Hoppius, Hans Christian Heinrich#14, #31 Chairman (1877-1878, 1893-1894)

Updated on 2020/11/10

Hans Christian Heinrich Hoppius #14 (1877-1878), #31 (1893-1894)

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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
Deputy Chairman
Director	1874/8/10-1875/2/18

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Information and commentaries pertaining to this term of office
Other members of the Board of Directors
Overlaping with government bodies and other key organizations
Legislative Council
Chamber of Commerce

Selected bibliography: HKDP, 1874/8/10; 1875/2/18.

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Joost, Friedrich Adolph Director

Updated on 2020/11/1

Friedrich Adolph Joost

Office Held	Year(s)
Director	1868/3/3-1869/1/6, 1869/1/7-1870/1/28, 1870/1/29-1870/12/31, 1871/1/1-1872/2/16, 1872/2/17-1873/2/13, 1873/2/14-1874/2/16

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Selected bibliography: HKDP, 1868/3/3; 1869/1/6; 1869/1/7; 1870/1/28; 1870/1/29; 1870/12/31; 1871/1/1; 1872/2/15; 1872/2/17; 1873/2/13; 1873/2/14; 1874/2/16.

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Nissen, Agathon Friedrich Woldemar # Chairman (1867-1867)

Updated on October 4, 2020

Agathon Friedrich Woldemar Nissen #4 (1867/8/1-1867/12/2)

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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	1867/8/1-1867/12/2
Deputy Chairman	1866/5/8-1867/3/12, 1867/3/13-1867/7/31
Director	1865/3/3-1866/5/7

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Information and commentaries pertaining to this term of office
Other members of the Board of Directors	Arthur Sassoon (in)(deputy Chairman), Sassoon D Sons (in) W.H. Foster, Jr. (us), Russell (us) George Farley Heard (us)(#6), Augustine Heard (us) George Johann Helland (no)(#5), John Burd (uk) William Lemann (uk), Gilman (uk) Friedrich August Julius Menke (de), Pustau (de) Caleb Tangier Smith (uk), Smith Archer (uk) Thomas Sutherland (uk), P&O (uk)
Overlaping with government bodies and other key organizations
Legislative Council
Chamber of Commerce

Selected bibliography: HKDP, 1865/3/7; 1867/8/1; 1867/12/2.

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Siebs, Nicolaus August #38 Chairman (1900-1901)

Updated on September 25, 2020

Nicolaus August Siebs #38 (1900-1901)

Office Held	Year(s)
Chairman	1900-1901
Deputy Chairman	1899-1900
Director	1896-1897, 1897-1898, 1898-1899, 1911-1912

Undated photograph of Nicolaus August Siebs taken in Hong Kong. Credit: wremer-chronik.

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Siebs was born on August 17, 1840 in Wremer in Lower Saxony, Germany to Eibe-Hinrich Siebs.
He joined the trading firm of Siemsen & Co. in 1865 as a shipping clerk and rising to the top position of a partner in 1881.
Siebs served on the General Committee (1900-1901) and the Arbitration Committee (, 1894-1895, 1900-1901) of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce (1901). He was a director of Hong Kong Land Investment and Agency Co., Ltd. (1906), the board of which was comprised of, with the exception of its chairman, C.W. Dickson, all HSBC men, viz. Paul Chater (HSBC Chief Manager), A. Haupt, A.J. Raymond, E. Shellim and H.P. White.
Siebs died in 1910. (to be completed) 1896 head of hong kong resided at Victoria Lodge, Peak Road 1906 Hans August Siebs E.A.H. Siebs

Information and commentaries pertaining to this term of office
Other members of the Board of Directors	Roderick Mackenzie Gray (#37), James Johnstone Keswick (#39), Armin Haupt (#44), David Meyer Moses1, Abraham Jacob Raymond (#41, #42), Frederick Carl Paul Sachse, Robert Gordon Shewan (#40), R.L. Richardson2, Henry Adolphus Warre Slade3
Corporate affiliation of board members	Arnhold Karberg (de), Gilman, Jardine, Melchers (de), Reiss, Sassoon D, Sassoon ED, Shewan Tomes, Siemsen (de)
Overlaping with the Chamber of Commerce	General Committee (out of 9 committee members 6 were HKBC directors): Thomas Jackson (Chair), Haupt, Kewsick, Richardson, Siebs, Tomkin (#43, #48) Arbitration Committee (4 out of 5): Haupt, Richardson, Siebs, Tomkin Corresponding Committee (2 out of 4): Jackson, Keswick

1. Moses was a partner of David Sassoon Sons & Co.
2. Richardson was later replaced by Paul Witkowski, partner of Arnhold Karberg & Co.
3. Slade was a partner of the firm Gilman & Co.

Selected bibliography: China Mail, September 1, 1897, p.6.; August 18, 1900, p.5. The Directory & Chronicle of China, Japan, Straits Settlements, Malaya, Borneo, Siam, the Philippines, Korea, Indo-China, Netherlands Indies, Etc. 1906. Hong Kong Daily Press, March 2, 1896, p.3. Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, Annual Report for 1894, 1900. Juror List.

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