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Ho Fook | |
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| Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
| In office 22 October 1917 – 14 November 1921 | |
| Appointed by | Sir Francis Henry May |
| Preceded by | Wei Yuk |
| Succeeded by | Chow Shou-son |
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| Born | image 30 November 1863 British Hong Kong |
| Died | 29 August 1926 (aged 62) British Hong Kong |
| Resting place | image |
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Ho Fook, alias Ho Chak-sang, JP (30 November 1863 – 29 August 1926) was a Hong Kong merchant and politician.
He was a Eurasian, born to a man of Dutch ancestry named Charles Henri Maurice Bosman (1839–1892)[1] and Madame Sze, a Han Chinese woman of Bao'an (present-day Shenzhen) heritage. His the older brother Sir Robert Ho Tung and Ho Kom-tong were also prominent social figures in Hong Kong.
He was educated at the Queen's College before he went to business. He succeeded his father as the head comprador at the Jardine Matheson & Co. from 1900 and managing director of Hong Kong Telegraph from 1908. With Lau Chu-pak, they founded the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce in 1900.[2]
He was appointed to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1917 on retirement of Wei Yuk and served until 1921.
He had 13 sons, five of whom worked as compradores for various foreign companies. One of Ho Fook's grandsons is Stanley Ho, the casino and shipping magnate.
References
- ^ Courtauld, Caroline & Holdsworth, May 1997, The Hong Kong Story. Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-590353-6
- ^ Mellor, Bernard. Lugard In Hong Kong: Empires, Education and a Governor at Work. Hong Kong University Press. p. 197.