Robert Oliphant HUTCHISON (aka Sandy) [1880-1920] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Robert Oliphant HUTCHISON (aka Sandy) [1880-1920]

Names
Given: 
Robert Oliphant
Family: 
Hutchison
Alias / nickname: 
Sandy
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1880-11-01
Birthplace (town, state): 
Fife
Birthplace (country): 
Death
Date: 
c.1920-09-12 (Day is approximate)
Cause of death: 
Drowning

R.O. Hutchison was educated at Rugby School, and later, Oxford University.

He came to Hong Kong as a cadet in 1904. He served as  posts below:

  • Assistant Registrar General and Deputy Registrar of Marriages, 1907 (GA 1907 no.59)
  • Head Of The Sanitary Department, 1908 (GA 1908 no.855)
  • Member of board of examiners, 1909 
  • First Assistant Registrar General, 1909
  • Member of the Recreation Grounds committee, 1910
  • Head of Sanitary Department, 1910
  • Assistant District Officer for the Southern District of the N.T., 1910
  • Superintendent of Imports and Exports,1911
  • ADC to the Governor, 1914

He was awarded MBE in 1918.

He drowned when he was in the trip of  hunting with his colleague, D. W. Tratman, in 1920.