
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1905, p.4, United Service Lodge
[Secretary Zetland Lodge 525 (1887)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1886.
[Founder and first office bearer (Senior Warden), St. John's Lodge 618 (1878)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Junior Warden, Victoria Lodge 1026 (1904)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Weekly Press, December 128, 1903, p.9, Victoria Lodge.
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1924)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[Secretary, St. John's Lodge 618 (1909)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 14, 1908, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation.
[Assistant Director of Ceremonies, United Service Lodge 1341 (1906)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1905, p.4, United Service Lodge
[Second Steward, St. John's Lodge 618 (1909)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 14, 1908, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation.
[Senior Warden, Zetland Lodge 525 (1850).]
Bevan was employed by mercantile firm, W&T, Gimmell, in 1846 as an accountant.
Bevan was employed by mercantile firm, W&T, Gimmell, in 1846 as an accountant.
Selected bibliography: Biographical Dictionary of Residents of Hong Kong, the First 10 Years (1841-1850) [online].
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1928, 1929)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia 923, p.1.
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1915)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia 923, p.1.
[District Grand Master, Ceylon Freemasons]
Blake was the 12th Governor of Hong Kong (1898-1903)
Blake was the 12th Governor of Hong Kong (1898-1903)
Selected bibliography: blake-world.com [online]. Transaction of Quatuor Coronati Lodge [online].
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1898)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[First Steward, St. John's Lodge 618 (1906)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 13, 1905, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation.
[Junior Deacon, Perseverance Lodge 1165 (1904)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 19, 1903, p.2, Masonic Affairs.
[Worshipful Master, Perseverance Lodge 1165 (1903)]
Bottenheim was born in 1865 to Bernard Bottenheim [tbv]. He was employed by Vacuum Oil Company between 1897 and 1915, as representative, and later manager and later general manager in Hong Kong. He owned a house in Shanghai in 1903 at the address of #133 Bubbling Street. Bottenheirm married Elizabeth Frank Hatchkiss [tbv] in Japan in 1892. The couple had two daughters: Ella Bottenhem and Gwendoloyn Hallam Bottenheim[1]. Bottenheim's sister, Rosalie Bottenheim, who lived with the Bottenheims in Hong Kong, died on November 1902 and was buried at the Hong Kong Cemetery.
Bottenheim was born in 1865 to Bernard Bottenheim [tbv]. He was employed by Vacuum Oil Company between 1897 and 1915, as representative, and later manager and later general manager in Hong Kong. He owned a house in Shanghai in 1903 at the address of #133 Bubbling Street. Bottenheirm married Elizabeth Frank Hatchkiss [tbv] in Japan in 1892. The couple had two daughters: Ella Bottenhem and Gwendoloyn Hallam Bottenheim[1]. Bottenheim's sister, Rosalie Bottenheim, who lived with the Bottenheims in Hong Kong, died on November 1902 and was buried at the Hong Kong Cemetery.
[1] Gwendoloyn Hallam Bottenheim married the Italian Consul-General in Shanghai, Lionel Scelsi, in May 1915. The wedding took place at the Italian Consulate in Shanghai. She was readmitted her British citizenship in September 1924; she had probably acquired Italian nationality because of the marriage. She officially renounced her surname of Bottenheim and adopted her middle name Hallam as her new surname on October 17, 1924. Her address then was at #18 and 20, Montague Street, Russell Square, London.
[A Philip Bottenheim, who was an agent for Vacuum Oil and whose address was at Westwood, Roseville Street, St. Heliers, Jersey, official renounced his surname of Bottenheim and adopted the new surname of Brandon on July 3, 1917. It'd be too much of a coincidence if Philip and Arthur were not related. Also, why were they so keen to rid of their Jewish names?]
[A Philip Bottenheim, who was an agent for Vacuum Oil and whose address was at Westwood, Roseville Street, St. Heliers, Jersey, official renounced his surname of Bottenheim and adopted the new surname of Brandon on July 3, 1917. It'd be too much of a coincidence if Philip and Arthur were not related. Also, why were they so keen to rid of their Jewish names?]
Selected bibliography: Ancestry [online]. Annual Report of the Shanghai Municipal Council, 1903, p.153. Find A Grave [online]. Find My Past [online]. Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives [online]. Gwulo: Old Hong Kong [online]. Hong Kong Daily Press, December 19, 1903, p.2, Masonic Affairs. The London Gazette, July 10, 1917, pp.6895-6896; November 7, 1924, pp.8114-8115. The [British] National Archives [online]. The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, May 7, 1915, p.4. The Straits Times, December 22, 1902, p.4, Deaths.
[Inner Guard, Zetland Lodge 525 (1887)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1886.
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Telegraph, December 9, 1904, p.4, United Service Lodge.
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1916)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia 923, p.1.
[Worshipful Master, Perseverance Lodge 1165 (1891)]
Brewitt was born in Germany on July 9, 1856. He came to Hong Kong in 1877 to join the German-owned mercantile firm, Siemssen & Co. He was listed in 1879 as a clerk employed by another German firm Carlowitz & Co., his main activities were to sell alcoholic beverages to drinking establishments. He established himself as an auctioneer between 1896 and 1900. #2 Zetland Street was listed as his address in 1900. He afterward joined the firm Dartly & Co. and remained with them until his death. He was the Secretary of the Club Germania for several years leading up to 1904 and was one of the keen promoters for the establishment of the Club. Brewitt was married to Winnifred Dominica [maiden name unknown]. He died in Hong Kong on June 15, 1905 at the Government Civil Hospital and was buried at the Hong Kong Cemetery.
Brewitt was born in Germany on July 9, 1856. He came to Hong Kong in 1877 to join the German-owned mercantile firm, Siemssen & Co. He was listed in 1879 as a clerk employed by another German firm Carlowitz & Co., his main activities were to sell alcoholic beverages to drinking establishments. He established himself as an auctioneer between 1896 and 1900. #2 Zetland Street was listed as his address in 1900. He afterward joined the firm Dartly & Co. and remained with them until his death. He was the Secretary of the Club Germania for several years leading up to 1904 and was one of the keen promoters for the establishment of the Club. Brewitt was married to Winnifred Dominica [maiden name unknown]. He died in Hong Kong on June 15, 1905 at the Government Civil Hospital and was buried at the Hong Kong Cemetery.
Selected bibliography: Chronicle and Directory for China, Japan and The Philippines, for the Year 1879, Hong Kong: Daily Press, 1879. Fins A Grave [online]. Gwulo: Old Hong Kong [online]. Hong Kong Daily Press, November 27, 1890, p.2, Victoria Lodge No. 1026. Hong Kong Government, Report of the Registrar of the Supreme Court for the Year 1905. Hong Kong Telegraph, June 5, 1905, p.4, The Death of Mr. Paul Brewitt.
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1900, 1901)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 29, 1900, p.4, Masonic – Zetland Lodge. The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
temp. Notes:
Acting Attorney General, Acting Colonial Secretary, in multiple occasions in 1850s when the office-holders were on leave.
Honor: naming of Bridge Street 必列者士街 (better known in its short form 必街)
William Thomas Bridges (b.1820–d.year unclear) studied at Oxford, and at the Middle Temple from 1844. He was called to the Bar in 1847 and came to Hong Kong in 1851 where he started a law practice. Wealth began to cumulate for Bridges as business at the law firm thrived. The first sign of his dubious character unveiled when he started lending money at high interest rates. Because of shortage of lawyers in Hong Kong at that time and owing to the introduction his college friend, William Thomas Mercer who was the Colonial Treasurer, Bridges was asked to temporarily take over the office of the Attorney General when the office holder, Thomas Chisholm Anstey, went on leave in 1855. When Mercer became Colonial Secretary and took home leave from February 1857 to November 1859, Bridges stood in for him as well; assuming the most important government office next to that of the governor, while still carrying on his private law practice and money lending business. Bridges resigned in 1859 after being implicated in a number of scandals, and left Hong Kong in 1861. Bridges was a member of the Masonic order in Hong Kong.
Acting Attorney General, Acting Colonial Secretary, in multiple occasions in 1850s when the office-holders were on leave.
