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Herbert Richmond Wells O.B.E. 5 March 1863 - 16 March 1950
Could this be him?
Carl Smith Card 151543
Herbert Richmond Wells died 16 March 1950 ... struck by tram car.... missionary and Chinese scholar...to China from Australia 1887... interned in Stanley.... Dean of Hop Yat Church and on teaching staff Queen's College..... leaves widow and 2 sons and 3 daughters in England ...
Births and Baptisms Australia
Herbert Richmond Wells born 5 March 1863 baptism 25 May 1863 Geelong Australia
Electoral Records
Living in Lewisham 1926 - 1934 with wife Eliza Wells nee Stewart
First wife Mary Elizabeth Mines Wells died 7 April 1903 and is buried in Happy Valley Hong Kong
Probate Records
Herbert Richmond Wells of 6 Gleneally Victoria Hong Kong died 16 March 1950 in Queen Mary Hospital Victoria Hong Kong. Administration to Eliza Wells widow
Find a Grave Happy Valley Hong Kong
Herbert Richmond Wells O B.E. age 87 of the London Missionary Society Hong Kong and South China age 87
That looks like the right man
That looks like the right man, as Barbara Anslow's diary records him giving a talk on 'Old Hong Kong'.
The list at https://gwulo.com/node/46226 has his occupation as 'insurance", but the age matches so I think it was a mistake.
The wife in the node 46226
The wife in the node 46226 shows his wife as Mrs E Wells which matches