Roderick Mackenzie Gray

Last updated February 19, 2019

Roderick Mackenzie Gray was a British businessman and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.

Legislative Council of Hong Kong legislative body of Hong Kong

The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or LegCo is the unicameral parliamentary legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

He was the head of the Reiss & Co. and the Chairman of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. He was made Justice of the Peace in 1890.^[1] From 1897 to 1900, he was Chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce from 1897 to 1900. On 21 June 1900 he was appointed unofficial member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong ^[2] vice E. R. Belilios resigned.

The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce was founded in Hong Kong in 1861. It is a self-funding, non-profit organization with about 4,000 member companies. Its stated mission is to safeguard and represent trade, service and industry in Hong Kong. The Chamber formulates positions on issues relevant to the business sector and communicates regularly with government officials and policy makers in the form of public campaigns or position statements delivered to government.

Emanuel Raphael Belilios, CMG, JP was a Hong Kong Jewish opium dealer and businessman.

He married Eleanor Maud H. Potts in Hong Kong on 8 May 1893. He was a steward of the Hong Kong Jockey Club.^[3]

The Hong Kong Jockey Club is one of the oldest institutions in Hong Kong, having been founded in 1884. In 1959, it was granted a Royal Charter and renamed The Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club (英皇御准香港賽馬會). The institution reverted to its original name in 1996 due to the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong in 1997. Membership of the club is by nomination and election.

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References

↑ "The Hongkong Government Gazette" (PDF). 1 February 1890. p. 91.
↑ The Genealogical Magazine, Volume 4. 1901. p. 173. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
↑ Bickley, Gillian (2001). Hong Kong Invaded!: A '97 Nightmare. Hong Kong University Press. p. 127.

Business positions
Preceded by J. J. Bell-Irving	Chairman of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation 1899–1900	Succeeded by N. A. Siebs
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded by E. R. Belilios	Unofficial Member 1900–1901	Succeeded by John Thurburn

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[1] "The Hongkong Government Gazette" (PDF). 1 February 1890. p. 91.

[2] The Genealogical Magazine, Volume 4. 1901. p. 173. Retrieved August 25, 2015.

[3] Bickley, Gillian (2001). Hong Kong Invaded!: A '97 Nightmare. Hong Kong University Press. p. 127.