Honor: naming of Bridge Street 必列者士街 (better known in its short form 必街)
William Thomas Bridges (b.1820–d.year unclear) studied at Oxford, and at the Middle Temple from 1844. He was called to the Bar in 1847 and came to Hong Kong in 1851 where he started a law practice. Wealth began to cumulate for Bridges as business at the law firm thrived. The first sign of his dubious character unveiled when he started lending money at high interest rates. Because of shortage of lawyers in Hong Kong at that time and owing to the introduction his college friend, William Thomas Mercer who was the Colonial Treasurer, Bridges was asked to temporarily take over the office of the Attorney General when the office holder, Thomas Chisholm Anstey, went on leave in 1855. When Mercer became Colonial Secretary and took home leave from February 1857 to November 1859, Bridges stood in for him as well; assuming the most important government office next to that of the governor, while still carrying on his private law practice and money lending business. Bridges resigned in 1859 after being implicated in a number of scandals, and left Hong Kong in 1861. Bridges was a member of the Masonic order in Hong Kong.
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong's First [online].
[Worshipful Master, Victoria Lodge 1026 (1891). Member, Board of Trustees of the Hong Kong and South China Masonic Benevolence Fund (1893, at the time when an application was made to the Legislative Council to incorporate the Fund).]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, November 27, 1890, p.2, Victoria Lodge No. 1026. The Hong Kong Government Gazette, April 1, 1893, p.255.
[Senior Warden, Zetland Lodge 525 (1901)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 29, 1900, p.4, Masonic – Zetland Lodge..
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1911)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia 923, p.1.
[Inner Guard (1905); Director of Ceremonies (1906), United Service Lodge 1341]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1905, p.4, United Service Lodge. Hong Kong Telegraph, December 9, 1904, p.4, United Service Lodge.
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1926)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
C
Caldwell, Daniel Richard 高和爾
To be completed shortly.
[Treasurer, Zetland Lodge 525 (1897, 1898). Member, Zetland Hall Trustee (1915).]
Caldwell was an accountant, and later chief clerk, of Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Co.
Caldwell was an accountant, and later chief clerk, of Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Co.
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 2, 1897, p.2.
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1937, 1950)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia 923, p.1.
[Organist, St. John's Lodge 618 (1906)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 13, 1905, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation.
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1912)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia 923, p.1.
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1933)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia 923, p.1.
temp. notes:
Chan Tai-kwong 陳大光 - b.1827-d.1882; a protégé of the first Bishop of Victoria, George Smith; trained to be an evangelist (1850); while placed under probation before being ordained as a priest, licensed by the Bishop to peach to prisoners in the Victoria Goal; appointed assistant tutor in the St. Paul’s College where the Bishop served as the warden, despite the fact that Chan was deficient in both Chinese and English languages; quitted working for the church and took a job as a government interpreter (1856); became an Opium Farmer, a term used at the time to refer to the holder of the Opium Monopoly of the right to prepare and sell opium (1858); implicated in the corruption investigation of Acting Colonial Secretary William Thomas Bridges; caught in financial problems and disappeared from Hong Kong (1858); reappeared in 1867 and took over from Ng Choy 伍才as the Chinese Clerk and Shroff to the Court of Summary Jurisdiction, a position he held until his death in 1882; member, General Committee of the Tung Wah Hospital; Chan Tai-Kwong would very likely be the first Hong Kong Chinese to be initiated a Freemason
Chan Tai-kwong 陳大光 - b.1827-d.1882; a protégé of the first Bishop of Victoria, George Smith; trained to be an evangelist (1850); while placed under probation before being ordained as a priest, licensed by the Bishop to peach to prisoners in the Victoria Goal; appointed assistant tutor in the St. Paul’s College where the Bishop served as the warden, despite the fact that Chan was deficient in both Chinese and English languages; quitted working for the church and took a job as a government interpreter (1856); became an Opium Farmer, a term used at the time to refer to the holder of the Opium Monopoly of the right to prepare and sell opium (1858); implicated in the corruption investigation of Acting Colonial Secretary William Thomas Bridges; caught in financial problems and disappeared from Hong Kong (1858); reappeared in 1867 and took over from Ng Choy 伍才as the Chinese Clerk and Shroff to the Court of Summary Jurisdiction, a position he held until his death in 1882; member, General Committee of the Tung Wah Hospital; Chan Tai-Kwong would very likely be the first Hong Kong Chinese to be initiated a Freemason
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong's First [online].
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1908)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[District Grand Master, Hong Kong and South China, E.C. (1882). Director of Ceremonies, Perseverance Lodge 1165 (1904)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 19, 1903, p.2, Masonic Affairs. Hong Kong's First [online].
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Telegraph, December 9, 1904, p.4, United Service Lodge.
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1882). Member, Board of Trustees of the Hong Kong and South China Masonic Benevolence Fund (1893, at the time when an application was made to the Legislative Council to incorporate the Fund).]
Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, April 1, 1893, p.255. The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1903)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[Deputy District Grand Master, Hong Kong and South China, EC 91910)]
Clarke was the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong and was instrumental in the formation of the University of Hong Kong Lodge No.3666. It was him, as the Deputy Grand Master, who forwarded the application to the Grand Master in Scotland.
Clarke was the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong and was instrumental in the formation of the University of Hong Kong Lodge No.3666. It was him, as the Deputy Grand Master, who forwarded the application to the Grand Master in Scotland.
Selected bibliography: Choa, G.H., The Life and Times of Sir Kai Ho Kai, The Chinese University Press, 2000, p.27. The Straits Times, April 5, 1910, p.7, Freemasonry at Hong Kong.
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1932)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
temp. notes:
Charles Siant George Cleverly 基化厘, architect, civil servant, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from 1842 to 1865. He was the acting Assistant Surveyor General of Hong Kong in 1846. He was the Surveyor General 量地官 between 1847 and 1865. He was a trustee of the St. John's Church in 1850 as well a council of the Royal Asiatic Society, China Branch in the same year. Cleverly retired in 1865 due to ill health. He received his first pension payment of £416 from the Hong Kong Government on April 28, 1865. Cleverly was responsible for the designs of the following landmark buildings: Government House (1854), Old Stanley Police Station (1859), St. John's Cathedral (1849), and Zetland Hall (1853).
Charles Siant George Cleverly 基化厘, architect, civil servant, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from 1842 to 1865. He was the acting Assistant Surveyor General of Hong Kong in 1846. He was the Surveyor General 量地官 between 1847 and 1865. He was a trustee of the St. John's Church in 1850 as well a council of the Royal Asiatic Society, China Branch in the same year. Cleverly retired in 1865 due to ill health. He received his first pension payment of £416 from the Hong Kong Government on April 28, 1865. Cleverly was responsible for the designs of the following landmark buildings: Government House (1854), Old Stanley Police Station (1859), St. John's Cathedral (1849), and Zetland Hall (1853).
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong's First [online].
[Member, Board of Trustees of the Hong Kong and South China Masonic Benevolence Fund (1893, at the time when an application was made to the Legislative Council to incorporate the Fund).]
Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, April 1, 1893, p.255.
[Junior Deacon, Zetland Lodge 525 (1908)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 28, 1907, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation.
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1905)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1937)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Senior Warden, St. John's Lodge 618 (1909)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 14, 1908, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation.
[Worshipful Master, Zetland Lodge 525 (1886)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1886.
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1910)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[Director of Ceremonies, Victoria Lodge 1026 (1904)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Weekly Press, December 128, 1903, p.9, Victoria Lodge.
[Director of Ceremonies, St. John's Lodge 618 (1909)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 14, 1908, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation.
[Junior Deacon (1904); Senior Deacon (1905); Master (1908), Zetland Lodge 525]
Crapnell was employed by Land Crawford & Co. as a book-keeper from 1906 and in the same capacity by the stocks brokerage firm, Moxon & Taylor, from 1912 to 1917 (and probably to a later year). A Camellia found by Crapnell's good friend and fellow botanist, W.J. Tutcher, also of Zetland 525, from Mount Parker 柏架山 in April 1903 was named Camellia Crapnelliana 紅皮糙果茶 (or 克氏茶) in Crapnell's honor. Crapnell was a member of the Wigwam Tennis Club; he won a club trophy (a silver goblet in Chinese design) in 1908. #161, The Peak was listed as Crapnell's address in 1919. Crapnell was married with at least one child.
Crapnell was employed by Land Crawford & Co. as a book-keeper from 1906 and in the same capacity by the stocks brokerage firm, Moxon & Taylor, from 1912 to 1917 (and probably to a later year). A Camellia found by Crapnell's good friend and fellow botanist, W.J. Tutcher, also of Zetland 525, from Mount Parker 柏架山 in April 1903 was named Camellia Crapnelliana 紅皮糙果茶 (or 克氏茶) in Crapnell's honor. Crapnell was a member of the Wigwam Tennis Club; he won a club trophy (a silver goblet in Chinese design) in 1908. #161, The Peak was listed as Crapnell's address in 1919. Crapnell was married with at least one child.
