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Philip JACKS [1877-1941]

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Submitted by rohanprice on Mon, 2016-10-24 17:57
Names
Given: 
Philip
Family: 
Jacks
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1877-03-07
Birthplace (town, state): 
Plymouth, Devon
Death
Date: 
1941-05-18
Cause of death: 
Natural
Other
Other reference: 
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Twentieth_Century_Impressions_of_Hongkong,_Shanghai,_and_other_Treaty_Ports_of_China.djvu/275

I am a legal historian who is interested in the relationships between British colonial property law and Chinese nationalism. I began my archival work on this topic in 2008-10 when I was a CityU of HK visiting professor in the School of Law teaching trusts and common law method. The role of Jacks as Land Officer in Hong Kong (1905-1935) fascinated me so much that it formed two chapters of my PhD thesis. From this beginning, I did further archival, newspaper and travel records research to produce Going Native: The Passions of Philip Jacks (Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2016). 

A brief biography of Mr Philip Jacks (1877-1941): 

  • Hong Kong Assistant Land Officer (1905-1916)
  • Land Officer (1916-1935)
  • Called to the Bar, Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, London (1922)
  • Acting Puisne Judge, Supreme Court (1927, 1928)
  • Lay Member of the Church Body of St Johns Cathedral (1928-1935)
  • Drafted Digest of Instructions from the Secretary of State for the Colonies (with Local Rulings) Regarding Disposal and Tenure of Land in the Colony of Hong Kong (1930)
  • Acting Crown Solicitor (1930)
  • Registrar of Marriages (1931-1935)
  • Additional Judge of Criminal Appeal, Supreme Court (1933)
  • Recipient, King's Silver Jubilee Medal for Services to Empire (1935)
  • Interested to find out more? See here: https://twitter.com/Price70/status/785614702814433280
Tags: 
Philip Jacks
Edith Jacks
Audrey Jacks
property law
Edwardian
going native
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Submitted by jill on Wed, 2016-10-26 22:49.

Was Philip Jacks related to William C. Jacks of the engineering company? Likewise was Agatha Jacks, christened at St John's in 1911 from a different family?

Jill

Submitted by rohanprice on Thu, 2016-10-27 04:22.

Interesting. I've not heard of William C. Philip Jacks' father was Edmund, his son was Harold and his only brother was Edmund Jnr.

Agatha was Jacks' sister. Born in 1880 eldest of the thre girls and 3 years younger than Jacks. Married in St Johns in 1911 on 13 June: http://gwulo.com/node/20803

Rohan

 

Submitted by David on Thu, 2016-10-27 16:04.

Hi Jill,

William C.'s surname was Jack without an "s", see: http://gwulo.com/node/29538

Regards, David

Submitted by jill on Thu, 2016-10-27 21:57.

Apologies for the red herring. I had seen the company name spelt both with and without an 's'. I wasn't sure which was correct.

Jill