[Worshipful Master, Naval and Military Lodge 848 (1926)]
Selected bibliography: The Skirret, A Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of the Far East, 1961, Lodge Naval and Military No.848, p.1.
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Updated December 21, 2014
[Worshipful Master, Victoria Lodge 1026 (1891). Member, Board of Trustees of the Hong Kong and South China Masonic Benevolence Fund (1893, at the time when an application was made to the Legislative Council to incorporate the Fund).]
[Worshipful Master, Victoria Lodge 1026 (1891). Member, Board of Trustees of the Hong Kong and South China Masonic Benevolence Fund (1893, at the time when an application was made to the Legislative Council to incorporate the Fund).]
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, November 27, 1890, p.2, Victoria Lodge No. 1026. The Hong Kong Government Gazette, April 1, 1893, p.255.
Updated December 21, 2014
temp. Notes:
Acting Attorney General, Acting Colonial Secretary, in multiple occasions in 1850s when the office-holders were on leave.
Honor: naming of Bridge Street 必列者士街 (better known in its short form 必街)
William Thomas Bridges (b.1820–d.year unclear) studied at Oxford, and at the Middle Temple from 1844. He was called to the Bar in 1847 and came to Hong Kong in 1851 where he started a law practice. Wealth began to cumulate for Bridges as business at the law firm thrived. The first sign of his dubious character unveiled when he started lending money at high interest rates. Because of shortage of lawyers in Hong Kong at that time and owing to the introduction his college friend, William Thomas Mercer who was the Colonial Treasurer, Bridges was asked to temporarily take over the office of the Attorney General when the office holder, Thomas Chisholm Anstey, went on leave in 1855. When Mercer became Colonial Secretary and took home leave from February 1857 to November 1859, Bridges stood in for him as well; assuming the most important government office next to that of the governor, while still carrying on his private law practice and money lending business. Bridges resigned in 1859 after being implicated in a number of scandals, and left Hong Kong in 1861. Bridges was a member of the Masonic order in Hong Kong.
temp. Notes:
Acting Attorney General, Acting Colonial Secretary, in multiple occasions in 1850s when the office-holders were on leave.
Honor: naming of Bridge Street 必列者士街 (better known in its short form 必街)
William Thomas Bridges (b.1820–d.year unclear) studied at Oxford, and at the Middle Temple from 1844. He was called to the Bar in 1847 and came to Hong Kong in 1851 where he started a law practice. Wealth began to cumulate for Bridges as business at the law firm thrived. The first sign of his dubious character unveiled when he started lending money at high interest rates. Because of shortage of lawyers in Hong Kong at that time and owing to the introduction his college friend, William Thomas Mercer who was the Colonial Treasurer, Bridges was asked to temporarily take over the office of the Attorney General when the office holder, Thomas Chisholm Anstey, went on leave in 1855. When Mercer became Colonial Secretary and took home leave from February 1857 to November 1859, Bridges stood in for him as well; assuming the most important government office next to that of the governor, while still carrying on his private law practice and money lending business. Bridges resigned in 1859 after being implicated in a number of scandals, and left Hong Kong in 1861. Bridges was a member of the Masonic order in Hong Kong.
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong's First [online].
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Brewitt, August Heinrich Wilhelm Paul (Perseverance)
Updated December 21, 2014
[Worshipful Master, Perseverance Lodge 1165 (1891)]
Brewitt was born in Germany on July 9, 1856. He came to Hong Kong in 1877 to join the German-owned mercantile firm, Siemssen & Co. He was listed in 1879 as a clerk employed by another German firm Carlowitz & Co., his main activities were to sell alcoholic beverages to drinking establishments. He established himself as an auctioneer between 1896 and 1900. #2 Zetland Street was listed as his address in 1900. He afterward joined the firm Dartly & Co. and remained with them until his death. He was the Secretary of the Club Germania for several years leading up to 1904 and was one of the keen promoters for the establishment of the Club. Brewitt was married to Winnifred Dominica [maiden name unknown]. He died in Hong Kong on June 15, 1905 at the Government Civil Hospital and was buried at the Hong Kong Cemetery.
[Worshipful Master, Perseverance Lodge 1165 (1891)]
Brewitt was born in Germany on July 9, 1856. He came to Hong Kong in 1877 to join the German-owned mercantile firm, Siemssen & Co. He was listed in 1879 as a clerk employed by another German firm Carlowitz & Co., his main activities were to sell alcoholic beverages to drinking establishments. He established himself as an auctioneer between 1896 and 1900. #2 Zetland Street was listed as his address in 1900. He afterward joined the firm Dartly & Co. and remained with them until his death. He was the Secretary of the Club Germania for several years leading up to 1904 and was one of the keen promoters for the establishment of the Club. Brewitt was married to Winnifred Dominica [maiden name unknown]. He died in Hong Kong on June 15, 1905 at the Government Civil Hospital and was buried at the Hong Kong Cemetery.