Selected bibliography: Auction Flex [online]. The China Mail, December 29, 1903, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation; December 28, 1907, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation. Gwulo: Old Hong Kong [online]. Hong Kong Daily Press, December 28, 1904, p.2, Zetland Lodge. Honolulu Star-Bulletin, October 27, 1914, p.2. The journal of the Linnean Society of London, 1906, Vol.37, London: Linnean Society of London, 1906, pp.63-64. The Straits Times, July 16, 1918, p.8, Hong Kong Tribunal.
[Senior Warden (1883); Master (1886, 1887), St. John's Lodge 618]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Telegraph, December 12, 1882, p.2. The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1923)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia 923, p.1.
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Telegraph, December 9, 1904, p.4, United Service Lodge.
[Secretary, St. John's Lodge 618 (1906)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 13, 1905, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation.
D
Dand, A.A. (Eastern Scotia 923)
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1935, 1936)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia 923, p.1.
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1920, 1921)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1931)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1906)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1912)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[Steward, United Service Lodge 1341 (1905)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Telegraph, December 9, 1904, p.4, United Service Lodge.
[Junior Warden, Zetland Lodge 525 (1887)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1886.
Dennys was born in Hampshire in 1852. He was admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong in January 1874 and practiced as a solicitor, notary public and patent agent. He was name partner of the solicitors firm, Dennys & Mosop; his partner was William H.R. Mossop. He was the Secretary, Librian and Curator of the City Hall from 1877 to 1900. He was appointed Crown Solicitor in 1896 and continued until 1900. He was admitted as a solicitor of the British Consular Court in China and Japan. He was a foreign [non-resident] member of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents.
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong's First [online]. Who's Who in the Far East 1906-7, Hong Kong: China Mail, 1907.
[Junior Deacon (1909), Master (1910), St. John's Lodge 618]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 14, 1908, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation. The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1893). Member, Board of Trustees of the Hong Kong and South China Masonic Benevolence Fund (1893, at the time when an application was made to the Legislative Council to incorporate the Fund).]
Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, April 1, 1893, p.255. The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Worshipful Master, United Service Lodge 1341 (1904)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Telegraph, December 9, 1904, p.4, United Service Lodge.
[Organist, Zetland Lodge 525 (1904)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 29, 1903, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation.
[Steward (1905); Senior Warden (1908), Zetland Lodge 525]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 28, 1907, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation. Hong Kong Daily Press, December 28, 1904, p.2, Zetland Lodge.
[Worshipful Master, Zetland Lodge 525 (1850)]
Read feature article about Sandwith Drinker: Philadelphia Quaker, Soldier Of Fortune
Read feature article about Sandwith Drinker: Philadelphia Quaker, Soldier Of Fortune
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong's First [online].
[Founder and first office bearer (Treasurer)(1878); Master (1880), St. John's Lodge 618]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1930)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1936)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
E
Eccleshall, Sidney (Naval & Military 848)
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1920, 1922). Deputy District Grand Master; Honorary Junior Grand Deacon, Hong Kong and South China EC (1939)]
Eccleshall He was a Sanitary Inspector first appointed probably in 1932. He was authorized to perform vaccination by the Hong Kong Government on December 20, 1940. He was enlisted in the Hong Kong Defense Reserve on January 25, 1940 under Key-Posts Group, and was reassigned to Combatant Group on July 10, 1940. He was interned at the Stanley Camp during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. He, together with A. Tarbuck, R. Cunningham, W.H. Bailey, J.N. Fitzgerald, and several others were the only Freemasons allowed to hold meetings inside an internment camp in Hong Kong. He was a member of the [British] Royal Sanitary Institute. Eccleshall died in 1948.
[There was a Sidney Eccleshall who was with the British Royal Army Medical Corps (service #7194) and served in World War One. I wonder if they were related.]
Eccleshall He was a Sanitary Inspector first appointed probably in 1932. He was authorized to perform vaccination by the Hong Kong Government on December 20, 1940. He was enlisted in the Hong Kong Defense Reserve on January 25, 1940 under Key-Posts Group, and was reassigned to Combatant Group on July 10, 1940. He was interned at the Stanley Camp during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. He, together with A. Tarbuck, R. Cunningham, W.H. Bailey, J.N. Fitzgerald, and several others were the only Freemasons allowed to hold meetings inside an internment camp in Hong Kong. He was a member of the [British] Royal Sanitary Institute. Eccleshall died in 1948.
[There was a Sidney Eccleshall who was with the British Royal Army Medical Corps (service #7194) and served in World War One. I wonder if they were related.]
Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, January 26, 1940, #105; July 12, 1940, #785; December 20, 1940, #1371. Lives of the First World War [online]. The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1. The Sydney Morning Herald, October 16, 1948, p.10
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1913, 1927)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
Selected bibliography: Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch [online].
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1918)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Past Senior Warden, Victoria Lodge 1026 (n.d.). Founder and first officer bearer (Master and Secretary)(1878); Master (1879), St. John's Lodge 618]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Telegraph, December 9, 1904, p.4, United Service Lodge.
F
Fagan, William John (Zetland 525)
[Worshipful Master, Zetland Lodge 525 (1848). District Senior Warden, Hong Kong and South China EC (1850).]
Fagan was a British Army civilian employee. He was Treasury Clerk in the Commissariat.
Fagan was a British Army civilian employee. He was Treasury Clerk in the Commissariat.
Selected bibliography: Biographical Dictionary of Residents of Hong Kong, the First 10 Years (1841-1850) [online].
[Worshipful Master, Zetland Lodge 525 (1887)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1886.
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1898). Master, East Scotia Lodge 923 (1902)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia 923, p.1; Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1924, 1926, 1932)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia 923, p.1.
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1941, 1946)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia 923, p.1.
[Steward (1904); Inner Guard (1905); Senior Deacon (1908), Zetland Lodge 525. Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1906).]
Fittock was employed by Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd. as a foreman shipwright to work at its Kowloon Dock in 1905 (and probably in some other years also).
Fittock was employed by Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd. as a foreman shipwright to work at its Kowloon Dock in 1905 (and probably in some other years also).
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 29, 1903, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation; December 28, 1907, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation. Gwulo:Old Hong Kong [online]. Hong Kong Daily Press, December 28, 1904, p.2, Zetland Lodge. The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia No.923 [1] [online].
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1929)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[Organist, Zetland Lodge 525 (1901)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 29, 1900, p.4, Masonic – Zetland Lodge..
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1904)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 19, 1903, p.2, Masonic Affairs.
[Member, Board of Trustees of the Hong Kong and South China Masonic Benevolence Fund (1893, at the time when an application was made to the Legislative Council to incorporate the Fund).]
Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, April 1, 1893, p.255.
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1916)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[Junior Deacon, Zetland Lodge 525 (1850).]
Fox was employed by the mercantile firm Bush & Co. as an assistant in 1850.
Fox was employed by the mercantile firm Bush & Co. as an assistant in 1850.
Selected bibliography: Biographical Dictionary of Residents of Hong Kong, the First 10 Years (1841-1850) [online].
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1883)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1925, 1926, 1946)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
G
Garrod, H.G. (United Service 1341)
[Senior Deacon (1905); Senior Warden (1906), United Service Lodge 1341]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1905, p.4, United Service Lodge. Hong Kong Telegraph, December 9, 1904, p.4, United Service Lodge.
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1934)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1923)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1928)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[Senior Warden, Zetland Lodge 525 (1887). Member, Board of Trustees of the Hong Kong and South China Masonic Benevolence Fund (1893, at the time when an application was made to the Legislative Council to incorporate the Fund).]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1886. The Hong Kong Government Gazette, April 1, 1893, p.255.
[Senior Warden (1905); Master (1906), United Service Lodge 1341]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1905, p.4, United Service Lodge. Hong Kong Telegraph, December 9, 1904, p.4, United Service Lodge.
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1929)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Senior Deacon, St. John's Lodge 618 (1909)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 14, 1908, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation.
[Senior Deacon, Victoria Lodge 1026 (1904)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Weekly Press, December 128, 1903, p.9, Victoria Lodge.
[Tyler, Zetland Lodge 525 (1850).]
Goodings was the Usher pf the Magistrate Court in 1850.
