Taylor, James Banks Director

Updated on October 19, 2020

James Banks Taylor

Office Held	Year(s)
Deputy-Chairman	1870/1/29-1870/7/25
Director	1867/12/3-1869/1/6, 1869/1/7-1870/1/28

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Smith Archer & Co.

Selected bibliography: HKDP, 1867/12/3; 1869/1/6; 1869/1/7; 1870/1/28; 1870/1/29; 1870/7/25.

To Be Completed

Lemann, William Director

Updated on 2020/11/10

William Lemann

Office Held	Year(s)
Director	1867/8/1-1867/12/2, 1867/12/3-1869/1/6, 1869/1/7-1870/1/28, 1871/1/1-1872/2/16, 1872/2/17-1873/2/13, 1873/5/1-1874/2/16, 1874/2/17-1874/8/10

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Gilman & Co.

Selected bibliography: HKDP, 1867/8/1; 1867/12/2; 1867/12/3; 1869/1/7; 1870/1/28; 1871/1/1; 1872/2/15; 1872/2/17; 1873/2/13; 1873/2/14; 1874/2/16; 1874/2/17; 1874/8/10.

To Be Completed

Sassoon, Arthur Director

Updated on October 5, 2020

Arthur Sassoon

Office Held	Year(s)
Deputy-Chairman	1867/8/1-1867/12/2, 1867/12/3-1868/1/27
Director	1865/3/3-1866/5/7, 1866/5/8-1867/3/12, 1867/3/13-1867/7/31

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Sassoon D Sons

Selected bibliography: HKDP, 1865/3/7; 1867/12/3.

To Be Completed

Heard, George Farley #6 Chairman (1869-1870)

Updated on October 21, 2020

George Farley Heard #6 (1869/1/7-1870/1/28)

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1. Francis Chomley (1865-66)
2. John Dent (1866-67)
3. Edward Cunningham (1867)
4. Agathon Friedrich Woldemar Nissen (1867)
5. George Johann Hellend (1867-69)
6. George Farley Heard (1869)
• 1870
7. Henry Beverley Lemann (1870)
8. Richard Rowett (1871)
9. Thomas Pyke (1872-73)
10. Solomon David Sassoon (1873-74)
11. William Howell Forbes(1874-75)
12. Adolph (Adolf) von André(1875-76)
13. Emmanuel Raphael Belilios (1876-77)
14. Hans Christian Heinrich Hoppius (1877-78)
15. Frederick David Sassoon (1878-79)
16. William Howell Forbes (1879-80)
• 1880
17. William Keswick (1880-81)
18. Alexander McIver (1881-82)
19. Henry Liston-Dalrymple (1882-83)
20. Wilhelm Reiners (1883)
21. Alexander Palmer MacEwen (1884-85)
22. Frederick David Sassoon (1885-86)
23. Alexander McIver (1886)
24. Max Grote (1886-87)
25. Charles David Bottomley (1887-88)
26. John Bell-Irving (1888-89)
27. William Howell Forbes (1889-90)
• 1890
28. Henry Liston-Dalrymple (1890-91)
29. Jacob Silas Moses (1891-92)
30. Stephen Cornelius Michaelsen (1892-93)
31. Hans Christian Heinrich Hoppius (1893-94)
32. Charles James Holliday (1894-95)
33. Jacob Silas Moses (1895-96)
34. Alexander MacConachie (1896-97)
35. Stephen Cornelius Michaelsen (1897-98)
36. James Jardine Bell-Irving (1898-99)
37. Roderick Mackenzie Gray (1899-90)
• 1900
38. Nicolaus August Siebs (1900-01)
39. James Johnstone Keswick (1901-02)
40. Robert Gordon Shewan (1902-03)
41. Abraham Jacob Raymond (1903-04)
42. Abraham Jacob Raymond (1904-05)
43. Herbert Edmund Tomkins (1905-06)
44. Armin Haupt (1906-07)
45. George Harold Medhurst (1907-08)
46. Henry Keswick (1908-09)
47. William Jardine Gresson (1909-10)
• 1910
48. Herbert Edmund Tomkins (1910-11)
49. Gideon Balloch (1911-12)
50. Edward Shellim (1912-13)
51. Francis Harold Armstrong (1913-14)
52. David Landale (1914-15)
53. David Landale (1915-16)
54. Walter Leslie Pattenden (1916-17)
55. Stanley Hudson Dodwell (1917-18)
56. Percy Hobson Holyoak (1918-19)
57. John Archibald Plummer (1919-20)
• 1920
58. Edward Victor David Parr (1920-21)
59. George Thomas Money Edkins (1921-22)
60. George Melville Dodwell (1922-23)
61. Archibald Orr Lang (1923-24)
62. Archibald Orr Lang (1924-25)
63. Walter Leslie Pattenden (1925-26)
64. Dallas Gerald Mercer Bernard (1926-27)
65. Dallas Gerald Mercer Bernard (1927-28)
66. Albert Henry Compton (1928-29)
67. Neilage Sharp Brown (1929-30)
• 1930
68. John Archibald Plummer (1930-31)
69. Charles Gordon Stewart Mackie (1931-32)
70. John Johnstone Paterson (1932-33)
71. Thomas Ernest (Tam) Pearce (1933-34)
72. Charles Gordon Stewart Mackie (1934-35)
73. Stanley Hudson Dodwell (1035-36)
74. John Johnstone Paterson (1936-37)
75. Geoffrey Miskin (1937-38)
76. Thomas Ernest (Tam) Pearce (1938-39)
77. Andrew Lusk Shields (1939-40)
• 1940
78. Harrie Vaughan Wilkinson (1940-41)
79. John Johnstone Paterson (1941-42)

Office Held	Year(s)
Chairman	1869/1/7-1870/1/28
Deputy Chairman	1868/1/27-1869/1/6
Director	1867/8/1-1867/12/2, 1867/12/3-1868/1/26, 1870/1/29-1870/12/31, 1871/1/1-1872/2/16

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Augustine Heard & Co.

Information and commentaries pertaining to this term of office
Other members of the Board of Directors	Friedrich August Julius Menke (de)(Deputy Chairman), Pustau (de) Emmanuel Raphael Belilios (it)(#13) James Pender Duncanson (uk), Gibb Livingston (uk) W.H. Foster, Jr. (us), Russell (us) George Johann Helland (no)(#5), John Burd (uk) Friedrich Adolph Joost (de), Siemssen (de) William Lemann (uk), Gilman (uk) Richard Rowett (uk)(#8), Holliday Wise (uk) Solomon David Sassoon (in)(#10), Sassoon D Sons (in) James Banks Taylor (uk), Smith Archer (uk)
Overlaping with government bodies and other key organizations
Legislative Council
Chamber of Commerce

Selected bibliography: HKDP, 1867/8/1; 1867/12/2; 1869/1/7; 1870/1/28; 1870/1/29; 1870/12/31; 1871/1/1; 1872/2/15.

To Be Completed

Foster, W.H., Jr. Director

Updated on October 19, 2020

W.H. Foster, Jr.

Office Held	Year(s)
Director	1867/8/1-1867/12/2, 1867/12/3-1869/1/6, 1869/1/7-1870/1/28, 1870/1/29-1870/7/25

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Russell & Co.

Selected bibliography: HKDP, 1867/8/1; 1867/12/2; 1869/1/7; 1870/1/28; 1870/1/29; 1870/7/25.

To Be Completed