Selected bibliography: Chronicle and Directory for China, Japan and The Philippines, for the Year 1879, Hong Kong: Daily Press, 1879. Fins A Grave [online]. Gwulo: Old Hong Kong [online]. Hong Kong Daily Press, November 27, 1890, p.2, Victoria Lodge No. 1026. Hong Kong Government, Report of the Registrar of the Supreme Court for the Year 1905. Hong Kong Telegraph, June 5, 1905, p.4, The Death of Mr. Paul Brewitt.
Saturday, December 20, 2014
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Bottenheim, Arthur Harold (Perseverance)
Updated December 21, 2014
[Worshipful Master, Perseverance Lodge 1165 (1903)]
Bottenheim was born in 1865 to Bernard Bottenheim [tbv]. He was employed by Vacuum Oil Company between 1897 and 1915, as representative, and later manager and later general manager in Hong Kong. He owned a house in Shanghai in 1903 at the address of #133 Bubbling Street. Bottenheirm married Elizabeth Frank Hatchkiss [tbv] in Japan in 1892. The couple had two daughters: Ella Bottenhem and Gwendoloyn Hallam Bottenheim[1]. Bottenheim's sister, Rosalie Bottenheim, who lived with the Bottenheims in Hong Kong, died on November 1902 and was buried at the Hong Kong Cemetery.
[Worshipful Master, Perseverance Lodge 1165 (1903)]
Bottenheim was born in 1865 to Bernard Bottenheim [tbv]. He was employed by Vacuum Oil Company between 1897 and 1915, as representative, and later manager and later general manager in Hong Kong. He owned a house in Shanghai in 1903 at the address of #133 Bubbling Street. Bottenheirm married Elizabeth Frank Hatchkiss [tbv] in Japan in 1892. The couple had two daughters: Ella Bottenhem and Gwendoloyn Hallam Bottenheim[1]. Bottenheim's sister, Rosalie Bottenheim, who lived with the Bottenheims in Hong Kong, died on November 1902 and was buried at the Hong Kong Cemetery.
[1] Gwendoloyn Hallam Bottenheim married the Italian Consul-General in Shanghai, Lionel Scelsi, in May 1915. The wedding took place at the Italian Consulate in Shanghai. She was readmitted her British citizenship in September 1924; she had probably acquired Italian nationality because of the marriage. She officially renounced her surname of Bottenheim and adopted her middle name Hallam as her new surname on October 17, 1924. Her address then was at #18 and 20, Montague Street, Russell Square, London.
[A Philip Bottenheim, who was an agent for Vacuum Oil and whose address was at Westwood, Roseville Street, St. Heliers, Jersey, official renounced his surname of Bottenheim and adopted the new surname of Brandon on July 3, 1917. It'd be too much of a coincidence if Philip and Arthur were not related. Also, why were they so keen to rid of their Jewish names?]
[A Philip Bottenheim, who was an agent for Vacuum Oil and whose address was at Westwood, Roseville Street, St. Heliers, Jersey, official renounced his surname of Bottenheim and adopted the new surname of Brandon on July 3, 1917. It'd be too much of a coincidence if Philip and Arthur were not related. Also, why were they so keen to rid of their Jewish names?]
Selected bibliography: Ancestry [online]. Annual Report of the Shanghai Municipal Council, 1903, p.153. Find A Grave [online]. Find My Past [online]. Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives [online]. Gwulo: Old Hong Kong [online]. Hong Kong Daily Press, December 19, 1903, p.2, Masonic Affairs. The London Gazette, July 10, 1917, pp.6895-6896; November 7, 1924, pp.8114-8115. The [British] National Archives [online]. The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, May 7, 1915, p.4. The Straits Times, December 22, 1902, p.4, Deaths.
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Blake, Henry Arthur 卜力 (Quatuor Coronati Lodge)
Updated December 21, 2014
[District Grand Master, Ceylon Freemasons]
Blake was the 12th Governor of Hong Kong (1898-1903)
[District Grand Master, Ceylon Freemasons]
Blake was the 12th Governor of Hong Kong (1898-1903)
Selected bibliography: blake-world.com [online]. Transaction of Quatuor Coronati Lodge [online].
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