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Worshipful Master of the Perseverance Lodge in 1873. There is still a lodge in Hong Kong called “The Paul Chater Lodge of Installed Masters No.5391” formed under his name nowadays.
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Updated December 25, 2014
W. Cullen was very likely William Francis Cullen who was a sanitary inspector between 1902 and 1907 (or in later years), and was probably the father of Fred Cullen, who had a son also named William Francis Cullen. W.F. Cullen served in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defense Corps as a sapper in the Engineer Company between 1904 and 1908.
W. Cullen was very likely William Francis Cullen who was a sanitary inspector between 1902 and 1907 (or in later years), and was probably the father of Fred Cullen, who had a son also named William Francis Cullen. W.F. Cullen served in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defense Corps as a sapper in the Engineer Company between 1904 and 1908.
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Government, Civil Establishments, 1902, 1907. Hong Kong Government, Report on the Hong Kong Volunteer Corps, Training Season 1904-05, 1905-06, 1907-08. Hong Kong Telegraph, December 9, 1904, p.4, United Service Lodge.
Updated December 24, 2014
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1923)]
Cullen was born in 1889 and hailed from Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset [There is a source that says that he was born in China.]. He was employed by the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd. as a store-keeper from 1914 until the fall of Hong Kong in 1941. Cullen served in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defense Corps. He died at the Sham Shui Po Camp on March 2, 1945 and was buried at the Stanley Military Cemetery. Cullen was married to Angelina [maiden name unknown]. They had two sons. Edward James Cullen, who served as a driver in the Royal Army Service Corps. He was killed in action on December 22, 1941 at the age of 21. William Francis Cullen served as a private in the Royal Army Service Corps. He was killed in action on December 20, 1941. They were both buried at the Sai Wan War Cemetery 西灣國殤紀念墳場. A Mrs. Cullen and children were interned at room 511, Mee Chow Hotel during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. It is unknown if she was Angelina Cullen.
[Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1923)]
Cullen was born in 1889 and hailed from Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset [There is a source that says that he was born in China.]. He was employed by the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd. as a store-keeper from 1914 until the fall of Hong Kong in 1941. Cullen served in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defense Corps. He died at the Sham Shui Po Camp on March 2, 1945 and was buried at the Stanley Military Cemetery. Cullen was married to Angelina [maiden name unknown]. They had two sons. Edward James Cullen, who served as a driver in the Royal Army Service Corps. He was killed in action on December 22, 1941 at the age of 21. William Francis Cullen served as a private in the Royal Army Service Corps. He was killed in action on December 20, 1941. They were both buried at the Sai Wan War Cemetery 西灣國殤紀念墳場. A Mrs. Cullen and children were interned at room 511, Mee Chow Hotel during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. It is unknown if she was Angelina Cullen.
Selected bibliography: Banham, Tony, We Shall Suffer There: Hong Kong's Defenders Imprisoned, 1942-45, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2009, p.236. Hong Kong Government, Juror List 1914 through 1940. ipernity, War Memorial, Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset [online]. Roll-of-honour.org.uk. [oline]. The Skirret, Lodge Eastern Scotia 923, p.1.
Updated December 24, 2014
[Junior Deacon (1904); Senior Deacon (1905); Worshipful Master (1908), Zetland Lodge 525]
Crapnell was employed by Land Crawford & Co. as a book-keeper from 1906 and in the same capacity by the stocks brokerage firm, Moxon & Taylor, from 1912 to 1917 (and probably to a later year). A Camellia found by Crapnell's good friend and fellow botanist, W.J. Tutcher, also of Zetland 525, from Mount Parker 柏架山 in April 1903 was named Camellia Crapnelliana 紅皮糙果茶 (or 克氏茶) in Crapnell's honor. Crapnell was a member of the Wigwam Tennis Club; he won a club trophy (a silver goblet in Chinese design) in 1908. #161, The Peak was listed as Crapnell's address in 1919. Crapnell was married with at least one child.
