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'''Augustus Shelton Hooper''' (born September 1859) was a Hong Kong English civil servant, architect |
'''Augustus Shelton Hooper''' (born September 1859) was a Hong Kong English civil servant, architect, member of the [[Sanitary Board]] and Licensing Board, and secretary of the [[Hongkong Land|Hongkong Land Investment and Agency Co. Limited]]. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Hooper was born in September 1859 to the seventh son of Henry Wilcocks Hooper, a solicitor & coroner for [[Exeter]], and Julia Evelina Richards.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hooper - Family History|url=http://www.wedmore.org.uk/hooper/hooper.htm}}</ref> |
Hooper was born in September 1859 to the seventh son of Henry Wilcocks Hooper, a solicitor & coroner for [[Exeter]], and Julia Evelina Richards.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hooper - Family History|url=http://www.wedmore.org.uk/hooper/hooper.htm}}</ref> |
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Hooper came to Hong Kong in September 1886 as a surveyor of the [[Land Office]] of the [[Hong Kong government]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1886/668200.pdf|title=The Hongkong Government Gazette|date=11 September 1886|number=347}}</ref> He was later appointed an assessor in May 1888<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1888/661255.pdf|title=The Hongkong Government Gazette|date=12 May 1888|page=484|number=197}}</ref> until his resigned in 1889 |
Hooper came to Hong Kong in September 1886 as a surveyor of the [[Land Office]] of the [[Hong Kong government]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1886/668200.pdf|title=The Hongkong Government Gazette|date=11 September 1886|number=347}}</ref> He was later appointed an assessor in May 1888<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1888/661255.pdf|title=The Hongkong Government Gazette|date=12 May 1888|page=484|number=197}}</ref> until his resigned in 1889<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1889/658576.pdf|title=The Hongkong Government Gazette|date=18 May 1889|page=457|number=238}}</ref> and joined the [[Hongkong Land|Hongkong Land Investment and Agency Co. Limited]]<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/CADAL/B38633942.pdf|page=3–4|title=Collapse of Houses}}</ref> as a secretary, being a land expert from the government.<ref name="retire">{{cite news|title=Farewell Shelton Hooper|page=1|date=3 January 1920|newspaper=The China Mail}}</ref> |
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Hooper was made [[Justice of the Peace]] in 1890.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1890/654766.pdf|title=The Hongkong Government Gazette|date=1 February 1890|page=91|number=50}}</ref> In 1893, he was made the agent and trustee for the [[Hong Kong and Far East Masonic Benevolence Fund|Hongkong and South China Masonic Benevolence Fund]] when it was established by the by the government under the Masonic Benevolence Fund Incorporation Ordinance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1893/646846.pdf|title=The Hongkong Government Gazette|date=1 April 1893|page=255}}</ref> By 1905, he was an authorized architect.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1905/538698.pdf|title=The Hongkong Government Gazette|date=1 January 1905|page=32|number=16 |
Hooper was made [[Justice of the Peace]] in 1890.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1890/654766.pdf|title=The Hongkong Government Gazette|date=1 February 1890|page=91|number=50}}</ref> In 1893, he was made the agent and trustee for the [[Hong Kong and Far East Masonic Benevolence Fund|Hongkong and South China Masonic Benevolence Fund]] when it was established by the by the government under the Masonic Benevolence Fund Incorporation Ordinance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1893/646846.pdf|title=The Hongkong Government Gazette|date=1 April 1893|page=255}}</ref> By 1905, he was an authorized architect.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1905/538698.pdf|title=The Hongkong Government Gazette|date=1 January 1905|page=32|number=16}}</ref> |
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In 1906, he was appointed by [[Hong Kong Governor|Governor]] [[Matthew Nathan]] to the Public Health and Regulations Ordinance Commission to enquiry the alleged corruption and bribery in the Sanitary Department,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/s1907/1993.pdf|title=Report of the Commission Appointed by His Excellency the Governor to Enquiry into and Report on the Administration of the Sanitary and Building Regulations Exacted by the Public Heatlth and Buildings Ordinance 1903, and the Existence of Corruption Among the Officials Charged with the Administration of the Aforesaid Regulations}}</ref> which led to the amendment of the Public Health and Building Ordinance to reform the [[Sanitary Board]] in 1908.<ref>{{cite book|page=138–9|title=The Life and Times of Sir Kai Ho Kai: A Prominent Figure in Nineteenth-century Hong Kong|first=Gerald Hugh|last= Choa|year=2000|publisher=Chinese University Press|isbn=9622018734}}</ref> |