Goodings was the Usher pf the Magistrate Court in 1850.
Selected bibliography: Biographical Dictionary of Residents of Hong Kong, the First 10 Years (1841-1850) [online].
[Second Steward, St. John's Lodge 618 (1906)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 13, 1905, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation.
[Worshipful Master, United Service Lodge 1341 (1887)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1886.
[Secretary, Victoria Lodge 1026 (1904). Member, Board of Trustees of the Hong Kong and South China Masonic Benevolence Fund (1893, at the time when an application was made to the Legislative Council to incorporate the Fund).]
Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, April 1, 1893, p.255. Hong Kong Weekly Press, December 128, 1903, p.9, Victoria Lodge.
[Senior Warden, Victoria Lodge 1026 (1904)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Weekly Press, December 128, 1903, p.9, Victoria Lodge.
[Senior Deacon (1901); Junior Warden (1908), Zetland Lodge 525. Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1905)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 29, 1900, p.4, Masonic – Zetland Lodge; December 28, 1907, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation. The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia, p.1.
[Treasurer (1883); Master (1885), St. John's Lodge 618]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Telegraph, December 12, 1882, p.2. The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Weekly Press, December 128, 1903, p.9, Victoria Lodge.
H
Hageiberg, J (Victoria 1026)
[Steward, Victoria Lodge 1026 (1904)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Weekly Press, December 128, 1903, p.9, Victoria Lodge.
[Junior Warden (1901); Secretary (1908), Zetland Lodge 525]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 29, 1900, p.4, Masonic – Zetland Lodge; December 28, 1907, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation.
[Chaplain, United Service Lodge 1341 (1905)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Telegraph, December 9, 1904, p.4, United Service Lodge.
Hart-Milner, born in Macau in 1848, was an English teacher at the Escola Comercial de Macau 澳門商業學校. He later removed to Hong Kong and became the sub-editor of the Hong Kong Telegraph. He was a member of the St. John's Lodge. He died in Hong Kong in July 11, 1889 and was buried at the Hong Kong Cemetery. The memorial was erected by members of the lodge.
Selected bibliography: Find A Grave [online]. Nery, Felipe B., A Collection of Poems and Essays of the Past Decades Involving Discussions of Important Matters & Topics, Bloomington: Authorhouse, 2008, p.353.
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1908, 1913)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia 923, p.1.
Hatherly was the Secretary of the Masonic Club. The Club opened in March 1887 in Ice House Lane. On January 8, 1891, a resolution was passed at an extraordinary general meeting of its member that the club be wound up voluntarily. Hatherly was tasked to appoint a liquidator for the process.
Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, January 31, 1891, p.73.
[Member, Board of Trustees of the Hong Kong and South China Masonic Benevolence Fund (1893, at the time when an application was made to the Legislative Council to incorporate the Fund).]
Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, April 1, 1893, p.255.
[Junior Deacon, St. John's Lodge 618 (1883)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Telegraph, December 12, 1882, p.2.
[Organist, Zetland Lodge 525 (1905, 1908)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 28, 1907, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation. Hong Kong Daily Press, December 28, 1904, p.2, Zetland Lodge.
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1917, 1918, 1920)]
Highy was a paid soldier in the Hong Kong Volunteer Corps. He was listed as Corps Sergeant Major in 1912 and as Lieutenant and Quarter Master in 1919.
Highy was Corps Sergeant Major in the Hong Kong Volunteer Corps in 1903
Highy was a paid soldier in the Hong Kong Volunteer Corps. He was listed as Corps Sergeant Major in 1912 and as Lieutenant and Quarter Master in 1919.
Highy was Corps Sergeant Major in the Hong Kong Volunteer Corps in 1903
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Government, Civil Establishments for the Years 1912, 1919. The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia 923, p.1.
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1907)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1930, 1931)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia 923, p.1.
[Worshipful Master, Perseverance Lodge 1165 (1904)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 19, 1903, p.2, Masonic Affairs.
Selected bibliography: Choa, G.H., The Life and Times of Sir Kai Ho Kai, The Chinese University Press, 2000, p.27.
[Inner Guard, St. John's Lodge 618 (1909)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 14, 1908, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation.
[Treasurer, United Service Lodge 1341 (1905, 1906)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1905, p.4, United Service Lodge. Hong Kong Telegraph, December 9, 1904, p.4, United Service Lodge.
[Treasurer, Perseverance Lodge 1165 (1904)]
temp. notes:
Holyoak was Chairman of HSBC for fiscal 1918. merchant, head of Reiss and Co. and later Holyoak, Massey and Co., Ltd.; Chairman (1917/18, 1920/21, 1925), Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce; Member, Legislative Council (1915-1926); Captain, Royal Hong Kong Golf Club (1921); President, Royal Society of St. George Hong Kong Branch (1918/19); President, Aero Club (1920).
temp. notes:
Holyoak was Chairman of HSBC for fiscal 1918. merchant, head of Reiss and Co. and later Holyoak, Massey and Co., Ltd.; Chairman (1917/18, 1920/21, 1925), Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce; Member, Legislative Council (1915-1926); Captain, Royal Hong Kong Golf Club (1921); President, Royal Society of St. George Hong Kong Branch (1918/19); President, Aero Club (1920).
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 19, 1904, p.2, Masonic Affairs.
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1900)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[Member, Board of Trustees of the Hong Kong and South China Masonic Benevolence Fund (1893, at the time when an application was made to the Legislative Council to incorporate the Fund).]
Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, April 1, 1893, p.255.
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1902)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[Deputy Grand Master, Hong Kong and South China, E.C. (1907)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 28, 1907, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation.
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1896). Deputy District Grand Master, Hong Kong and South China, EC (1909)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online]. The Straits Times, April 5, 1910, p.7, Freemasonry at Hong Kong.
[Worshipful Master, Victoria Lodge 1026 (1926). District Grand Master, Hong Kong and South China E.C. (1926, vice Percy Hobson Holyoak, deceased)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong's First
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1925)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[Organist, Perseverance Lodge 1165 (1904)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 19, 1903, p.2, Masonic Affairs.
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1914, 1917)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1904)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1915)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
I
Inglis, A.L. (Perseverance 1165)
Inglis was the acting Registrar General (vice Samuel Fearon) in 1846 and became the Registrar General in 1848. He was the Assistant Harbor Master in 1851. He went to California for the gold rush in 1851.
Selected bibliography: Biographical Dictionary of Residents of Hong Kong, the First 10 Years (1841-1850) [online].
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Jack, J.M. (St. John's 618)
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1914)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1903)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 19, 1903, p.2, Masonic Affairs.
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Telegraph, December 9, 1904, p.4, United Service Lodge.
[Founder and first office bearer (Tyler), St. John's Lodge 618 (1878)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1903)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Senior Deacon (1906); Master (1908), St. John's Lodge 618]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 13, 1905, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation. The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Founder and first office bearer (Junior Deacon), St. John's Lodge 618 (1878)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Steward (1905); Junior Deacon (1906), United Service Lodge 1341]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1905, p.4, United Service Lodge. Hong Kong Telegraph, December 9, 1904, p.4, United Service Lodge.
[Member, Board of Trustees of the Hong Kong and South China Masonic Benevolence Fund (1893, at the time when an application was made to the Legislative Council to incorporate the Fund).]
temp. notes:
Jordan, Gregory Paul (1885-1921)
(updated August 27, 2013) b. February 6, 1858, Calcutta – d. December 4, 1921, London. Edinburgh Univ., MB August 2, 1880; CM October 21, 1884. Studied in Vienna and Paris, and at St. Thomas’s Hospital. Registered to practice Hong Kong June 6, 1885. Private practitioner, name partner, Drs. Adams and Jordan 1885-89+, address: Pedder Street 1885-89 (the practice would evolve into Drs. Anderson & Partners); principal partner, Drs. Jordan, Forsyth, Grove & Aubrey 1921-24+, address: Alexandra Building 1921-24+. HKGov., Provisional Health Officer of the Port and Inspector of Immigrants (vice William Stanley Adams, resigned) May 1, 1888; Surgeon-Superintendent of Police ca.1914-18. Consulting Surgeon, Alice Memorial Hospital. HKBMA, co-founder and inaugural Secretary September 1886. HKCMC, member of Founding Committee 1887; lecturer in Eye Diseases 1903-12; head of Surgical Department 1889-96. HKU, first Pro-Vice-Chancellor 1913-21; first professor, Tropical Medicine 1915-21; acting Chancellor 1918-12; life member of University Court since 1911; University Senate 1912. Freemasony: first Grand Master, District Grand Lodge, Hong Kong and South China November 3, 1904 - 1921. Club: Hong Kong Club. Residence: #36 Caine Road 1885-1888+. Left Hong Kong for England due to ill-health 1921. Honor: Hon.LLD, HKU 1921; naming of Jordan Road in Kowloon [1].