[Junior Deacon (1904); Senior Deacon (1905); Worshipful Master (1908), Zetland Lodge 525]
Crapnell was employed by Land Crawford & Co. as a book-keeper from 1906 and in the same capacity by the stocks brokerage firm, Moxon & Taylor, from 1912 to 1917 (and probably to a later year). A Camellia found by Crapnell's good friend and fellow botanist, W.J. Tutcher, also of Zetland 525, from Mount Parker 柏架山 in April 1903 was named Camellia Crapnelliana 紅皮糙果茶 (or 克氏茶) in Crapnell's honor. Crapnell was a member of the Wigwam Tennis Club; he won a club trophy (a silver goblet in Chinese design) in 1908. #161, The Peak was listed as Crapnell's address in 1919. Crapnell was married with at least one child.
Selected bibliography: Auction Flex [online]. The China Mail, December 29, 1903, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation; December 28, 1907, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation. Gwulo: Old Hong Kong [online]. Hong Kong Daily Press, December 28, 1904, p.2, Zetland Lodge. Honolulu Star-Bulletin, October 27, 1914, p.2. The journal of the Linnean Society of London, 1906, Vol.37, London: Linnean Society of London, 1906, pp.63-64. The Straits Times, July 16, 1918, p.8, Hong Kong Tribunal.
Updated December 24, 2014
temp. notes:
Charles Siant George Cleverly 基化厘, architect, civil servant, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from 1842 to 1865. He was the acting Assistant Surveyor General of Hong Kong in 1846. He was the Surveyor General 量地官 between 1847 and 1865. He was a trustee of the St. John's Church in 1850 as well a council of the Royal Asiatic Society, China Branch in the same year. Cleverly retired in 1865 due to ill health. He received his first pension payment of £416 from the Hong Kong Government on April 28, 1865. Cleverly was responsible for the designs of the following landmark buildings: Government House (1854), Old Stanley Police Station (1859), St. John's Cathedral (1849), and Zetland Hall (1853).
temp. notes:
Charles Siant George Cleverly 基化厘, architect, civil servant, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from 1842 to 1865. He was the acting Assistant Surveyor General of Hong Kong in 1846. He was the Surveyor General 量地官 between 1847 and 1865. He was a trustee of the St. John's Church in 1850 as well a council of the Royal Asiatic Society, China Branch in the same year. Cleverly retired in 1865 due to ill health. He received his first pension payment of £416 from the Hong Kong Government on April 28, 1865. Cleverly was responsible for the designs of the following landmark buildings: Government House (1854), Old Stanley Police Station (1859), St. John's Cathedral (1849), and Zetland Hall (1853).
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong's First [online].
Updated December 23, 2014
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1932)]
Clemo was engineer of China Light and Power from 1921 to 1924. He was promoted to be Superintendent in 1925, a position he kept until the fall of Hong Kong in 1941.
He had a son, Alfred Bertram Clemo, who also worked for China Light & Power, as an assistant between 1927 and 1934, and as assistant accountant from 1935 until the fall of Hong Kong in 1941.
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1932)]
Clemo was engineer of China Light and Power from 1921 to 1924. He was promoted to be Superintendent in 1925, a position he kept until the fall of Hong Kong in 1941.
He had a son, Alfred Bertram Clemo, who also worked for China Light & Power, as an assistant between 1927 and 1934, and as assistant accountant from 1935 until the fall of Hong Kong in 1941.
Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Government, Jurors List 1921 through 1940. The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
Updated December 23, 2014
[Deputy District Grand Master, Hong Kong and South China, EC 91910)]
Clark was the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong and was instrumental in the formation of the University of Hong Kong Lodge No.3666. It was him, as the Deputy Grand Master, who forwarded the application to the Grand Master in Scotland.
[Deputy District Grand Master, Hong Kong and South China, EC 91910)]
Clark was the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong and was instrumental in the formation of the University of Hong Kong Lodge No.3666. It was him, as the Deputy Grand Master, who forwarded the application to the Grand Master in Scotland.
Selected bibliography: Choa, G.H., The Life and Times of Sir Kai Ho Kai, The Chinese University Press, 2000, p.27. The Straits Times, April 5, 1910, p.7, Freemasonry at Hong Kong.
Updated December 23, 2014
[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1882). 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, St. John's Lodge 618 (1882). 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: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, April 1, 1893, p.255. The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].
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