Francis Henry MAY [1860-1922]
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Submitted by David on Tue, 2013-05-07 15:42
Sex:
Male
Status:
Deceased
Dates of birth & death given by Shiona M. Airlie in the Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography.
He is well connected to the Central Police Station project, as he was Captain-Superintendent of Police, and also superintendent of Victoria Gaol.
Some odds and ends from the web:
- There was an attempt to assassinate him on 5-July 1912. HKPRO have photos (not visible online. Refs: 06-01-007a/b/c/d). HKPRO have many more photos of him during his time as Governor.
- There are several formal portrait photos of him in 1919 at: http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp79442/sir-francis-henry-may
- He was appointed to Legco under 12 different roles: http://app.legco.gov.hk/member_front/english/library/member_detail.aspx?id=420
- Here is his family tree: http://www.geni.com/people/Francis-May/6000000015604341677
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1912 Photos of the Assassination Attempt
Photos from the past in the HK Telegraph of the captioed event appear here
RHKYC biography
https://www.rhkyc.org.hk/upload/AboutRHKYC/CommodoreResearchByBob/May.pdf