Burgass, Richard

Updated September 15, 2016

Barrister. Admitted to the Middle Temple; called to the bar (1/11/1839).

HONG KONG. Government Lawyer.

Arrived to Hong Kong from Bombay (6//1843). Legal Advisor to the Hong Kong Government (appointed 8/21/1843; this was a first of its kind appointment in Hong Kong). Clerk of the Legislative Council (appointed 8/21/1843; oaths was taken the following year on 1/11/1844). Burgass was a friend of the first colonial governor, Henry Pottinger.

• Burgass was presented by the first colonial governor Henry Pottinger (1843-44) to the Queen at a levee she held on March 12, 1845.

Selected bibliography: Norton-Kyshe, James William, History of the Laws and Courts of Hong Kong, Tracing Consular Jurisdiction in China and Japan and Including Parliamentary Debates, and the Rise, Progress, and Successive Changes in the Various Public Institutions of the Colony from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Hong Kong: Noronha & Co., 1898, Vol. I, pp.24-25, 79.

Brutton, George Kingston Hall

Updated September 13, 2016

Solicitor. Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature, England (admitted 8/14/1891).

HONG KONG. Solicitor.

Solicitor (admitted 9/29/1897).

Selected bibliography: Norton-Kyshe, James William, History of the Laws and Courts of Hong Kong, Tracing Consular Jurisdiction in China and Japan and Including Parliamentary Debates, and the Rise, Progress, and Successive Changes in the Various Public Institutions of the Colony from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Hong Kong: Noronha & Co., 1898, Vol. I, p.XXVI.

Bowley, Francis Bulmer Lyon

Updated September 13, 2016

Solicitor. Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature, England (admitted 11/4/1890).

HONG KONG. Solicitor.

Solicitor (admitted 3/1/1893).

Selected bibliography: Norton-Kyshe, James William, History of the Laws and Courts of Hong Kong, Tracing Consular Jurisdiction in China and Japan and Including Parliamentary Debates, and the Rise, Progress, and Successive Changes in the Various Public Institutions of the Colony from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Hong Kong: Noronha & Co., 1898, Vol. I, p.XXV.

Bowles, Charles Ernest

Updated September 12, 2016

Solicitor. Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature, England (admitted 8/3/1883).

HONG KONG. Solicitor.

Solicitor (admitted 11/20/1883).

Selected bibliography: Norton-Kyshe, James William, History of the Laws and Courts of Hong Kong, Tracing Consular Jurisdiction in China and Japan and Including Parliamentary Debates, and the Rise, Progress, and Successive Changes in the Various Public Institutions of the Colony from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Hong Kong: Noronha & Co., 1898, Vol. I, p.XXIV.

Brushfield, Harold Catmur

Updated September 9, 2016

Barrister. Admitted to the Middle Temple; called to the bar (6/22/1887).

HONG KONG. Barrister.

Barrister (admitted 8/11/1890).

Selected bibliography: Norton-Kyshe, James William, History of the Laws and Courts of Hong Kong, Tracing Consular Jurisdiction in China and Japan and Including Parliamentary Debates, and the Rise, Progress, and Successive Changes in the Various Public Institutions of the Colony from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Hong Kong: Noronha & Co., 1898, Vol. I., p.XVIII.

Brereton, William Henry

Updated September 11, 2016

Solicitor, barrister. (b.1828-d.1887, Hong Kong). Admitted to the Middle Temple; called to the bar (6/17/1885).

HONG KONG. Articled clerk, solicitor. barrister.

Articled clerk to Henry Charles Caldwell, solicitor. Solicitor (admitted after local examination 2/8/1870; delisted at own request 2/1/1884). Barrister (admitted 12/2/1886).

Selected bibliography: Norton-Kyshe, James William, History of the Laws and Courts of Hong Kong, Tracing Consular Jurisdiction in China and Japan and Including Parliamentary Debates, and the Rise, Progress, and Successive Changes in the Various Public Institutions of the Colony from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Hong Kong: Noronha & Co., 1898, Vol. I., p.XVIII.

