Vanstone, James (Perseverance, St. John's, United Service, Victoria, Zetland, Grand Lodges Hong Kong and South China, EC &SC)

Updated March 24, 2015

[Junior Warden, St. John's Lodge 618 (1883). District Grand Tyler, Hong Kong and South China, E.C. and S.C.; acted as Tyler in the following lodges: Perseverance Lodge 1165 (1904), St. John's Lodge 618 (1906, 1909), United Service Lodge 1341 (1905, 1906), Victoria Lodge 1026 (1903, 1904), Zetland Lodge 525 (1904, 1905, 1908)]

Vanstone was born in 1847. He came to Hong Kong in 1874. He was verger of St. John's Cathedral between 1904 and 1921. Vanstone was married to Rosina [s.n.]. The marriage bore two daughters, one of them was Lizzie Belle Vanstone who married David MacEwan Mills at St. John's Cathedral on September 27, 1909. He also had a son by his first wife, his son was employed as an engineer in British North Borneo. Vanstone died in Hong Kong on January 2, 1921 and was buried at the Hong Kong Cemetery.

Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 29, 1903, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation; December 9, 1905, p.4, United Service Lodge; December 28, 1907, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation. Hong Kong Daily Press, December 19, 1903, p.2, Masonic Affairs; December 28, 1904, p.2, Zetland Lodge; December 13, 1905, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation. Hong Kong Telegraph, December 12, 1882, p.2; November 24, 1902, p.4, Victoria Lodge; December 9, 1904, p.4, United Service Lodge.. The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, January 14, 1921, p.6.

Andrew, John Ingram (St. John's)

Updated December 18, 2014

[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1895). District Grand Superintendent of Works, Hong Kong and South China, SC (1906).]
Andrew was born in Scotland in October 1866. He was educated at Normal Training College, and Robert College, Aberdeen. He had worked for Douglas S.S. Company [probably was Douglas Lapraik & Co.] between 1890 and 1892, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Company between 1893 and 1896, He joined George Fenwick and Company in December 1896 as engineer and was promoted to be manager in 1909. He was authorized by the Hong Kong Government as acting surveyor of boilers of unlicensed steam ships under 60 tons (vice William George Winterburn) on March 15, 1901. He served in the Hong Kong Volunteer Corps; he was promoted from Company Sergeant Major to be 2nd Lieutenant on October 12, 1908, and Lieutenant on October 11, 1909. He served as a common juror between 1894 and 1911. He was elected a member of the Royal Society of Arts in 1909. Andrew married Sophia Berg (daughter of Captain [s.n.] Berg) in 1894. Andrew retired to Aberdeen probably in 1912 and died in 1936.

Selected bibliography: Gwulo: Old Hong Kong [online]. The Hong Kong Government Gazette, March 16, 1901, #153; October 16, 1908, #727; October 15, 1909, #647; March 13, 1936, supplement, advertisement. The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, March 8, 1909, p.4. Who's Who in the Far East 1906-7, Hong Kong: China Mail, 1907.