Dudgeon, Patrick

Updated October 11, 2014

Patrick Dudgeon, merchant, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from 1843 to 1850. He was a partner in the mercantile firm, Turner & Co. He was a Justice of the Peace (non-official) from 1843 to 1850^[1]. 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.

Marques, Manoel Vicente

Updated October 5, 2014

Manoel Vicente Marques, mercantile assistant, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from 1848 to 1850. He was employed by the mercantile firm, Turner & Co., in 1850. Spring Gardens was listed as his address 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.

Mackean, Thomas William Lockwood

Updated October 14, 2014

Thomas William Lockwood Mackean, merchant, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1850. He was a senior partner in the mercantile firm, Turner & Co., in 1850. He was Justice of the Peace (non-official) between 1843 and 1850^[1]. He was a council of the Royal Asiatic Society, China Branch in 1850. He was one of the three Vice Presidents of the Morrison Education Society in 1850. He was the Treasurer of  the Medical Missionary Society 中國博醫會 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.

Cannan, John H.

Updated September 13, 2014

John H. Cannan, mercantile assistant, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from 1845 to 1850. He was employed by the mercantile house, Turner & Co., as an assistant in 1850. He sat in the Committee of Management of the Society for Relief of Sick and Destitute Foreigners in 1850. Spring Gardens was listed as his address 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 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, 1850.