Baily, Herbert Mainwaring

Updated September 6, 2016

Barrister. Attended Brasenose College, Oxford. Admitted to the Lincoln's Inn; called to the bar (6/9/1880).

HONG KONG. Barrister.

Barrister (admitted 2/23/1882).

Selected bibliography: Norton-Kyshe, James William, History of the Laws and Courts of Hong Kong, Tracing Consular Jurisdiction in China and Japan and Including Parliamentary Debates, and the Rise, Progress, and Successive Changes in the Various Public Institutions of the Colony from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Hong Kong: Noronha & Co., 1898, Vol. I., p.XVII.

Brown, James Layton

Updated September 3, 2016

Barrister, customs official. Attended Lincoln's Inn; called to the bar (Trinity Term 1870). Deputy Commissioner of Chinese Customs in Canton.

HONG KONG. Barrister.

Barrister (admitted 2/16/1871).

Selected bibliography: Norton-Kyshe, James William, History of the Laws and Courts of Hong Kong, Tracing Consular Jurisdiction in China and Japan and Including Parliamentary Debates, and the Rise, Progress, and Successive Changes in the Various Public Institutions of the Colony from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Hong Kong: Noronha & Co., 1898, Vol. I., p.XVI.

Baruard, Frederick James

Updated September 2, 2016

Barrister. Attended St. John's College, Cambridge University. Admitted to the Middle Temple; called to the bar (11/17/1864). Practiced in China and Japan. Advocate of the High Court of Bombay. Hong Kong (1866- ).

HONG KONG. Barrister.

Barrister (admitted 5/25/1866).

Selected bibliography: Norton-Kyshe, James William, History of the Laws and Courts of Hong Kong, Tracing Consular Jurisdiction in China and Japan and Including Parliamentary Debates, and the Rise, Progress, and Successive Changes in the Various Public Institutions of the Colony from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Hong Kong: Noronha & Co., 1898, Vol. I., p.XV.

Bridges, William Thomas

Updated September 2, 2016

Barrister. Admitted to the Middle Temple; called to the bar (11/5/1847).

HONG KONG. Barrister.

Barrister (admitted 4/15/1851).

Selected bibliography: Norton-Kyshe, James William, History of the Laws and Courts of Hong Kong, Tracing Consular Jurisdiction in China and Japan and Including Parliamentary Debates, and the Rise, Progress, and Successive Changes in the Various Public Institutions of the Colony from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Hong Kong: Noronha & Co., 1898, Vol. I., p.XIII.

Bramston, John

Updated September 2, 2016

Barrister, government lawyer.

HONG KONG. Attorney General.

Attorney General (2/16/1874-7/22/1876).

Selected bibliography: Norton-Kyshe, James William, History of the Laws and Courts of Hong Kong, Tracing Consular Jurisdiction in China and Japan and Including Parliamentary Debates, and the Rise, Progress, and Successive Changes in the Various Public Institutions of the Colony from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Hong Kong: Noronha & Co., 1898, Vol. I., p.XII.

Ball, Henry John

Updated September 1, 2016

Barrister, judge.

HONG KONG. Judge.

Selected bibliography: Norton-Kyshe, James William, History of the Laws and Courts of Hong Kong, Tracing Consular Jurisdiction in China and Japan and Including Parliamentary Debates, and the Rise, Progress, and Successive Changes in the Various Public Institutions of the Colony from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Hong Kong: Noronha & Co., 1898, Vol. I., p.XI.

Brown, W. James

Updated August 22, 2016

Solicitor. (d.4/28/1857, Hong Kong).

HONG KONG. Solicitor.

Articled clerk to William Gaskell, solicitor (1846). Solicitor (admitted after local examination 6/1/1855). Admitted as a partner of Gaskell & Brown (6/1/1855).

Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, June 2, 1855. Lim, Patricia, Forgotten Souls: A Social History of the Hong Kong Cemetery, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2011.