In 1906, he was appointed by [[Hong Kong Governor|Governor]] [[Matthew Nathan]] to the Public Health and Regulations Ordinance Commission to enquiry the alleged corruption and bribery in the Sanitary Department,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/s1907/1993.pdf|title=Report of the Commission Appointed by His Excellency the Governor to Enquiry into and Report on the Administration of the Sanitary and Building Regulations Exacted by the Public Heatlth and Buildings Ordinance 1903, and the Existence of Corruption Among the Officials Charged with the Administration of the Aforesaid Regulations}}</ref> which led to the amendment of the Public Health and Building Ordinance to reform the [[Sanitary Board]] in 1908.<ref>{{cite book|page=138–9|title=The Life and Times of Sir Kai Ho Kai: A Prominent Figure in Nineteenth-century Hong Kong|first=Gerald Hugh|last= Choa|year=2000|publisher=Chinese University Press|isbn=9622018734}}</ref> |
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He attempted to run for the [[Hong Kong sanitary board election, 1891|Sanitary Board election in 1891]] and [[Hong Kong sanitary board election, 1903|in 1903]] but was not elected. He successfully gained the seat in the [[Hong Kong sanitary board election, 1906|1906 Sanitary Board election]] and also the Licensing Board in 1910, where he was re-elected in 1916 and 1919. He served on the Sanitary Board until his retirement in 1911 due to his disagreement with government's decision of changing the Scavenging and Conservancy by-laws.<ref>{{cite news|page=6|date=24 July 1911|newspaper=The China Mail|title=Mr. Shelton Hooper retires}}</ref> |
He attempted to run for the [[Hong Kong sanitary board election, 1891|Sanitary Board election in 1891]] and [[Hong Kong sanitary board election, 1903|in 1903]] but was not elected. He successfully gained the seat in the [[Hong Kong sanitary board election, 1906|1906 Sanitary Board election]] and also the Licensing Board in 1910, where he was re-elected in 1916 and 1919. He served on the Sanitary Board until his retirement in 1911 due to his disagreement with government's decision of changing the Scavenging and Conservancy by-laws.<ref>{{cite news|page=6|date=24 July 1911|newspaper=The China Mail|title=Mr. Shelton Hooper retires}}</ref> |
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Hooper retired after thirty years service as secretary of the Hongkong Land Investment and Agency Co., Ltd. and left Hong Kong on 1 January 1920 and was granted a pension.<ref name="retire"/> |
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==Family== |
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Hooper married to Sarah Hooper who died on 31 August 1942 in [[Matlock]]. One of their daughters named Christine Jessie Shelton Hooper, who married Colonel John Urmson Hope, son of Maj.-Gen. John Edward Hope and Mary Urmson, on 27 November 1907 and had children named Christine Mary Shelton Hope and John Patrick Molesworth Hope.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thepeerage.com/p48075.htm#i480743|title=Augustus Shelton Hooper|work=The Peerage}}</ref> Dorothy Annette Shelton Hooper, another daughter of them, married to John Farrar Macgregor at [[St. John's Cathedral, Hong Kong|St. John's Cathedral]] on 30 August 1911.<ref>{{cite news|title=Untitled|newspaper=The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser|date=15 Septebmer 1911|page=9}}</ref> |
Hooper married to Sarah Hooper who died on 31 August 1942 in [[Matlock]]. One of their daughters named Christine Jessie Shelton Hooper, who married Colonel John Urmson Hope, son of Maj.-Gen. John Edward Hope and Mary Urmson, on 27 November 1907 and had children named Christine Mary Shelton Hope and John Patrick Molesworth Hope.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thepeerage.com/p48075.htm#i480743|title=Augustus Shelton Hooper|work=The Peerage}}</ref> Dorothy Annette Shelton Hooper, another daughter of them, married to John Farrar Macgregor at [[St. John's Cathedral, Hong Kong|St. John's Cathedral]] on 30 August 1911.<ref>{{cite news|title=Untitled|newspaper=The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser|date=15 Septebmer 1911|page=9}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 07:43, 31 July 2014
Augustus Shelton Hooper (born September 1859) was a Hong Kong English civil servant, architect, member of the Sanitary Board and Licensing Board, and secretary of the Hongkong Land Investment and Agency Co. Limited.