[Jordan was the nephew of Paul Chater, Hong Kong’s first property tycoon.]
[1] Six Street and Gascoigne Road South was renamed Jordan Road on March 19, 1909. Gascoigne Road 加士居道 is named after Major-General William Julius Gascoigne, Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong and Hong Kong's last Lieutenant Governor 1898-1902.
temp. notes:
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| Gregory Paul Jordan |
(updated August 27, 2013) b. February 6, 1858, Calcutta – d. December 4, 1921, London. Edinburgh Univ., MB August 2, 1880; CM October 21, 1884. Studied in Vienna and Paris, and at St. Thomas’s Hospital. Registered to practice Hong Kong June 6, 1885. Private practitioner, name partner, Drs. Adams and Jordan 1885-89+, address: Pedder Street 1885-89 (the practice would evolve into Drs. Anderson & Partners); principal partner, Drs. Jordan, Forsyth, Grove & Aubrey 1921-24+, address: Alexandra Building 1921-24+. HKGov., Provisional Health Officer of the Port and Inspector of Immigrants (vice William Stanley Adams, resigned) May 1, 1888; Surgeon-Superintendent of Police ca.1914-18. Consulting Surgeon, Alice Memorial Hospital. HKBMA, co-founder and inaugural Secretary September 1886. HKCMC, member of Founding Committee 1887; lecturer in Eye Diseases 1903-12; head of Surgical Department 1889-96. HKU, first Pro-Vice-Chancellor 1913-21; first professor, Tropical Medicine 1915-21; acting Chancellor 1918-12; life member of University Court since 1911; University Senate 1912. Freemasony: first Grand Master, District Grand Lodge, Hong Kong and South China November 3, 1904 - 1921. Club: Hong Kong Club. Residence: #36 Caine Road 1885-1888+. Left Hong Kong for England due to ill-health 1921. Honor: Hon.LLD, HKU 1921; naming of Jordan Road in Kowloon [1].
[Jordan was the nephew of Paul Chater, Hong Kong’s first property tycoon.]
[1] Six Street and Gascoigne Road South was renamed Jordan Road on March 19, 1909. Gascoigne Road 加士居道 is named after Major-General William Julius Gascoigne, Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong and Hong Kong's last Lieutenant Governor 1898-1902.
Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, June 6, 1885, Notice; March 19, 1909, Notice #184; June 2, 1911, Appt. #163. Mellor, Bernard, Lugard in Hong Kong: Empire, Education and A Governor at Work, 1907-1912, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1992.[2] HKCMC teaches transferred to the staff of the Faculty of Medicine, HKU in 1912 were: Francis William Clark, Charles Forsyth, Arthur C. Franklin, Gregory Paul Jordan, Frederick Theobald Keyt, Wilfred Vincent Miller Koch, Harold MacFarlane, Oswald Marriott and Wilfred William Pearse.
Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, April 1, 1893, p.255.
K
Keating, J (Zetland 525, St. John's 618)
[Founder and first officer bearer (Senior Deacon)(1878); Master (1881, 1884), St. John's Lodge 618]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Secretary, United Service Lodge 1341 (1905, 1906)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1905, p.4, United Service Lodge. Hong Kong Telegraph, December 9, 1904, p.4, United Service Lodge.
[Chaplain, St. John's Lodge 618 (1909)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 14, 1908, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation.
[Steward (1904); Treasurer (1905); Master (1907), Zetland Lodge 525]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 29, 1903, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation; December 28, 1907, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation. Hong Kong Daily Press, December 28, 1904, p.2, Zetland Lodge.
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1892)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Director of Ceremonies, St. John's Lodge 618 (1883)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Telegraph, December 12, 1882, p.2.
[Steward, Perseverance Lodge 1165 (1904)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 19, 1903, p.2, Masonic Affairs.
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Lambert, J. (Zetland 525)
[Steward, Zetland Lodge 525 (1908)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 28, 1907, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation.
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| George P. Lammert, 1908. Credit: Twentieth Century Impression of Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Other Treaty Ports of China |
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong's First [online]. Hong Kong Weekly Press, December 128, 1903, p.9, Victoria Lodge.
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1905)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1910)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia 923, p.1.
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong's First [online].
Lena was the Assistant Harbor Master in 1846. He worked for the Census and Registration Office as an assistant in 1850. Lena probably was the only Italian employed by the Hong Kong Government in the 1840-50's.
Selected bibliography: Biographical Dictionary of Residents of Hong Kong, the First 10 Years (1841-1850) [online].
[Junior Deacon (1905); Junior Warden (1906), United Service Lodge 1341]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1905, p.4, United Service Lodge. Hong Kong Telegraph, December 9, 1904, p.4, United Service Lodge.
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1891)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Deputy District Grand Master (w.e.f. February 1876)].
Linstead died on April 30, 1881.
Linstead died on April 30, 1881.
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, March 1, 1876, p.2. Eitel, E.J., Europe in China: the History of Hong Kong from the Beginning to the Year 1882, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh, 1895, p.566.
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1919)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[Member, Board of Trustees of the Hong Kong and South China Masonic Benevolence Fund (1893, at the time when an application was made to the Legislative Council to incorporate the Fund).]
Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, April 1, 1893, p.255.
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1938)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia 923, p.1.
[Worshipful Master (1899); Director of Ceremonies (1906), St. John's Lodge 618]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 13, 1905, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation. The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1918)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1925)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia 923, p.1.
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1935)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Organist (1905); Senior Deacon (1906), United Service Lodge 1341]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1905, p.4, United Service Lodge. Hong Kong Telegraph, December 9, 1904, p.4, United Service Lodge.
[Worshipful Master, Victoria Lodge 1026 (1904)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 19, 1903, p.2, Masonic Affairs.
[Inner Guard, Perseverance Lodge 1165 (1904)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 19, 1903, p.2, Masonic Affairs.
[Director of Ceremonies (1904); Junior Deacon (1905), Zetland Lodge 525]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 29, 1903, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation. Hong Kong Daily Press, December 28, 1904, p.2, Zetland Lodge.
[Member, Board of Trustees of the Hong Kong and South China Masonic Benevolence Fund (1893, at the time when an application was made to the Legislative Council to incorporate the Fund).]
Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, April 1, 1893, p.255.
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Ma Luk 馬祿臣
temp. Notes:
b.1882, Hunan 湖南 (or 1883, Hong Kong) – d.1963, Hong Kong. Variant name(s): in Chinese 馬六. Hong Kong nlt.1900.
m. Li Huiying 李惠英 (educator, lawyer and promoter of Taiwan Strait relations; remarried writer and political commentator Tao Mulian 陶慕廉 after Ma's death). Had issues: 1. Ma Chiu-chong 馬超莊; 2. Ma Chiu-ki 馬超奇. 3. Ma Chiu-kuen 馬超權 (later Ma Shiu Kwan 馬兆君); 4. Ma Kwai-ying 馬桂英 [please refer to the comments (below) posted by Mr. Kent Ma on October 25, 2014]. According to the February 5, 1936 issue of the Wen Wei Po 文匯報, which had reported Ma's passing, Ma was survived by his wife, three sons, two daughters, seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
[Ma was a good friend and keen supporter of Sun Yat-sen.]
[1] LMSHK was the qualification awarded to graduates of the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese HKCMC (1887-1912). Holders of LMSHK were not authorized to practice as private practitioners until July 8, 1908[a]. From that day on they were permitted to practice as "exempted persons", but not to be listed in the Medical Register and not be addressed officially as "Dr".
[2] A source I have consulted says Ma was the first Chinese member of the Masonic order in Hong Kong. This cannot be true, early Chinese freemasons in Hong Kong had included such people as Ho Kai and Wei Yuk, years before Ma’s time.
