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List of Executive Council of Hong Kong unofficial members 1896–1941

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This is a list of unofficial members of the Executive Council in the colonial period from 1850 to 1941. The term of the Executive Council was interrupted during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.

List of Unofficial Members of the Executive Council

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Key:
  Representatives of the Jardine, Matheson & Co.
  Representatives of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
  Chinese representatives

Members Term of office Background Remarks
Catchick Paul Chater 8 September 1896 – 27 May 1926 Broker Senior Unofficial Member (1896–1926);
died in office
James Jardine Bell-Irving 8 September 1896 – 1899 Jardine, Matheson & Co.
30 May 1901 – 1902 Vice J. J. Keswick on leave
James Johnstone Keswick 18 May 1899 – 1901 Jardine, Matheson & Co.
Charles Wedderburn Dickson 28 May 1902 – 1906 Jardine, Matheson & Co. Vice J. J. Bell-Irving resigned
Thomas Henderson Whitehead 23 May – 3 June 1902 Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China Temporary vice C. P. Chater absent
Charles Stewart Sharp 12 June – 4 September 1902 Gibb, Livingston & Co. Temporary vice T. H. Whitehead absent[1]
William Jardine Gresson 12 May 1904 – 11 May 1905 Jardine, Matheson & Co. Temporary vice C. W. Dickson absent
31 July 1908 – 1908 Temporary during the absence of E. A. Hewett
Edbert Ansgar Hewett 1 June 1906 – 24 November 1915 P. & O. Steam Navigation Co. Vice C. W. Dickson resigned; died in office
Henry Keswick 10 March 1908 – 1908 Jardine, Matheson & Co. Temporary during the absence of E. A. Hewett
5 May 1910 – 1910 Temporary
Sir Henry Spencer Berkeley, K.C. 9 May 1908 – 1908 Barrister-at-Law Temporary during the absence of H. Keswick
Henry Edward Pollock, K.C. 3 May 1911 – 1911 Barrister-at-Law
11 May – 19 December 1912 Temporary during the absence of E. A. Hewett
9 March 1921 – 1941 Senior Unofficial Member (1926–41);
reappointed in 1931, 1936
Ernest Hamilton Sharp, K.C. 1 February 1916 – 9 February 1922 Barrister-at-Law Died in office
David Landale 25 July 1916 – 1916 Jardine, Matheson & Co.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation		 Temporary vice C. P. Chater on leave
2 August 1918 – 1918 Temporary vice E. H. Sharp on leave
Newton John Stabb 15 April 1919 – 1919 Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Temporary vice E. H. Sharp on leave
Percy Hobson Holyoak 6 May 1920 – 1920 Reiss & Co.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation		 Temporary vice C. P. Chater on leave
29 June – 30 October 1921 Temporary during absence of E. H. Sharp
2 April 1924 – 1924 Temporary during absence of C. P. Chater
29 August 1924 – 1926 Vice A. G. Stephen deceased; die in office
Edward Victor David Parr 17 September 1920 – 1920 P. & O. Steam Navigation Co.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation		 Temporary vice E. H. Sharp on leave[2]
Alexander Gordon Stephen 31 October 1921 – 1924 Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Vice resignation of P. H. Holyoak during absence of E. H. Sharp;
appointed on 12 February 1922 vice E. H. Sharp deceased
Charles Montague Ede 2 May 1922 – 1922 Union Insurance Society of Canton Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock
16 May 1924 – 1924 Temporary during absence of A. G. Stephen & C. P. Chater
Archibald Orr Lang 2 June 1922 – 1922 Gibb, Livingston & Co.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation		 Temporary during absence of C. P. Chater
21 March 1925 – 1925 Temporary during H. E. Pollock acting Attorney General
7 April 1926 – 1927 Vice P. H. Holyoak deceased
Sir Shouson Chow 9 July 1926 – 8 July 1936 First Chinese in the Council;
Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1926–36);
vice C. P. Chater deceased;
reappointed in 1931
Dallas Gerald Mercer Bernard 10 July 1926 – 1926 Jardine, Matheson & Co.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation		 Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock
4 April 1927 –1927 Vice A. O. Lang
William Edward Leonard Shenton 1 June 1927 – 1927 Solicitor Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock
3 April 1928 – 4 April 1936 Vice D. G. M. Bernard resigned; reappointed in 1933
Arthur Cecil Hynes 8 May 1928 – 1928 Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Temporary during absence of W E. L. Shenton
John Owen Hughes 4 May 1928 – 1928 Harry Wicking & Co. Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock[3]
October 1928 – 1928 Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock[4]
9 April 1930 – 29 April 1931 Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock[5]
Benjamin David Fleming Beith 13 June 1929 – 1929 Jardine, Matheson & Co. Vice H. E. Pollock on leave
Robert Hormus Kotewall 3 October 1929 – 1929 Hong Kong Mercantile Co., Ltd. Temporary vice Chow Shouson on leave
18 September 1930 – 1930
27 May 1931 – 1931
19 May 1932 – 25 August 1932
14 October 1933 – 1933
3 November 1934 – 1934
4 June 1935 – 8 November 1935
9 July 1936 – 25 December 1941 Vice Chow Shouson retired;
Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1936–41)
Charles Gordon Stewart Mackie 4 June 1930 – 1930 Gibb, Livingston & Co.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation		 Temporary during absence of W. E. L. Shenton[6]
30 April 1930 – 2 December 1931 Temporary vice J. Owen Hughes during absence of H. E. Pollock[7]
8 April 1933 – 1933 Temporary during absence of W. E. L. Shenton[8]
4 May 1934 – 1934 Temporary during absence of Henry Pollock[9]
John Johnstone Paterson 6 April 1936 – 25 December 1941 Jardine, Matheson & Co.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation		 Vice W. E. L. Shenton resigned
William Henry Bell 8 June 1936 – 30 October 1936 Asiatic Petroleum Co. (South China) Ltd.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation		 Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock
Stanley Hudson Dodwell 31 October 1936 – 4 December 1936 Dodwell & Co.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation		 Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock
30 July 1938 – 7 October 1938 Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock
11 March 1939 – 1939 Temporary during absence of J. J. Paterson
21 September 1940 – 1940 Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock
26 March 1941 – 7 July 1941 Temporary
Chau Tsun-nin 29 June 1938 – 1938 Temporary during absence of R. H. Kotewall
Andrew Lusk Shields 8 July 1941 – 25 December 1941 Shewan, Tomes & Co. Temporary during absence of S. H. Dodwell
Vandeleur Molyneux Grayburn 22 July 1941 – 25 December 1941 Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Hong Kong Government Gazette". Hong Kong Government. 13 June 1902.
  2. ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government (480). 17 September 1920.
  3. ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government. No. 264. 8 May 1928.
  4. ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government. No. 545. 2 October 1928.
  5. ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government. No. 440. 18 July 1930.
  6. ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government. No. 339. 6 June 1930.
  7. ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government. No. 261. 29 April 1931.
  8. ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government. No. 253. 12 April 1933.
  9. ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government. No. 373. 10 May 1934.

Bibliography

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  • Endacott, G. B. Government and people in Hong Kong, 1841–1962 : a constitutional history Hong Kong University Press. (1964) p. 250.
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