Biography
Hooper was born in September 1859 to the seventh son of Henry Wilcocks Hooper, a solicitor & coroner for Exeter, and Julia Evelina Richards.[1]
Hooper came to Hong Kong in September 1886 as a surveyor of the Land Office of the Hong Kong government.[2] He was later appointed an assessor in May 1888[3] until his resigned in 1889[4] and joined the Hongkong Land Investment and Agency Co. Limited[5] as a secretary, being a land expert from the government.[6]
Hooper was made Justice of the Peace in 1890.[7] In 1893, he was made the agent and trustee for the Hongkong and South China Masonic Benevolence Fund when it was established by the by the government under the Masonic Benevolence Fund Incorporation Ordinance.[8] By 1905, he was an authorized architect.[9]
In 1906, he was appointed by Governor Matthew Nathan to the Public Health and Regulations Ordinance Commission to enquiry the alleged corruption and bribery in the Sanitary Department,[10] which led to the amendment of the Public Health and Building Ordinance to reform the Sanitary Board in 1908.[11]
He attempted to run for the Sanitary Board election in 1891 and in 1903 but was not elected. He successfully gained the seat in the 1906 Sanitary Board election and also the Licensing Board in 1910, where he was re-elected in 1916 and 1919. He served on the Sanitary Board until his retirement in 1911 due to his disagreement with government's decision of changing the Scavenging and Conservancy by-laws.[12]
Hooper retired after thirty years service as secretary of the Hongkong Land Investment and Agency Co., Ltd. and left Hong Kong on 1 January 1920 and was granted a pension.[6]
Family
Hooper married to Sarah Hooper who died on 31 August 1942 in Matlock. One of their daughters named Christine Jessie Shelton Hooper, who married Colonel John Urmson Hope, son of Maj.-Gen. John Edward Hope and Mary Urmson, on 27 November 1907 and had children named Christine Mary Shelton Hope and John Patrick Molesworth Hope.[13] Dorothy Annette Shelton Hooper, another daughter of them, married to John Farrar Macgregor at St. John's Cathedral on 30 August 1911.[14]
References
- ^ "Hooper - Family History".
- ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette" (PDF). 11 September 1886.
- ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette" (PDF). 12 May 1888. p. 484.
- ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette" (PDF). 18 May 1889. p. 457.
- ^ "Collapse of Houses" (PDF): 3–4.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b "Farewell Shelton Hooper". The China Mail. 3 January 1920. p. 1.
- ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette" (PDF). 1 February 1890. p. 91.
- ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette" (PDF). 1 April 1893. p. 255.
- ^ "The Hongkong Government Gazette" (PDF). 1 January 1905. p. 32.
- ^ "Report of the Commission Appointed by His Excellency the Governor to Enquiry into and Report on the Administration of the Sanitary and Building Regulations Exacted by the Public Heatlth and Buildings Ordinance 1903, and the Existence of Corruption Among the Officials Charged with the Administration of the Aforesaid Regulations" (PDF).
- ^ Choa, Gerald Hugh (2000). The Life and Times of Sir Kai Ho Kai: A Prominent Figure in Nineteenth-century Hong Kong. Chinese University Press. p. 138–9. ISBN 9622018734.
- ^ "Mr. Shelton Hooper retires". The China Mail. 24 July 1911. p. 6.
- ^ "Augustus Shelton Hooper". The Peerage.
- ^ "Untitled". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 15 Septebmer 1911. p. 9.
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