Ivor Gourgey belonged to the Kadoorie family. He was the son of Rachel Gourgey née Kadoorie who was the sister of Ellis and Elly Kadoorie. According to the Rate Book for 1918-19 he owned 17 Broadwood Road IL 2127. 16 Broadwood Road IL 2128 was owned by Charles Sassoon Gubbay, while Sir Ellis Kadoorie owned 11 Broadwood Road. The 1910 jurors list shows Ivor Gourgey as Assistant for E.S. Kadoorie and in 1913 as Clerk for Moxon & Taylor. I have a feeling I have seen his name in connection with racing at Happy Valley. <Read more ...>
Sir Ellis Kadoorie often seems to be ignored or absorbed into the identity of his brother Sir Elly Kadoorie. He is strangely omitted from the list of members of the Sassoon and Kadoorie families in the book I am reading at the moment "Kings of Shanghai" (2020). Sir Ellis was a major public benefactor in Hong Kong and founded the Sir Ellis Kadoorie School in 1891. Together with Sir Paul Chater and Sir Hormusjee Mody, he was one of the three great racing men of the times. Sir Ellis died suddenly on 24 February, 1922 in the middle of a racing week. <Read more ...>
