Thomson was educated in the University of Edinburgh. After graduated from university, he came to Hong Kong as a cadet.
During his tenure, he took up some important posts like the defence secretary (1950) and held up the post of deputy colonial secretary until his early death in 1952. He was buried in Hong Kong Cemetery.
One of his interesting trivia is, there was a youth hostel named after him in Yau Ma Tei. <Read more ...>
Stewart-Lockhart came from a noble, wealthy family. His father, Miles Lockhart, was a banker.
He was taught by a private tutor, then went to King William's College, later George Watson School and Edinburgh University, where he got a prize for Greek Studies.
He came to Hong Kong as a cadet in 1879. He took up a post of the registrar general in 1883. <Read more ...>
George Fenwick was the owner of a shipyard in the area of Queen’s Road East and Ship Street (Wanchai).
He appears for the first time in the Jury List for 1877 as "Fenwick, George, Assistant, Inglis & Co.", and two years later as "Engineer" of the same company.
In the 1884 Jurors list he appears as Engineer of Fenwick & Co, living in the district Wantsai.
In the 1895/96 Jurors list he appears as Manager of Fenwick & Co, living in the Hongkong Hotel. <Read more ...>