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| Ma Luk. Credit: The Chinese Club, Hong Kong. |
HONG KONG. LMSHK 1905. Authorized to practice July 8, 1908 - EOP[1]. Public Dispensary, West Point 1908. Private practitioner net.1908-EOP, address: 3/F., King's Theatre Building (tel: 26504) 1941. Authorized medical practitioner to sign medical certificates of death 1908-EOP. Inaugural directors of the board of Yeung Wo Nursing Home 1922. Vice President, HKCMA 1933-34. Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, status of the practice unknown. Resumed practice after the war nlt.1948-1960 (or shortly before he died in 1963) at prewar address, with two sons, Ma Chiu-chong 馬超莊 and Ma Chiu-ki 馬超奇. Chairman, Chinese Club 華商會所 1900-1927. Freemason[2]. Ma died by heart failure in his Caine Road residence in the small hours of February 4, 1936. The funeral service was held in the St. John Cathedral two days later; he was buried at the Christian Cemetery in Pok Fu Lam Road 薄扶林道基督教墳場 (present day Hong Kong Christian Churches Union Pok Fu Lam Road Cemetery).
m. Li Huiying 李惠英 (educator, lawyer and promoter of Taiwan Strait relations; remarried writer and political commentator Tao Mulian 陶慕廉 after Ma's death). Had issues: 1. Ma Chiu-chong 馬超莊; 2. Ma Chiu-ki 馬超奇. 3. Ma Chiu-kuen 馬超權 (later Ma Shiu Kwan 馬兆君); 4. Ma Kwai-ying 馬桂英 [please refer to the comments (below) posted by Mr. Kent Ma on October 25, 2014]. According to the February 5, 1936 issue of the Wen Wei Po 文匯報, which had reported Ma's passing, Ma was survived by his wife, three sons, two daughters, seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
[Ma was a good friend and keen supporter of Sun Yat-sen.]
[1] LMSHK was the qualification awarded to graduates of the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese HKCMC (1887-1912). Holders of LMSHK were not authorized to practice as private practitioners until July 8, 1908[a]. From that day on they were permitted to practice as "exempted persons", but not to be listed in the Medical Register and not be addressed officially as "Dr".
[a] There were hospital appointments, more particularly at missionary or charitable hospitals, prior to 1908. For instance, Kwan King-leung 關景良, LMSHK 1893, was permitted to practice at the Alice Memorial Hospital 1893.
[2] A source I have consulted says Ma was the first Chinese member of the Masonic order in Hong Kong. This cannot be true, early Chinese freemasons in Hong Kong had included such people as Ho Kai and Wei Yuk, years before Ma’s time.
Selected bibliography: Chinese Club, Hong Kong [internet]. The Hong Kong Government Gazette, July 10, 1908, Notice #482; May 9, 1941, Notice #558.
[Member, Zetland Hall Trustee (1915).]
MacDonald was an engineer and proprietor of the firm, MacDonald & Co. He was the chieftains of the St. Andrew's Society in Hong Kong 1915-16.
MacDonald was an engineer and proprietor of the firm, MacDonald & Co. He was the chieftains of the St. Andrew's Society in Hong Kong 1915-16.
MacDonnel was the 6th Governor of Hong Kong (1866-1872).
Selected bibliography: South Australia Register (Adelaide), March 4, 1862, p.3.
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1913)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Member, Board of Trustees of the Hong Kong and South China Masonic Benevolence Fund (1893, at the time when an application was made to the Legislative Council to incorporate the Fund).]
Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, April 1, 1893, p.255.
[Treasurer, United Service Lodge 1341 (1887)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1886.
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1888, 1894)]
Selected bibliography: The Celtic Lodge, Edinburgh & Leith No.291 [online]. The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1939)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia 923, p.1.
[Junior Warden, Zetland Lodge 525 (1850).]
Marsh worked as a clerk in the Post Office in 1850.
Marsh worked as a clerk in the Post Office in 1850.
Selected bibliography: Biographical Dictionary of Residents of Hong Kong, the First 10 Years (1841-1850) [online].
[Member, Board of Trustees of the Hong Kong and South China Masonic Benevolence Fund (1893, at the time when an application was made to the Legislative Council to incorporate the Fund).]
Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, April 1, 1893, p.255.
[Tyler, Zetland Lodge 525 and United Service Lodge 1341 (1887, 1898, 1901)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1886; December 2, 1897, p.2; December 29, 1900, p.4, Masonic - Zetland Lodge.
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1912)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1909)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia 923, p.1.
[Senior Deacon, Zetland Lodge 525 (1850).]
McGregor was a British Army civilian employee; he worked for the Office of the Deputy Inspector General of Hospital as a clerk in 1850. Hollywood road was listed as his address in 1850.
McGregor was a British Army civilian employee; he worked for the Office of the Deputy Inspector General of Hospital as a clerk in 1850. Hollywood road was listed as his address in 1850.
Selected bibliography: Biographical Dictionary of Residents of Hong Kong, the First 10 Years (1841-1850) [online].
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1922)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1924)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1915)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[Member (December 29, 1913). Master, University Lodge (1919). Deputy Grand Master (1931-35). District Grand Master (1935-38)]
McPherson was the General Secretary of YMCA between 1905 and 1935.
McPherson was the General Secretary of YMCA between 1905 and 1935.
Selected bibliography: J.L. McPherson, Hong Kong YMCA: General Secretary 1905-1935 [online].
[Senior Warden, Perseverance Lodge 1165 (1904)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 19, 1903, p.2, Masonic Affairs.
[Treasurer, Victoria Lodge 1026 (1903)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Telegraph, November 24, 1902, p.4, Victoria Lodge.
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1889)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Member, Zetland Hall Trustee (1915).]
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| Hormusjee Naorojee Mody. Credit: Twentieth Century Impression of Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Other Treaty Ports of China. |
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong's First [online].
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1919)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia 923, p.1.
[Chaplain, Zetland Lodge 525 (1908)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 28, 1907, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation.
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 29, 1900, p.4, Masonic – Zetland Lodge.
[Treasurer, Zetland Lodge 525 (1850).]
Muir was name partner of the mercantile firm, Syme, Muir & Co. He was listed as a member of the Royal Asiatic Society, China Branch in 1850.
Muir was name partner of the mercantile firm, Syme, Muir & Co. He was listed as a member of the Royal Asiatic Society, China Branch in 1850.
Selected bibliography: Biographical Dictionary of Residents of Hong Kong, the First 10 Years (1841-1850) [online].
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1928)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
N
Nicol, T.S.B. (Eastern Scotia 923)
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1925)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia 923, p.1.
O
O'Neill, J.J. (Zetland 525)
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 29, 1900, p.4, Masonic – Zetland Lodge.
[Worshipful Master, Zetland Lodge 525 (1904)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 28, 1904, p.2, Zetland Lodge.
P
Paine, A.E. (Zetland 525)
[Steward, Zetland Lodge 525 (1908)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 28, 1907, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation.
[Inner Guard, Zetland Lodge 525 (1904)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 29, 1903, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation.
[Tyler, St. John's Lodge 618 (1883)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Telegraph, December 12, 1882, p.2.
[Worshipful Master (1900); Secretary (1904, 1905), Zetland Lodge 525]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 29, 1900, p.4, Masonic – Zetland Lodge; December 29, 1903, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation. Hong Kong Daily Press, December 28, 1904, p.2, Zetland Lodge.
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1940)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia 923, p.1.
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1940)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Inner Guard, Zetland Lodge 525 (1908)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 28, 1907, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation.
[Junior Deacon (1901); Junior Warden (1904); Senior Warden (1905), Zetland Lodge 525]
Purcell was a noted publisher who owned properties in Hong Kong, Yokohama and Calcutta. He was listed as a shareholder of HSBC in 1914. Purcell was a fast runner; he ran 120 yards in 12 seconds at an athletic meeting held in Hong Kong in April 1893. [Ran at the same meeting was David Landale, who would later become Taipan of Jardine, Matheson & Co. He finished 100 yards in 10 seconds.][Their records convert to 10.936 seconds / 100 meters. The world record for 100 meters sprint in 1893 was set by Belgium Etienne De Re at 10.8. Could Purcell and Landale be that fast?]
Purcell was a noted publisher who owned properties in Hong Kong, Yokohama and Calcutta. He was listed as a shareholder of HSBC in 1914. Purcell was a fast runner; he ran 120 yards in 12 seconds at an athletic meeting held in Hong Kong in April 1893. [Ran at the same meeting was David Landale, who would later become Taipan of Jardine, Matheson & Co. He finished 100 yards in 10 seconds.][Their records convert to 10.936 seconds / 100 meters. The world record for 100 meters sprint in 1893 was set by Belgium Etienne De Re at 10.8. Could Purcell and Landale be that fast?]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 29, 1900, p.4, Masonic – Zetland Lodge; December 29, 1903, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation. Hong Kong Daily Press, December 28, 1904, p.2, Zetland Lodge. The Northern Territory Times and Gazette (Darwin), May 5, 1893, p.3. The Straits Times, September 3, 1914, p.3.
