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Dodwell was part of the [[Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps]].<ref name="dodwell"/> In 1938, Governor combined the advisory committees for the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps and Hong Kong Naval Volunteer into the advisory committee of the Volunteer Advisory Committee. Dodwell was appointed member of the newly formed committee for military advices.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Hongkong Government Gazette|work=The Hongkong Government|date=19 August 1938|number=640}}</ref>
Dodwell was part of the [[Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps]].<ref name="dodwell"/> In 1938, Governor combined the advisory committees for the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps and Hong Kong Naval Volunteer into the advisory committee of the Volunteer Advisory Committee. Dodwell was appointed member of the newly formed committee for military advices.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Hongkong Government Gazette|work=The Hongkong Government|date=19 August 1938|number=640}}</ref>

He was given the Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] in June 1947 for his public services in Hong Kong.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=37977 |date=12 June 1947 |supp=yes |startpage=2594 }}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

Revision as of 20:07, 10 December 2013

Stanley Hudson Dodwell was the chairman of the Dodwell & Co. and member of the Legislative Council and the Executive Council of Hong Kong.

Business career

S. H. Dodwell was nephew of the George Benjamin Dodwell, founder of the Dodwell & Co. which was one of the leading British merchant firms in the late 19th and early 20th century. He joined the company in January 1897 and began with a salary of £30 per annum.[1] In 1899 Dodwell became the Company's representative on the Baltic Shipping Exchange, responsible for arranging tonnage to fill Dodwell & Company's turns on the New York berth.[1] He took charge of the firm from his uncle in 1912 of the Dodwell & Co. and remained as chairman until 1953.[1][2]

Besides his own firm, he was also on the board of many local leading companies.[1] He was the director of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation[3][1] and was elected chairman in 1912.[4] he was also chairman of the Union Insurance Society of Canton[5] and the British Traders' Insurance Co., [6] and member of the Consulting Committee of the Shewan Tomes & Co. among others.[7]

Public services

He was the unofficial member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for many occasions for decades. In June 1917 he was appointed an unofficial member on the Legislative Council during Henry Pollock's on leave,[8] again in October 1918 for Edward Shellim,[9] and for Robert Gordon Shewan in March 1919 and January 1920.[10][11] He was again served on the Legislative Council from 1936 to 1941. In April 1936, he was appointed on William Shenton's resignation[12] and was reappointed in April 1940.[13]

Dodwell was also member of the Executive Council for numerous times. He was appointed on Henry Pollock's absence in October 1936,[14]July 1938,[15] and September 1940,[16] on J. J. Paterson's absence in March 1939[17] and March 1941.[18]

Among other public offices he was member of the Medical Board,[19] the Authorized Arhitects' Committee,[20] and the Board of War Taxation in which the government set up for raising revenue for the war preparation in the eve of the Pacific War.[21] Dodwell however strongly opposed to the new Income Tax Bill presented by the Hong Kong Government. He doubted the new taxation would drive out industrial enterprises and capital and prevent new ones to come in and the tax collecting would be too costly.[22] He demanded some amendments of the bill and asked for an enquiry into the war time departments was set up for providing jobs for senior and former government officials.[23]

Dodwell was part of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps.[1] In 1938, Governor combined the advisory committees for the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps and Hong Kong Naval Volunteer into the advisory committee of the Volunteer Advisory Committee. Dodwell was appointed member of the newly formed committee for military advices.[24]

He was given the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in June 1947 for his public services in Hong Kong.[25]

Personal life

He was also captain of the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club from 1916 to 1917.[26] He was still a keen golfer in his later life.[27]

He lived in Perth, Australia during the war and became the chairman of the East Asian Residents' Association which was consisted of Far Eastern residents fled from the Japanese-occupied territories.[28] He stationed in London for the Dodwell & Co. after the war.[1]

Dodwell married to Phoebe Joyce of London and their son Michael Carr Dodwell, part of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, died on 15 May 1944 at the age of 21 and was buried at the Stanley Military Cemetery.[29]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g The House of Dodwell: a century of achievement, 1858-1958. Dodwell and Company. 1958.
  2. ^ Jones, P. H. M. (1970). Golden guide to Hongkong and Macao. Far Eastern Economic Review. p. 136.
  3. ^ Annual Report of the Superintendent of Banks of the State of California. California. State Banking Dept. 1921. p. 321.
  4. ^ "Company Report". The Hong Kong Telegraph. 4 February 1913. p. 1.
  5. ^ Nyaw, Mee Kau (2010). Enriching Lives: A History of Insurance in Hong Kong, 1841-2010. Hong Kong University Press. p. 37.
  6. ^ Report of the Superintendent of Insurance of the Dominion of Canada. Canada. Dept. of Insurance. 1938. p. 147.
  7. ^ "Members of the Consulting Committee". The Hong Kong Telegraph. 14 February 1916. p. 4.
  8. ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government. No. 253. 1 June 1914.
  9. ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government. No. 394. 11 October 1918.
  10. ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government. No. 114. 12 March 1919.
  11. ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government. No. 1. 5 January 1920.
  12. ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government. No. 351. 16 April 1936.
  13. ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government. No. 390. 8 April 1940.
  14. ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government. No. 882. 5 November 1936.
  15. ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government. No. 581. 3 August 1938.
  16. ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government. No. 1069. 25 September 1940.
  17. ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government. No. 184. 8 March 1939.
  18. ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government. No. 351. 27 March 1941.
  19. ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government. No. 455. 16 November 1914.
  20. ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government. No. 365. 15 August 1919.
  21. ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government. No. 618. 30 May 1940.
  22. ^ "Mr. S. H. Dodwell: Government Saddled with Three Great Disabilities". Hong Kong Daily Press. 10 November 1939. p. 20-21.
  23. ^ "Opening of Debate on Hongkong Budget: Unofficials' Criticism". The Hong Kong Telegraph. 20 February 1920. p. 1.
  24. ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette". The Hongkong Government. No. 640. 19 August 1938.
  25. ^ "No. 37977". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 12 June 1947.
  26. ^ "Past Captains". The Hong Kong Golf Club. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  27. ^ Rubber Journal. Vol. 112–113. 1947. p. 599.
  28. ^ "East Asian Association". The West Australian. Perth. 6 May 1942. p. 3.
  29. ^ "Roll of Honour". Retrieved 11 December 2013.

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