James Greig (born 1834) was second Chief Manager of the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or LegCo is the unicameral legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
Greig was the Hong Kong branch manager of the Asiatic Banking Corporation before he joined the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation in 1869. He acted as Chief Manager of the Bank in 1871 when Victor Kresser retired and later on assumed the post officially from 1871 to 1876. He was responsible for handling the first public loan by the Qing government in 1874. He committed to the bank to a Foochow loan of £27,615 at the agreed but arbitrary exchange rate of 2 million taels, denominated in sterling. He retired from the Chief Manager in 1876 and was succeeded by Thomas Jackson.
Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet, was the third Chief Manager of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. He was responsible for financing the development of Colonial Hong Kong under the first large scale bank.
Greig was appointed member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in February 1872 when Henry John Ball acted as Chief Justice [1] and was made Justice of the Peace in March 1872. [2] He was also elected Trustee of the St. John's Cathedral.
Henry John Ball was a Hong Kong Judge and government official. He was the Judge of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction and had acted on many position including the Chief Justice, Colonial Secretary, Attorney General and had sat on the Executive and Legislative Councils of Hong Kong.
The Chief Justice of Hong Kong was, until 1997, the chief judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong and the most senior judge in the court system.