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Ralphs, E. (Zetland 525)
[Secretary, Zetland Lodge 525 (1901)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 29, 1900, p.4, Masonic – Zetland Lodge..
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1921)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia 923, p.1.
[Inner Guard, St. John's Lodge 618 (1883)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Telegraph, December 12, 1882, p.2.
[Organist, Zetland Lodge 525 (1887)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1886.
[Deputy District Grand Master, Hong Kong and South China, E.C. (1903, 1904). Member, Board of Trustees of the Hong Kong and South China Masonic Benevolence Fund (1893, at the time when an application was made to the Legislative Council to incorporate the Fund).]
Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, April 1, 1893, p.255. Hong Kong Weekly Press, December 128, 1903, p.9, Victoria Lodge.
[Worshipful Master, Victoria Lodge 1026 (1903)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Weekly Press, December 128, 1903, p.9, Victoria Lodge.
[Member, Board of Trustees of the Hong Kong and South China Masonic Benevolence Fund (1893, at the time when an application was made to the Legislative Council to incorporate the Fund).]
Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, April 1, 1893, p.255.
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1916)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Telegraph, December 9, 1904, p.4, United Service Lodge.
[Secretary, Zetland Lodge 525 (1850).]
Rienaecker worked for the Colonial Treasury and Revenue Office as book-keeper between 1846 and 1850. He was listed as a member of the Committee of the Victoria Library and Reading Room in 1850
Rienaecker worked for the Colonial Treasury and Revenue Office as book-keeper between 1846 and 1850. He was listed as a member of the Committee of the Victoria Library and Reading Room in 1850
Selected bibliography: Biographical Dictionary of Residents of Hong Kong, the First 10 Years (1841-1850) [online].
[Treasurer, St. John's Lodge 618 (1906, 1909). Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1907).]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 13, 1905, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation; December 14, 1908, St. John's Lodge Installation.
[Organist, United Service Lodge 1341 (1906)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1905, p.4, United Service Lodge
[Junior Warden (1909); Master (1911), St. John's Lodge 618]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 14, 1908, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation. The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Telegraph, December 9, 1904, p.4, United Service Lodge.
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1914)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia 923, p.1.
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Telegraph, December 9, 1904, p.4, United Service Lodge.
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Sayer, George John Budds (Zetland 525)
[Worshipful Master (1898); Treasurer (1901, 1904), Zetland Lodge 525. Member, Zetland Hall Trustee (1915).]
Sayer was an authorized architect who practiced in Hong Kong between 1905 and 1915.
Sayer was an authorized architect who practiced in Hong Kong between 1905 and 1915.
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 2, 1897, p.2; December 29, 1900, p.4, Masonic - Zetland Lodge; December 29, 1903, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation.
[Director of Ceremonies, Zetland Lodge 525 (1908)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 28, 1907, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation.
[Senior Deacon, St. John's Lodge 618 (1883)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Telegraph, December 12, 1882, p.2.
[Senior Deacon, Zetland Lodge 525 (1887)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1886.
Seath was a foreman of Taikoo Sugar Refinery. He was Master of St. John's Lodge 618 in 1927 and 1933.
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1938)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Founder and first office bearer (Junior Warden), St. John's Lodge 618 (1878)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Junior Warden, Perseverance Lodge 1165 (1904)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 19, 1903, p.2, Masonic Affairs.
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1901)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[Junior Deacon (1906): Master (1909), St. John's Lodge 618]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 13, 1905, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation. The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Senior Deacon, Perseverance Lodge 1165 (1904)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 19, 1903, p.2, Masonic Affairs.
[Senior Deacon (1904); Junior Warden (1905), Zetland Lodge 525]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 29, 1903, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation. Hong Kong Daily Press, December 28, 1904, p.2, Zetland Lodge.
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1939, 1947)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Junior Deacon (1901); Senior Warden (1905); Master (1905); Treasurer (1908), Zetland Lodge 525]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 29, 1900, p.4, Masonic – Zetland Lodge; December 29, 1903, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation; December 28, 1907, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation. Hong Kong Daily Press, December 28, 1904, p.2, Zetland Lodge.
[Steward, Perseverance Lodge 1165 (1904)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 19, 1903, p.2, Masonic Affairs.
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1906)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1923)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1897)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1890).]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1922)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia 923, p.1.
[Junior Deacon, Zetland Lodge 525 (1887)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1886.
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Tarbuck, A. (Naval & Military 848)
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1931)]
Tarbuck was born in 1886. He worked for Hong Kong Electric Co. from 1927 and until the Fall of Hong Kong in 1941, as a time-keeper and later as an assistant. HKEC Quarters, #22 Ming Yuen, North Point was listed as his address between 1927 and 1939, and 2/F, #456 King's Road in 1940. He was interned at Stag Hotel, Room 310, during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.
Tarbuck was born in 1886. He worked for Hong Kong Electric Co. from 1927 and until the Fall of Hong Kong in 1941, as a time-keeper and later as an assistant. HKEC Quarters, #22 Ming Yuen, North Point was listed as his address between 1927 and 1939, and 2/F, #456 King's Road in 1940. He was interned at Stag Hotel, Room 310, during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.
Selected bibliography: Genes Reunited [online]. Hong Kong Government, Jurors List for 1927 through 1940. Hong Kong War Diary, Civilians [online]. The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1902, 1904)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1919)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
[Steward, Zetland Lodge 525 (1887)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1886.
[Director of Ceremonies, United Service Lodge 1341 (1905)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Telegraph, December 9, 1904, p.4, United Service Lodge.
[Founder and first office bearer (Inner Guard), St. John's Lodge 618 (1878)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Telegraph, December 9, 1904, p.4, United Service Lodge.
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Telegraph, December 9, 1904, p.4, United Service Lodge.
[Member, Board of Trustees of the Hong Kong and South China Masonic Benevolence Fund (1893, at the time when an application was made to the Legislative Council to incorporate the Fund).]
Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, April 1, 1893, p.255.
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 29, 1900, p.4, Masonic – Zetland Lodge.
[Chaplain, Zetland Lodge 525 (1904, 1905)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 29, 1903, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation. Hong Kong Daily Press, December 28, 1904, p.2, Zetland Lodge.
[Worshipful Master, Zetland Lodge 525 (1901)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 29, 1900, p.4, Masonic – Zetland Lodge..
[Senior Warden (1906); Master (1907), St. John's Lodge 618]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 13, 1905, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation. The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
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Vanstone, James (Perseverance 1165, St. John's 618, United Service 1341, Victoria 1026, Zetland 525)
[Junior Warden, St. John's Lodge 618 (1883). District Grand Tyler, Hong Kong and South China, E.C. and S.C.; acted as Tyler in the following lodges: Perseverance Lodge 1165 (1904), St. John's Lodge 618 (1906, 1909), United Service Lodge 1341 (1905, 1906), Victoria Lodge 1026 (1903, 1904), Zetland Lodge 525 (1904, 1905, 1908)]
Vanstone was born in 1847. He came to Hong Kong in 1874. He was verger of St. John's Cathedral between 1904 and 1921. Vanstone was married to Rosina [s.n.]. The marriage bore two daughters, one of them was Lizzie Belle Vanstone who married David MacEwan Mills at St. John's Catherdral on September 27, 1909. He also had a son by his first wife, his son was employed as an engineer in British North Borneo. Vanstone died in Hong Kong on January 2, 1921 and was buried at the Hong Kong Cemetery.
Vanstone was born in 1847. He came to Hong Kong in 1874. He was verger of St. John's Cathedral between 1904 and 1921. Vanstone was married to Rosina [s.n.]. The marriage bore two daughters, one of them was Lizzie Belle Vanstone who married David MacEwan Mills at St. John's Catherdral on September 27, 1909. He also had a son by his first wife, his son was employed as an engineer in British North Borneo. Vanstone died in Hong Kong on January 2, 1921 and was buried at the Hong Kong Cemetery.
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 29, 1903, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation; December 9, 1905, p.4, United Service Lodge; December 28, 1907, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation. Hong Kong Daily Press, December 19, 1903, p.2, Masonic Affairs; December 28, 1904, p.2, Zetland Lodge; December 13, 1905, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation. Hong Kong Telegraph, December 12, 1882, p.2; November 24, 1902, p.4, Victoria Lodge; December 9, 1904, p.4, United Service Lodge.. The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, January 14, 1921, p.6.
