The person who made this photo, Willem Kien, was director at the company which Charles worked for, Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC). HCHC had offices in Rotterdam, London, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tientsin (Tianjin). He lived at The Peak. On Gwulo.com, I found the address of Braeside: 20 MacDonnell Road, also at The Peak. For Hong Kong residents, it must have been an excellent place for leisure. <Read more ...>
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I am looking for biographical details and place of death of Mr Alfred H.Crook, who I know lived in Hong Kong in 1909 and was living in London in 1953. <Read more ...>
