Robert Kotewall
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 Robert Kotewall | |
| Senior Unofficial Member of the Executive Council | |
| In office 1946 | |
| Governor | Cecil Harcourt |
| Preceded by | John Johnstone Paterson |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Morse |
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| Born | Robert Hormus Kotewall 1880 |
| Died | 23 May 1949 British Hong Kong |
| Spouse(s) | Edith Kotewall (nee Lowcock) |
| Occupation | Businessman |
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| Traditional Chinese | 羅旭龢 | ||||||||
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Sir Robert Hormus Kotewall CMG (羅旭龢; 1880–1949) was a British Hong Kong businessman, civil servant and legislator.
Kotewall was the son of Hormusjee Rustomjee Kotewall, a Parsi from India. His ancestry included Chinese, Parsi (as his middle name of Hormus and surname of Kotewall suggests) and European forebears.
Early life[]
Kotewall was born in 1880. He was the son of Hormusjee Rustomjee Kotewall and Cheung A-cheung.[1][2]
Career[]
In 1913, Kotewall was named Clerk to the Magistracy and JP. By 1919, he was in trade as the manager of the Hong Kong Mercantile Company. In 1923, he was invited to join the Legislative Council as an unofficial member, a position he held until 1935. In 1936, he joined the Executive Council.
Personal life[]
Kotewall's wife was Edith (nee Lowcock) Kotewall (b. 1889). She was the daughter of George Lowcock and granddaughter of Henry Lowcock, an English businessman in Hong Kong.[3] They had 9 children, including Phoebe (b.1911), Doris (b.1913), Bobbie (b.1916), Cicely (b.1919), L. Cyril (b.1922), Maisie Nora, and Esther.[2] Through his daughter Maisie, his great-grandson is actor, Max Minghella. Through another daughter Patricia, his great-granddaughter is emcee, philanthropist and former Olympic swimmer Robyn Lamsam Convery,[4][5][6] and his grandson is cricketer Roy Lamsam.
Legacy[]
Kotewall Road, in Mid-Levels, Hong Kong Island,[citation needed] and Sir Robert Kotewall Hall in the campus of St. Paul's Co-educational College, are named after him. His daughter, Dr. Bobbie Kotewall, a teacher, became the principal of St. Paul's Co-educational College, where his sister (and her paternal aunt) Esther Kotewall had earlier served as vice principal.[7]
Gallery[]
Robert Kotewall (2nd right) as part of the administration of Geoffry Northcote (centre)
A portarit of Robert Kotewall on a newspaper in 1947
Statue of Robert Kotewall in Hong Kong Central Library
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "R. H. Kotewall (Lo Kuk-wu)". thechinastory.org. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
- ^ a b "Sir Robert Kotewall". geni.com. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
- ^ "Kotewall, Edith". webb-site.com. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
- ^ http://www.doga.org.hk/index.php/doga-news/conversations/old-girls-profiles/112-interviews/old-girls-profiles/136-the-fentons
- ^ http://www.doga.hk/index.php/112-interviews/old-girls-profiles/144-mrs-cicely-kotewall-zimmern
- ^ https://webb-site.com/dbpub/natperson.asp?p=32448
- ^ https://www.mingpaocanada.com/van/htm/News/20150921/HK-gma1h_r.htm
External links[]
- R. H. Kotewall (Lo Kuk-wu) 羅旭龢 from Biographies of Prominent Chinese c.1925.
- Bobbie Kotewall (daughter)'s grave at Chiu Yuen Cemetery
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