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Walstow, A.T. (United Service 1341)
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Telegraph, December 9, 1904, p.4, United Service Lodge.
[Steward, United Service Lodge 1341 (1906)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1905, p.4, United Service Lodge
[First Steward, St. John's Lodge 618 (1909)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 14, 1908, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation.
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1895)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
Selected bibliography: Choa, G.H., The Life and Times of Sir Kai Ho Kai, The Chinese University Press, 2000, p.27.
[Secretary, St. John's Lodge 618 (1883)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Telegraph, December 12, 1882, p.2.
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1909)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[Junior Deacon, Victoria Lodge 1026 (1904)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Weekly Press, December 128, 1903, p.9, Victoria Lodge.
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1934)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia 923, p.1.
[District Grand Senior Warden, Hong Kong and South China, EC (1910)]
Wickham probably was William Henry Wickham, manager of Hong Kong Electric Co., Ltd.
Wickham probably was William Henry Wickham, manager of Hong Kong Electric Co., Ltd.
Selected bibliography: The Straits Times, April 5, 1910, p.7, Freemasonry at Hong Kong.
[Chaplain, United Service Lodge 1341 (1906)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1905, p.4, United Service Lodge
[Treasurer, Zetland Lodge 525 (1887)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1886.
[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1899)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
[Director of Ceremonies, Zetland Lodge 525 (1905)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 28, 1904, p.2, Zetland Lodge.
temp. Notes:
Physician-turned-diplomat
Qualifications: M.D., University of Aberdeen, 1841, dissertation on dysentery; Winchester studied at the University of Aberdeen on other subjects from 1836 to 1839. He had some medical training at University of St. Andrews in 1836-7.
Charles Alexander Winchester (b. year unknown, Aberdeen - d. July 10, 1883, London) was in the British Royal Navy as an assistant surgeon of HMS Cornwallis (appointed on November 20, 1841). He arrived in China at an opportune time, towards the latter part of the First Opium War, that allowed him to witness the signing of the Treaty of Nanking on August 29, 1842 on board the Cornwallis. Some time before the establishment of the British occupation government on March 31, 1842, Winchester was made the island's first assistant Surgeon. He was appointed to the Committee of Public Health and Cleanliness on August 17, 1843. The committee was headed by Peter Young. On October 19, 1843, he was made surgeon for the British legation in Amoy (Xiamen) and appointed British Consul at the same station in the beginning of 1850s, from there he gave up medicine and became a full time diplomat. The photo on the left shows a 1884 Winchester letter sent from Amoy. Winchester went to Japan in 1862, assuming the position of British Consul in Nagasaki, a year later he became the British Consul in Yokohama. He went back to China in 1865 as the British Council General in Shanghai. A small road that ran down the side of the Bank of China's art-deco warehouse which overlooked Soochow Creek was named after him, the Winchester Road 文极司脱路 (present day Wenanlu in Zhabei District 上海閘北區文安路). He retired in 1871 and left Shanghai for London where he died in 1883.
Winchester was born to Charles Winchester (b.1781) and Margaret Day. Winchester senior was a notary public by profession. He was at one time Clerk to the Commutation Road Trustee of the Town of Aberdeen District. He was a member of the Aberdeen University's General Council, a member of the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen, as well as a prominent member of the Aberdeen Lodge of Freemasons. Winchester's elder brother, James Webster Winchester, had a doctor degree in law. He was at one time the Deputy-Inspector General of Hospital, Indian Medical Services, Bombay (Mumbai); and subsequently Secretary of the Conservative Club in Edinburgh. Winchester was married to Jane Black (b. August 18, 1820 – d. October 11, 1967) who died in Shanghai and was buried at the Shantung Road Cemetery 山東路公墓. Their son, Charles Blake Winchester (b.1852, probably in Amoy), was a barrister, who at one time was the assistant Collector and Magistrate of Bombay.
Physician-turned-diplomat
Qualifications: M.D., University of Aberdeen, 1841, dissertation on dysentery; Winchester studied at the University of Aberdeen on other subjects from 1836 to 1839. He had some medical training at University of St. Andrews in 1836-7.
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| A 1884 Winchester letter sent from Amoy |
Winchester was born to Charles Winchester (b.1781) and Margaret Day. Winchester senior was a notary public by profession. He was at one time Clerk to the Commutation Road Trustee of the Town of Aberdeen District. He was a member of the Aberdeen University's General Council, a member of the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen, as well as a prominent member of the Aberdeen Lodge of Freemasons. Winchester's elder brother, James Webster Winchester, had a doctor degree in law. He was at one time the Deputy-Inspector General of Hospital, Indian Medical Services, Bombay (Mumbai); and subsequently Secretary of the Conservative Club in Edinburgh. Winchester was married to Jane Black (b. August 18, 1820 – d. October 11, 1967) who died in Shanghai and was buried at the Shantung Road Cemetery 山東路公墓. Their son, Charles Blake Winchester (b.1852, probably in Amoy), was a barrister, who at one time was the assistant Collector and Magistrate of Bombay.
Selected bibliography: Biographical Dictionary of Medical Practitioners in Hong Kong: 1841-1941 [online].
[Steward, Zetland Lodge 525 (1905)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 28, 1904, p.2, Zetland Lodge.
[Chaplain, St. John's Lodge 618 ([n.d.])]
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[Steward, United Service Lodge 1341 (1906)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1905, p.4, United Service Lodge
[Steward, St. John's Lodge 618 (1883)]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Telegraph, December 12, 1882, p.2.
[Director of Ceremonies, Zetland Lodge 525 (1887)]
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 9, 1886.
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Telegraph, December 9, 1904, p.4, United Service Lodge.
Woo was the son of Wu Lai-woon 胡禮垣.
Selected bibliography: Choa, G.H., The Life and Times of Sir Kai Ho Kai, The Chinese University Press, 2000, p.27.
[Chaplain, Zetland Lodge 525 (1901)]
The Rev. Wright was the Assistant Chaplain at the Mariners' Club between 1900 and 1904.
The Rev. Wright was the Assistant Chaplain at the Mariners' Club between 1900 and 1904.
Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 29, 1900, p.4, Masonic – Zetland Lodge. The Mariners' Club [online].
Wu was the father of Woo Pak-chuen 胡百全.
Selected bibliography: Choa, G.H., The Life and Times of Sir Kai Ho Kai, The Chinese University Press, 2000, p.27.
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Yule, John Alexander (Celtic 291 [Edinburgh & Leith])
[Entered Celtic Lodge 291 (October 20, 1857).]
Yule was born in Scotland in 1837. He was a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. He joined the British Royal Navy as an assistant surgeon on October 20, 1859. Yule came to Hong Kong no later than 1864 as he was appointed Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital on June 21, 1864 (vice John Dollman, new appointment as Health Officer and Surgeon, Stone Cutters' Island Convict Hulk). He resigned in November the same year. Yule died on board SS Euxine on the homeward passage from Hong Kong on April 10 (or 16), 1866. Yule was born to John Yule Jr. (d. May 15, 1851), Writer of Signet, and J. Morrison Browne (d. August 29, 1870), daughter of Robert Browne and Marion Morrison. Yule had two daughters, Jane Yule and Georgiana Yule. #11 St John Street, Edinburgh was listed as Yule's address in 1857.
Yule was born in Scotland in 1837. He was a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. He joined the British Royal Navy as an assistant surgeon on October 20, 1859. Yule came to Hong Kong no later than 1864 as he was appointed Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital on June 21, 1864 (vice John Dollman, new appointment as Health Officer and Surgeon, Stone Cutters' Island Convict Hulk). He resigned in November the same year. Yule died on board SS Euxine on the homeward passage from Hong Kong on April 10 (or 16), 1866. Yule was born to John Yule Jr. (d. May 15, 1851), Writer of Signet, and J. Morrison Browne (d. August 29, 1870), daughter of Robert Browne and Marion Morrison. Yule had two daughters, Jane Yule and Georgiana Yule. #11 St John Street, Edinburgh was listed as Yule's address in 1857.
Biographical Dictionary of Medical Practitinoers in Hong Kong: 1841-1941 [online].
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2 comments:
awesome post.
Hong Kong Directory, and Directory and Chronicle contain lots of information about Masonic lodges
Thanks... Hoito...
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