Watkins, C.T.

Updated October 10, 2014

C.T. Watkins, employees of the British Diplomatic Department, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1848. He worked for the Hong Kong Office of the British Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade as the Third Assistant in 1848.

Selected Bibliography: Williams, Samuel Wells (Ed.), Chinese Repository, Vol. 17, January to December, 1848. Canton: 1848.

Pedder, William Henry

Updated September 16, 2014

William Henry Pedder, employee of the British Diplomatic Department, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1850. He was employed by the Hong Kong Office of the British Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade as a supernumerary interpreter in 1850.

Pedder became British Consul in Amoy (Xiamen) in 1861. He died in 1900.

Pedder was the son of William Pedder. Pedder married Caroline Swinhoe in Chelsea on September 27, 1859. Swinhoe was the daughter of Robert Swinhoe. The marriage bore several children. One of them was Arthur Lionel Pedder, who was born in Devon, England on November 15, 1868

Selected Bibliography: caliendi.com [online]. Janus: Jardine Matheson Archive [online]. Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846, 1848 and 1850.

Fittock, W.H.

Updated September 20, 2014

W.H. Fittock, judicial official, later employee of the British Diplomatic Department, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from 1846 to 1850. He worked for the Marine Magistrate's Office as a clerk in 1846. He was the 6th Assistant in the Hong Kong Office of the British Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade in 1850

Selected Bibliography: Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846, 1848 and 1850.

Conner, William

Updated October 29, 2014

William Conner, employee of the British Diplomatic Department, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from 1845 to 1850. He worked in the Hong Kong Office of the British Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade as the Second Assistant between 1846 and 1848, and as Chief Assistant and Keeper of Records in 1850.

Selected Bibliography: Bridgman, Elijah Coleman (Ed.), Chinese Repository, Vol. 14, January to December, 1845. Canton: 1845. Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846, 1848 and 1850.

Woodgate, William

Updated September 15, 2014

William Woodgate, employee of the British Diplomatic Department, was listed as a resident of Hong kong in 1805. He was the 3rd Assistant in the Hong Kong Office of the British Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade in 1850.

Selected Bibliography: Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.

Wade, Thomas Francis 威妥瑪

Updated October 10, 2014

Thomas Francis Wade 威妥瑪, judicial official, later civil servant, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from 1846 to 1850. He was Supreme Court's interpreter in 1846. He worked for the Colonial Secretary's Office as the Assistant Chinese Secretary in 1850. He was the Assistant Chinese Secretary in the Hong Kong Office of the British Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade in 1848, and the acting Chinese Secretary in 1850. He was a member of the Royal Asiatic Society, China Branch in 1850.

Selected Bibliography: Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850. Williams, Samuel Wells (Ed.), Chinese Repository, Vol. 17, January to December, 1848. Canton: 1848.

Morrison, G.S.

Updated September 15, 2014

G.S. Morrison, employee of the British Diplomatic Department, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1850. He was the 5th Assistant in the Hong Kong Office of the British Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade in 1850.

Selected Bibliography: Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.

Lay, Horatio

Updated September 15, 2014

Horatio Lay, employee of the British Diplomatic Department, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1850/. He was employed by the Hong Kong Office of the British Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade as a supernumerary interpreter (Chinese) in 1850.

Selected Bibliography: Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.

Johnson, Alexander R.

Updated September 25, 2014

Alexander R. Johnson, officer of the British Diplomatic Department, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from 1843 to 1850. He was the Secretary and Registrar of the Hong Kong Office of the British Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade between 1846 and 1850. He was an ex officio member of the Executive Council in 1850. He was a Justice of the Peace (official) between 1843 and 1850^[1]. He was a trustee of St. John Church in 1850. He was a member of the Royal Asiatic Society, China Branch in 1850.

[1] He was one of the first 44 Justices of Peace ever to be appointed in Hong Kong. Their appointments were announced by Henry Pottinger on the fifth day after he had sworn in as the first Colonial Governor. The date was June 30 ,1843.

Selected Bibliography: Hong Kong's First [online]. Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.

Hyndman, Joao

Updated September 15, 2014

Joao Hyndman, employee of the British Diplomatic Department, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1850. He was the 4th Assistant in the Hong Kong Office of the British Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade in 1850.

Selected Bibliography: Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.

Harvey, F.

Updated September 15, 2014

F. Harvey, employee of the British Diplomatic Department, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1850. He was the 2nd Assistant in the Hong Kong Office of the British Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade in 1850.

Selected Bibliography: Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.