McKnight, Thomas

Updated October 19, 2014

Thomas MacKnight, British Royal Navy civilian employee, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from 1842 to 1849. Naval store sheds, referred to as the HM Victualing Yard, were erected in Hong Kong in April 1841 on Possession Street, West Point. MacKnight was appointed the first naval storekeeper and agent victualler on March 21, 1842 and held that position until October 1849.

Variant names: Thomas MacKnight.

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

Burke, W.

Updated September 15, 2014

W. Burke, British Royal Navy civilian employee, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1850. He was the acting Naval Store-keeper and Agent Victualler 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.

Risk, J.

Updated August 15, 2014

J. Risk, British Royal Navy civilian employee, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1850. He was employed by the British Royal Navy to work as a cooper in the Naval Stores.

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.

Pedder, William

Updated October 14, 2014

William Pedder, British Royal Navy Officer, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from 1842 to 1850. He was a lieutenant of the British Royal Navy, acting as chief officer of the HEIC ship Nemesis during the First Opium War. He was appointed Marine Magistrate and Harbor Master on July 31, 1841; he kept the position until 1850. He was a Justice of the Peace (official) between 1843 and 1850^[1]. He sat in the Committee of Management of the Society for Relief of Sick and Destitute Foreigners in 1850.

Military records, Royal Navy, Rank: enter April 5, 1814, Lieutenant 1824.

[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]. The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australia, May - August, 1841, London: William H. Allen & Co., 1841. Royal Navy Biography 1849 [online]. Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.

Liddell, E.

Updated August 11, 2014

E. Liddell, British Royal Navy civilian employee, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1850. He was employed by the Naval Stores as a storeman 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.

Lambert, John

Updated August 10, 2014

John Lambert, British Royal Navy civilian employee, was listed as a resident of Hong kong in 1850. He was employed by the Naval Stores as a clerk.

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.

Hickson, William Doe

Updated September 29, 2014

William Doe Hickson, British Royal Navy civilian employee, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from 1846 to 1850. He was the Second Clerk of the Naval Stores between 1846 and 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.

Dearie, J.

Updated August 2, 2014

J. Dearie, British Royal Navy civilian employee,, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1850. He worked for the Naval Stores as a cooper 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.

Churcher, J.E.

Updated August 1, 2014

J.E. Churcher, British Royal Navy civilian employee, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1850. He was a clerk in the Naval Stores in 1850.

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

Boxer, William

Updated July 30, 2014

William Boxer, British Royal Navy civilian employee, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1850. He was employed by the Naval Stores as a victualling and storeman in 1850.

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