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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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RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1984
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J.H. HAAN

CRYDER, William Wetmore 1858-1859, 1859-1860

Junior partner in Wetmore & Co.;23 from May 25, 1857 partner in Wetmore, Williams & Co.24

CUNNINGHAM, Edward 1852-1853, 1854-1855

Born 1823, died 1889.

Mercantile assistant Russell & Co. 1845-1849; partner 1850-1857, 1861-1863 and 1867-1877;25 part of 1849 and in 1850 he stayed in Canton,26

United States Consul 1851-1854; Consul for Sweden and Norway 1853-1864.27

Member Recreation Ground Committee 1861;28 trustee British Episcopal Church 1863;29 member of the NCBRAS, as resident until 1870,30 as non-resident until 1877,31

Member Committees I, III, IV, VI and VII.

Apart from his political functions, Cunningham's philanthropic attitude was praised from several sides. Cordier called him "one of the most public-spirited men Shanghai has ever known"32 and S.W. Williams dedicated the fifth edition of his "Commercial Guide" to "Edward Cunningham Esq. of Shanghai (...) as a mark of respect for his character as a philanthropist and merchant (...)".

At the time of his return to the United States he took with him a large bell which is now in the possession of the Museum of the American China Trade, Milton.33

Later a street was named after him (Cunningham Road). Portraits. Author.34

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DENT, Henry 1863-1864, 1864-1865

Partner in Dent & Co. from July 1, 1860.36

Consul for Portugal 1863-1865.37

Member of the Commission Provisoire that ran the French Concession 1865-1866.38

Trustee British Episcopal Church 1863, treasurer Recreation Fund 1863-1865;40 trustee Chinese Hospital 1865.41

Treasurer NCBRAS 1864,42

Member Committees IV and IX.
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