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Nationality

Members

1855 (March)—1856 (January)

(23.3.1855)

William Shephard Wetmore

William Thorburn

William Herbert Vacher

Henry Alexander Ince

Clement D. Nye

1856 (January)—1857 (January)

(14.1.1856)

George Griswold Gray

  
    Firm
    Nationality
  
  
    Wetmore & Co.
    American
  
  
    Hargreaves & Co.
    British
  
  
    Gilman, Bowman, Dent, Beale & Co.
    American
  
  
    Bull, Nye & Co.
    British
  
  
    (Treasurer)
    
  
  
    James Lawrence Man
    
  
  
    Andrew Arch. Ranken
    
  

1857 (January) — 1858 (February)

(31.1.1857)

George Watson Coutts

Hugh Bold Gibb

Charles W. Orne

  
    Russell & Co.
    American
  
  
    Geo. Barnet & Co.
    ?
  
  
    Smith, Kennedy & Co.
    British
  
  
    Watson & Co.
    British
  
  
    Gibb, Livingston & Co.
    British
  
  
    Russell & Co.
    American
  

Note: In February 1858 G. W. Coutts is no longer mentioned as member.

1858 (February) — 1859 (February)

(4.2.1858)

William Wetmore Cryder

Hugh Bold Gibb

John Thorne

Note: In February 1859 only J. Thorne is mentioned as member.

1859 (February) — 1860 (February)

(31.1.1859)

Robert Reid (Chairman)

William Wetmore Cryder

  
    Wetmore, Williams & Co.
    American
  
  
    Gibb, Livingston & Co.
    British
  
  
    ?
    ?
  
  
    Birley, Worthington & Co.
    British
  
  
    (Treasurer)
    
  
  
    Hubert Marshall Murray Gray
    
  
  
    Wetmore, Williams & Co.
    American
  
  
    Smith, Kennedy & Co.
    British
  

1860 (February) — 1861 (February)

(15.2.1860)

Rowland Hamilton (Chairman)

  
    Smith, Kennedy & Co.
    British
  

James Whitlow (Treasurer)

Richard R. Tyers

  
    Holliday, Wise & Co.
    British
  

2

  
    British
    2
  

1861 (February) — 1862 (April)

(2.2.1861)

William Howard (Chairman)

J. Priestley Tate (Treasurer)

Chartered Bank

Blain, Tate & Co.

  
    William Shephard Wetmore
    British
  
  
    ?
    ?
  
  
    Wetmore, Williams & Co.
    American
  

Note: In April 1862 only J. P. Tate is mentioned as member.
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FEARON, Charles Augustine 1854-1855

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Arrived in China probably 1836; lived in Shanghai from 1846;44 at first partner in Fearon & Co.,* later in Aug. Heard & Co.; agent for Heard in London from August 1856.

FORBES, Frank Blackwell 1864-1865

Born 1839, died 1908.

Came to China as private secretary of the American envoy William Reed in 1857.

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Partner in Russell & Co. from January 1, 1863.

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Consul-General for Sweden and Norway from September 13, 1864.5

54

$1

Member of the Conseil Municipal of the French Concession 1868-1869, 1869-1870, 1870-1871, 1871-1872, 1872-1873. Trustee Recreation Fund;7 member of the NCBRAS 1864 until 1874 (as resident), until 1882 (as non-resident);53 Vice president NCBRAS 1872, president NCBRAS 1873 and 1874;5 member of a committee of the NCBRAS to study the "feasibility of establishing a Public Library", 1868;56 member of a committee of the NCBRAS “appointed for the consideration of the expediency of publishing a reprint of the Chinese Repository", 1868.7 Portraits.** Author of, among others, botanical works.

GIBB, Hugh Bold 1857-1858, 1858-1859

$9

Authorized to sign for Gibb, Livingston & Co. from March 8, 1855;6 later he became a partner.

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Trustee British Episcopal Church 1858.62

Unofficial member of the Legislative Council in Hong Kong 1860-1870, 1879.63

GRAY, George Griswold 1856-1857

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Authorized to sign for Russell & Co. January 3, 1854, partner from January 1, 1855 till December 31, 1859.4

He took part in the Battle of Muddy Flat, April 4, 1854, and was reported wounded.

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Portrait.

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