Updated August 24, 2014
Henry Phillpotts, British Army officer, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1850. He was a lieutenant of the Royal Engineers in 1850.
Military records, Rank: Ensign June 23, 1825; Lieutenant July 11, 1826; Captain June 27, 1834; Service: Royal Engineers..
Selected Bibliography: Hart, H.G., The New Army List for 1841, London: John Murray, 1841. Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.
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The most boring task of compiling a biographical dictionary, speaking from my very limited experience, is to list up all the names and attach the most basic of information in each entry. My bases for this phase of the project lie upon three volumes of “The Hong Kong Almanack and Dictionary” viz. 1846, 1848 and 1850, which were compiled by William Tarrent, editor of The Friend of China. I hope I am able to get this done say within a couple of weeks and move into the next, and clearly a much more interesting, phase in which I will begin researching the individuals. (8/3/2014)
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