| 词条 | John Owen Hughes |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = John Owen Hughes | honorific_suffix = | image = | birth_date = 1881 | birth_place = | death_date = 4 February 1945 | death_place = Stanley Internment Camp, Japanese Occupied Hong Kong | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = United Kingdom | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | employer = | organization = | known_for = | height = | spouse = Frances Isabel Oakley | children = Harry Owen Hughes | mother = | father = | relatives = | family = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | footnotes = }} John Owen Hughes (1881 - 1945) was a British businessman in Hong Kong and member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong. CareerJ. Owen Hughes was a well-known British expatriate in Hong Kong in the colonial period. He was the head of the Harry Wicking & Co.[1] He was also appointed member of the board of the Union Insurance Society of Canton in 1927.[2] He joined the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and became an active member in the Chamber. He served on the committee of the Chamber from 1921 to 1931 and in 1924 he was elected the Chairman of the Chamber in succession to D. G. M. Bernard. He had also been Chairman of the Metals Sub-Committee for years.[3] Owen Hughes was the representative of the Chamber on the Legislative Council from 1927 to 1931.[3] He was elected in May 1927 to take place from the chairman of the Chamber D. G. M. Bernard as the representative of the Chamber.[1] He resigned from the committee and the representation of the Chamber of Commerce on the Legislative Council from 25 April 1931.[3] He was again appointed to the Legislative Council temporarily in May 1934 during Henry Pollock on leave.[4] He was appointed to the Executive Council on several occasions, in May and October 1928 and in July 1930 for Henry Pollock.[5][6][7] Among others he was also member of the Licensing Board and the Authorized Architects' Committee.[8][9] During his stay in Hong Kong, Owen Hughes joined the Victoria Lodge of the Freemasonry and became the Master. In August 1926, appointed the District Grand Master of English Freemasonry for Hong Kong and South China, in succession to P. H. Hoyoak who deceased.[10] Death and familyHe was married to Frances Isabel Oakley, daughter of H. G. Oakley of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. The wedding took place at St. John's Cathedral, Hong Kong on 7 December 1929 and was attended by Governor Cecil Clementi.[11] John Owen Hughes' son Harry Owen Hughes was a well-known cricketer in Hong Kong. He was held as prisoner of war at the Stanley Internment Camp during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong and died in February 1945 References1. ^1 {{cite news|newspaper=Hong Kong Daily Press|date=17 May 1931|page=7|title=Legislative Council Nominee}} {{s-start}}{{s-par|hk}}{{s-bef | before = Dallas Gerald Mercer Bernard}}{{s-ttl | title = Unofficial Member|district=Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce2. ^{{cite news|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=1 June 1927|page=8|title=Untitled}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite news|newspaper=Hong Kong Daily Press|date=5 May 1931|page=7|title=Mr. C. G. S. Mackie}} 4. ^{{cite news|work=The Hongkong Government|title=The Hongkong Government Gazette|date=10 May 1934|number=374}} 5. ^{{cite news|work=The Hongkong Government|title=The Hongkong Government Gazette|date=8 May 1928|number=264}} 6. ^{{cite news|work=The Hongkong Government|title=The Hongkong Government Gazette|date=2 October 1928|number=545}} 7. ^{{cite news|work=The Hongkong Government|title=The Hongkong Government Gazette|date=18 July 1930|number=440}} 8. ^{{cite news|work=The Hongkong Government|title=The Hongkong Government Gazette|date=16 March 1925|number=155}} 9. ^{{cite news|work=The Hongkong Government|title=The Hongkong Government Gazette|date=15 October 1927|number=602}} 10. ^{{cite news|newspaper=Hong Kong Daily Press|date=30 August 1926|page=5|title=Hongkong and South China Freemasons}} 11. ^{{cite news|newspaper=The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser|date=20 December 1929|page=12|title=Popular Hong Kong Cricketer Weds}} | years = 1927–1931}}{{s-aft | after = Charles Gordon Stewart Mackie}}{{s-bef | before = Henry Edward Pollock}}{{s-ttl | title = Unofficial Member | years = 1934}}{{s-aft | after = Henry Edward Pollock}}{{s-off|hk}}{{s-bef | before = Henry Edward Pollock}}{{s-ttl | title = Provisional Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong | years = 1928}}{{s-aft | after = Henry Edward Pollock}}{{s-bef | before = Henry Edward Pollock}}{{s-ttl | title = Provisional Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong | years = 1928}}{{s-aft | after = Henry Edward Pollock}}{{s-bef | before = Henry Edward Pollock}}{{s-ttl | title = Provisional Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong | years = 1930–1931}}{{s-aft | after = Henry Edward Pollock}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Owen Hughes, John}} 11 : 1945 deaths|British businesspeople|Hong Kong businesspeople|Hong Kong people of British descent|British expatriates in Hong Kong|Members of the Executive Council of Hong Kong|Members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Masonic Grand Masters|Freemasons of the United Grand Lodge of England|Internees at Stanley Internment Camp|Year of birth missing |
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