Everything tagged "United Kingdom" | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Everything tagged "United Kingdom"

Primary tabs

Francis Leslie BALL [1896-1966]

Submitted by kelwoody on Mon, 2013-01-28 16:32
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Ball
Given: 
Francis Leslie
Birth
Date: 
1896-02-27
Birthplace (town, state): 
West Brixton, London
Death
Date: 
1966-03-20

I am researching Francis Leslie Ball. He lived at 364, The Peak prior to WWII. He married Frances Mary Trevor-Smith, daug of John Thomas Smith AKA John Trevor-Smith and Marie Emma Barchet (descendant of Stephen Paul Barchet and Johann Georg Bausum - Chinese Missionaries from Germany).

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Hilda Alice SELWYN-CLARKE (née BROWNING, aka Red Hilda) [1899-1967]

Submitted by brian edgar on Sat, 2012-12-22 18:03
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Selwyn-Clarke
Given: 
Hilda Alice
Maiden: 
Browning
Alias / nickname: 
Red Hilda
Birth
Date: 
c.1899-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
c.1967-01-12 (Month, Day are approximate)

Hilda Selwyn-Clarke was active in the Independent Labour Party in the 1930s. She stood for the ILP in the Clapham constituency in the 1931 General Election, achieving second place. In 1935 she abandoned her political career to marry Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke. Their daughter Mary was born in September of the next year.

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

George Frederick HUTTON POTTS [1864-1937]

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2012-12-06 21:14
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Hutton Potts
Given: 
George Frederick
Birth
Date: 
1864-04-16
Birthplace (town, state): 
Bedale, Yorkshire
Death
Date: 
1937-01-04

Page 7 of the China Mail, 7 Jan 1937, reports his funeral, including:

The chief mourners were Mr. Reginald Potts and Mr Jack Potts (sons), Mr Peter Potts (brother), Mr Alec Potts and Mr J A Pym (nephews), Mr R Pestonji (partner of Messrs. Benjamin and Potts) and Mr. Ellis Hayim, of the Shanghai Office.

The Hong Kong Daily Press, 1937-01-05, gives a summary of his life on pages 1 & 8, including:

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom

Kingsley Frank WOODWARD [1897-1929]

Submitted by David on Sun, 2012-11-25 14:35
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Woodward
Given: 
Kingsley Frank
Birth
Date: 
c.1897-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Belper, Derbyshire
Death
Date: 
1929-12-08
Cause of death: 
Killed by pirates

Here's the inscription on his gravestone, as shown in Patricia Lim's records:

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom

Alfred Percy SINNETT [1840-1921]

Submitted by brian edgar on Fri, 2012-11-16 15:35
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Sinnett
Given: 
Alfred Percy
Birth
Date: 
1840-01-18
Birthplace (town, state): 
Middlesex
Death
Date: 
1921-06-26

Alfred Percy Sinnett edited the Hong Kong Daily Press between 1865 and 1868. He returned to England to work for The Standard, and in 1872 he became editor of the influential Indian paper The  Pioneer (Rudyard Kipling was one of his staff).

He became interested in Asian religions and was involved with the Theosophical Society's attempt to draw on Hinduism and Buddhism to create a religion that would replace Christianity and eventually be validated by science. He wrote a number of books, the best known of which is Esoteric Buddhism (1883).

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom

Patricia PENN [????- ]

Submitted by David on Mon, 2012-10-29 09:35
Status: 
Unknown
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Penn
Given: 
Patricia

Excerpt from an interview about her work as the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's first reporter in Hong Kong:

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom

Clair Couper MUNRO [1902-1988]

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2012-08-30 12:54
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Munro
Given: 
Clair Couper
Birth
Date: 
1902-04-18
Birthplace (town, state): 
Renton, Dunbartonshire
Death
Date: 
1988-11-11

Taught at Central British School from 1925.

I found these mentions in the online newspapers (Searched for munro. 16 results, following for this person):

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom

Walter George ROBINSON (aka W.G. Vaughan-Robinson) [1860-1936]

Submitted by thackerata on Tue, 2012-07-17 20:35
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Robinson
Given: 
Walter George
Alias / nickname: 
W.G. Vaughan-Robinson
Birth
Date: 
c.1860-06-08 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Death
Date: 
c.1936-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

born Walter George ROBINSON in 1860. He became a merchant in the late 19th century, dealing with musical instruments, plying his wares from China (HK and Shanghai) to the US and England.  He had married Alvilda Olivia OLSEN sometime before 1912.  He later became General Manager circa 1905, perhaps owner, of the Robinson Piano Company, Ltd. In 1912 he purchased a large number of lots on Savary Island, British Columbia, as part of an investment.

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom

Edward Caston EATES (aka Ted) [1916-2012]

Submitted by David on Fri, 2012-06-08 16:12
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Eates
Given: 
Edward Caston
Alias / nickname: 
Ted
Birth
Date: 
1916-04-08
Birthplace (town, state): 
Battersea
Death
Date: 
2012-03-29

Guy Shirra forwarded Eates' obituary from the UK's Daily Telegraph:

Ted Eates, who has died aged 95, led Hong Kong’s police force at a time when the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution was spilling over from China. Read more ...

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom
Tags: 
police

Duncan John SLOSS [1881-1964]

Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2012-05-30 14:57
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Sloss
Given: 
Duncan John
Birth
Date: 
1881-06-19
Birthplace (town, state): 
Liverpool
Death
Date: 
c.1964-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

There's a detailed record of his life at http://www.davidbohl.webspace.virginmedia.com/Duncan%20J.%20Sloss%20CBE%...

(Thanks to Brian Edgar for the link).

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Pages

Subscribe to Everything tagged "United Kingdom"