William Peter HUNT [1905-1966] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

William Peter HUNT [1905-1966]

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Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2013-04-11 20:03
Names
Given: 
William Peter
Family: 
Hunt
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1905-05-11
Birthplace (town, state): 
Niagara Falls, New York
Birthplace (country): 
United States
Death
Date: 
1966-04-16
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
WW2: moved to Shanghai
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Submitted by mparker on Wed, 2014-01-29 18:57.

This may be the William Hunt who founded the company with the same name in Tianjin in the 1920s or 30s and which moved down to Hong Kong after 1949. The firm of William Hunt had close ties to the KMT government and did well from tea exports to the USA.  The company was still active in Hong Kong into the 1980s (particularly selling construction machinery), in fact I worked there for a couple of years, but I believe it no longer exists.

 

Submitted by David on Thu, 2014-01-30 15:41.

I don't see him in the 1940 Jurors List.

Tony Banham lists him as:

Hunt, W.P. 40, US, Company Dir. 114 The Peak TKH

The Companies Registry lists seven companies that include "William Hunt" in the name, see https://www.icris.cr.gov.hk/csci/search_company_name.do:

No. CR No. Company Name Name Type (for Non-Hong Kong company) Name Status Company Active Status
1F0000233WILLIAM HUNT AND COMPANY, FEDERAL INC., U.S.A. 1 Current Ceased place of business
2F0000363WILLIAM HUNT AND COMPANY (INTERNATIONAL) INC. 1 Current Ceased place of business
30007851WILLIAM HUNT & COMPANY (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED - Old Live
40007851WILLIAM HUNT CORPORATION LIMITED - Old Live
50072143WILLIAM HUNT ENGINEERS LIMITED - Current Dissolved
60029668WILLIAM HUNT HOLDINGS LIMITED - Old Dissolved
70122728WILLIAM HUNT (HONG KONG) LIMITED - Old Live