List of Executive Council of Hong Kong unofficial members 1896–1941

This is a list of Unofficial Members of the Executive Council in the colonial period from 1850 to 1941. The term of the Executive Council was interrupted during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.

List of Unofficial Members of the Executive Council

Key:
  Representatives of the Jardine, Matheson & Co.
  Representatives of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
  Chinese representatives

Members		Term of office	Background	Remarks
	Catchick Paul Chater	8 September 1896 – 27 May 1926	Broker	Senior Unofficial Member (1896–1926); died in office
	James Jardine Bell-Irving	8 September 1896 – 1899	Jardine, Matheson & Co.
		30 May 1901 – 1902		Vice J. J. Keswick on leave
	James Johnstone Keswick	18 May 1899 – 1901	Jardine, Matheson & Co.
	Charles Wedderburn Dickson	28 May 1902 – 1906	Jardine, Matheson & Co.	Vice J. J. Bell-Irving resigned
	Thomas Henderson Whitehead	23 May – 3 June 1902	Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China	Temporary vice C. P. Chater absent
	Charles Stewart Sharp	12 June – 4 September 1902	Gibb, Livingston & Co.	Temporary vice T. H. Whitehead absent[1]
	William Jardine Gresson	12 May 1904 – 11 May 1905	Jardine, Matheson & Co.	Temporary vice C. W. Dickson absent
		31 July 1908 – 1908		Temporary during the absence of E. A. Hewett
	Edbert Ansgar Hewett	1 June 1906 – 24 November 1915	P. & O. Steam Navigation Co.	Vice C. W. Dickson resigned; died in office
	Henry Keswick	10 March 1908 – 1908	Jardine, Matheson & Co.	Temporary during the absence of E. A. Hewett
		5 May 1910 – 1910		Temporary
	Sir Henry Spencer Berkeley, K.C.	9 May 1908 – 1908	Barrister-at-Law	Temporary during the absence of H. Keswick
	Henry Edward Pollock, K.C.	3 May 1911 – 1911	Barrister-at-Law
		11 May – 19 December 1912		Temporary during the absence of E. A. Hewett
		9 March 1921 – 1941		Senior Unofficial Member (1926–41); reappointed in 1931, 1936
	Ernest Hamilton Sharp, K.C.	1 February 1916 – 9 February 1922	Barrister-at-Law	Died in office
	David Landale	25 July 1916 – 1916	Jardine, Matheson & Co. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation	Temporary vice C. P. Chater on leave
		2 August 1918 – 1918		Temporary vice E. H. Sharp on leave
	Newton John Stabb	15 April 1919 – 1919	Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation	Temporary vice E. H. Sharp on leave
	Percy Hobson Holyoak	6 May 1920 – 1920	Reiss & Co. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation	Temporary vice C. P. Chater on leave
		29 June – 30 October 1921		Temporary during absence of E. H. Sharp
		2 April 1924 – 1924		Temporary during absence of C. P. Chater
		29 August 1924 – 1926		Vice A. G. Stephen deceased; die in office
	Edward Victor David Parr	17 September 1920 – 1920	P. & O. Steam Navigation Co. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation	Temporary vice E. H. Sharp on leave[2]
	Alexander Gordon Stephen	31 October 1921 – 1924	Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation	Vice resignation of P. H. Holyoak during absence of E. H. Sharp; appointed on 12 February 1922 vice E. H. Sharp deceased
	Charles Montague Ede	2 May 1922 – 1922	Union Insurance Society of Canton	Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock
		16 May 1924 – 1924		Temporary during absence of A. G. Stephen & C. P. Chater
	Archibald Orr Lang	2 June 1922 – 1922	Gibb, Livingston & Co. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation	Temporary during absence of C. P. Chater
		21 March 1925 – 1925		Temporary during H. E. Pollock acting Attorney General
		7 April 1926 – 1927		Vice P. H. Holyoak deceased
	Sir Shouson Chow	9 July 1926 – 8 July 1936		First Chinese in the Council; Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1926–36); vice C. P. Chater deceased; reappointed in 1931
	Dallas Gerald Mercer Bernard	10 July 1926 – 1926	Jardine, Matheson & Co. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation	Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock
		4 April 1927 –1927		Vice A. O. Lang
	William Edward Leonard Shenton	1 June 1927 – 1927	Solicitor	Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock
		3 April 1928 – 4 April 1936		Vice D. G. M. Bernard resigned; reappointed in 1933
	Arthur Cecil Hynes	8 May 1928 – 1928	Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation	Temporary during absence of W E. L. Shenton
	John Owen Hughes	4 May 1928 – 1928	Harry Wicking & Co.	Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock[3]
		October 1928 – 1928		Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock[4]
		9 April 1930 – 29 April 1931		Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock[5]
	Benjamin David Fleming Beith	13 June 1929 – 1929	Jardine, Matheson & Co.	Vice H. E. Pollock on leave
	Robert Hormus Kotewall	3 October 1929 – 1929	Hong Kong Mercantile Co., Ltd.	Temporary vice Chow Shouson on leave
		18 September 1930 – 1930
		27 May 1931 – 1931
		19 May 1932 – 25 August 1932
		14 October 1933 – 1933
		3 November 1934 – 1934
		4 June 1935 – 8 November 1935
		9 July 1936 – 25 December 1941		Vice Chow Shouson retired; Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1936–41)
	Charles Gordon Stewart Mackie	4 June 1930 – 1930	Gibb, Livingston & Co. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation	Temporary during absence of W. E. L. Shenton[6]
		30 April 1930 – 2 December 1931		Temporary vice J. Owen Hughes during absence of H. E. Pollock[7]
		8 April 1933 – 1933		Temporary during absence of W. E. L. Shenton[8]
		4 May 1934 – 1934		Temporary during absence of Henry Pollock[9]
	John Johnstone Paterson	6 April 1936 – 25 December 1941	Jardine, Matheson & Co. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation	Vice W. E. L. Shenton resigned
	William Henry Bell	8 June 1936 – 30 October 1936	Asiatic Petroleum Co. (South China) Ltd. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation	Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock
	Stanley Hudson Dodwell	31 October 1936 – 4 December 1936	Dodwell & Co. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation	Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock
		30 July 1938 – 7 October 1938		Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock
		11 March 1939 – 1939		Temporary during absence of J. J. Paterson
		21 September 1940 – 1940		Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock
		26 March 1941 – 7 July 1941		Temporary
	Chau Tsun-nin	29 June 1938 – 1938		Temporary during absence of R. H. Kotewall
	Andrew Lusk Shields	8 July 1941 – 25 December 1941	Shewan, Tomes & Co.	Temporary during absence of S. H. Dodwell
	Vandeleur Molyneux Grayburn	22 July 1941 – 25 December 1941	Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation

References

1. "The Hong Kong Government Gazette". Hong Kong Government. 13 June 1902.
2. "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government (480). 17 September 1920.
3. "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government (264). 8 May 1928.
4. "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government (545). 2 October 1928.
5. "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government (440). 18 July 1930.
6. "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government (339). 6 June 1930.
7. "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government (261). 29 April 1931.
8. "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government (253). 12 April 1933.
9. "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government (373). 10 May 1934.

Bibliography

• Endacott, G. B. Government and people in Hong Kong, 1841–1962 : a constitutional history Hong Kong University Press. (1964) p. 250.