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Laura Frances BRERETON [1854-1871]

Submitted by eurasian_david on Fri, 2021-09-17 07:56
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Brereton
Given: 
Laura Frances
Birth
Date: 
1854-01-29
Birthplace (town, state): 
Dublin, County Dublin
Death
Date: 
1871-08-18

Young daughter of William Henry Brereton Esq (later QC) from his first mariage with Eliza Jane Percy (nee Scholes)

"DEATH

On the 18th August, at Hongkong, LAURA FRANCES, daughter of W.H. Brereton, Esq."

Birthplace (country): 
Ireland

Robert Warren STEWART [1850-1895]

Submitted by David on Fri, 2021-07-23 15:14
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Stewart
Given: 
Robert Warren
Birth
Date: 
1850-03-09
Birthplace (town, state): 
Dublin
Death
Date: 
1895-08-01

CMS missionary, killed in the Kucheng massacre. More details on Wikipedia.

Birthplace (country): 
Ireland

John Dermot MCCLATCHIE [1897-????]

Submitted by David on Fri, 2021-07-16 11:28
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
McClatchie
Given: 
John Dermot
Birth
Date: 
c.1897-04-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Lurgan

Entry in the 1941 Jurors List:

c   McClatchie, John Dermot Banker, Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank. 548 The Peak.

I believe he was one of the bankers originally kept out of Stanley by the Japanese, only entering camp on 16 Jul 1943 (see https://gwulo.com/node/20326).

Birthplace (country): 
Ireland
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Henry Arthur BLAKE [1840-1918]

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2021-07-04 17:06
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Blake
Given: 
Henry Arthur
Birth
Date: 
1840-01-08
Birthplace (town, state): 
Limerick
Death
Date: 
1918-02-23

Sir Henry Arthur Blake

He was:

  • 46th Governor of The Bahamas (1884 – 1887)

  • 55th Governor of Newfoundland (1887 – December 1888)

  • 65th Governor of Jamaica (3 December 1888 – 1898)

  • 12th Governor of Hong Kong (25 November 1898 – 21 November 1903)

  • 19th Governor of British Ceylon (3 December 1903 – 11 July 1907)

Birthplace (country): 
Ireland
Tags: 
governor

Rupert LONSDALE [1905-1999]

Submitted by jill on Sun, 2021-05-09 22:30
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Lonsdale
Given: 
Rupert
Birth
Date: 
1905-05-05
Birthplace (town, state): 
Dublin
Death
Date: 
1999-04-25
Other
Other reference: 
Mau-Mau

Rupert Lonsdale, later Canon Lonsdale, was one of the officers who served on HM Submarine L3 in the 4th Submarine Flotilla on the China Station in 1928-29, having first served on the X1 in 1927. In May 1939 he came back to the China Sea in command of Seal a Grampus class submarine, but returned to the North Sea patrol. Seal was given the task of laying a minefield in Kattegat, but was bombed by a Heinkel. Diving to evade e-boats Seal hit a newly laid minefield and was damaged.

Birthplace (country): 
Ireland
Tags: 
4th Submarine Flotilla
X1
WW2
POW
HM Submarine Seal
priesthood

Daisy Mainwaring Lockett FAIR / TURNER (née FORD) [1887-1973]

Submitted by David on Sat, 2021-03-27 10:41
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Fair / Turner
Given: 
Daisy Mainwaring Lockett
Maiden: 
Ford
Birth
Date: 
1887-07-15
Birthplace (town, state): 
Newry
Death
Date: 
c.1973-12-31 (Day is approximate)
Birthplace (country): 
Ireland
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Thomas CASHMAN [1874-1951]

Submitted by David on Wed, 2021-01-06 18:18
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Cashman
Given: 
Thomas
Birth
Date: 
1874-02-18
Birthplace (town, state): 
Cork
Death
Date: 
c.1951-12-31 (Month, Day are approximate)

Notes from 1314:

Thomas senior - Born Cork  18.2.1874  enlisted as PC 6 on 31.10.1898   Sgt by 1908  To pension as Inspector 1926, died 1951

And from annpake:

Carl Smith Card 88233

T Cashman retired from police in 1926 after 28 years service. Recruited IRC Department Dublin. Left with wife and 4 children 9 (all born in Hong Kong) to settle in Cork.

Birthplace (country): 
Ireland
Tags: 
police

Thomas KAVANAGH (aka Tom) [c.1916-????]

Submitted by BHUI25044 on Sat, 2021-01-02 17:00
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Kavanagh
Given: 
Thomas
Alias / nickname: 
Tom
Birth
Date: 
c.1916-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Thomastown, County Kilkenny

Superintendent HKP 1950- 1960s

Any info would be of interest

Birthplace (country): 
Ireland
Tags: 
police

Beryl Daisy SKIPWITH (née FAIR) [1915-1999]

Submitted by David on Sat, 2020-12-19 19:19
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Skipwith
Given: 
Beryl Daisy
Maiden: 
Fair
Birth
Date: 
1915-04-22
Birthplace (town, state): 
Dublin
Death
Date: 
1999-01-13
Birthplace (country): 
Ireland
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Ellen Louisa AYRTON (née MCCLATCHIE) [c.1855-????]

Submitted by David on Sun, 2020-12-13 18:02
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Ayrton
Given: 
Ellen Louisa
Maiden: 
McClatchie
Birth
Date: 
c.1855-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Her family connections are mentioned Wikipedia's page for William Ayrton, her husband's grandfather.

Birthplace (country): 
Ireland

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