The Keswick family are a business dynasty of Scottish origin associated with the Far East region since 1855 and in particular the conglomerate Jardine Matheson.
Solicitor advocate is a hybrid status which allows a solicitor in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong to represent clients in higher courts in proceedings that were traditionally reserved for barristers. The status does not exist in most other common law jurisdictions where, for the most part, all solicitors have rights of audience in higher courts.
Tso Seen-wan,, also Ts'o Seen Wan, S. W. Tso or S. W. Ts'o, was a distinguished Hong Kong lawyer, politician, businessman and educationalist.
Johnson Stokes & Master (JSM) was one of the oldest and largest law firms in Asia before it was combined into Mayer Brown on January 28, 2008 to become Mayer Brown JSM. JSM had offices in Hong Kong, where it was one of the leading law firms, and in Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai on mainland China, as well as in Bangkok, Thailand and Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Before the combination, the firm had a team of 800 staff, including more than 260 lawyers.
According to the firm, JSM was one of the top three foreign law firms in Thailand and Vietnam. On September 1, 2018, the firm changed its name in Asia to Mayer Brown.
Sir Arthur Robinson KCMG was an Australian politician, at different times a member of the upper and lower houses of the Victorian parliament and a federal MP.
Ronald Joseph Arculli, GBM, GBS, CVO, OBE, JP is former chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, Non-official Members Convenor of the Executive Council of Hong Kong (Exco) and a senior partner at King & Wood Mallesons. He is a Hong Kong solicitor and a founding partner of the law firm, Arculli, Fong, & Ng, which later merged with King & Wood Mallesons.
William Keswick was a British Conservative politician and businessman, patriarch of the Keswick family, an influential shipping family in Hong Kong associated with Jardine Matheson Holdings.
Hill Dickinson is a British international commercial law firm headquartered in Liverpool, United Kingdom. With more than 200 partners and 950 staff, the firm operates from six UK offices and four overseas offices.
John Joseph Francis KC was a senior counsel in British Colony of Hong Kong and the first elected member of the Sanitary Board.
A plebiscite on whether the Sanitary Board should have an official or unofficial majority was held in Hong Kong in June 1896. It was the only plebiscite conducted by the Hong Kong Government on record. The other de facto referendum launched by the pro-democracy camp through the by-election in 2010 was not officially recognised.
The 1915 Hong Kong Sanitary Board election was held on 22 January 1915 for the two unofficial seats in the Sanitary Board of Hong Kong.
Sir Michael Joseph Patrick Hogan, was an Irish lawyer and judge in the British Empire. He served as Chief Justice of Hong Kong for 14 years.
John David Humphreys was an English merchant, chemist and druggist in Hong Kong. He was general manager of the A. S. Watson & Co., Ltd. and member of the Sanitary Board.
Percy Hobson Holyoak was a British businessman in Hong Kong and member of the Legislative Council and Executive Council of Hong Kong.
Augustus Shelton Hooper was a Hong Kong English civil servant, architect, member of the Sanitary Board and Licensing Board, and secretary of the Hongkong Land Investment and Agency Co. Limited.
Carlos Henrique de Senna Fernandes Basto, also known as Charles Henrique de Basto, was a Portuguese businessman and member of the Hong Kong Sanitary Board.
Philip Wallace Goldring was an English solicitor in Hong Kong and Shanghai and member of the Sanitary Board.
The 1914 Hong Kong Sanitary Board by-election was held on 1 May 1914 for one of the two unofficial seats in the Sanitary Board of Hong Kong. It was a by-election caused by the absence of F. B. L. Bowley from Hong Kong on holiday.
Herbert William Godfrey Bird was a British architect and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
William Chatham was a Scottish-born engineer and government official of Hong Kong. He was the Director of Public Works from 1901 to 1921, as well as member of the Executive and Legislative Councils and Vice-President of the Sanitary Board.
