Shelley, Adolphus Edward 謝利

Updated October 21, 2016

b.3/2/1821, Sussex - d.5/25/1854. India (unk.-1844). Hong Kong (1844-1847). Mauritius (1847, Assistant Auditor-General of Accounts).

HONG KONG

1844	arrived from India
1844	Clerk of the Councils
1844	Hindustani Interpreter to the Supreme Court (occasional)
1844-1846	Auditor General 查數官

3rd s/o John Shelley, 6th Baronet Shelley, and Frances Whinckley.
B/o John-Villiers Shelley (b.1808), Frederick Shelley (b.1809), Spencer Shelley, Fanny-Lucy Shelley, and Cecilia-Victoria Shelley.
m. (4/23/1836) Amelie Hinchliffe, d/o Henry John Hinchliffe.
F/o Katherine Cecilia Shelley (d.9/5/1902; m. James Bontein (b.1821-d.1884), Gentleman Usher and Clerk of the Robes to Queen Victoria), Arthur John Shelley (b.1/26/1837-d.9/7/1880), Harry Byam Shelley (b.11/14/1838-d.5/14/1865), Montagu Adolphus Shelley (b.2/11/1842).

• Honor: naming of Shelley Street 些利街


• Shelley was born into the famous Shelley family in Sussex, as the second son of John Shelley - 6th Baronet Shelley. Young man A.E. Shelley was extravagant in lifestyle and had already expended a good portion of the family fortune, so much so that his father simply wanted to send him away and not having to worry supporting him anymore. John Shelley was acquainted with Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby who was the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and managed to obtain a general introduction letter from Stanley for the young Shelley to meet John Francis Davis, the 2nd Hong Kong governor. Shelley somehow misled Davis that he came to Hong Kong with Stanley’s introduction for the purpose to secure a high ranking office in the government. Without checking with Stanley, Davis appointed Shelley to the newly created position of Auditor General. Davis soon realized his mistake and accused Shelley of being "dissipated, in debt, negligent, guilty of falsehood and quite unfit for high office".
  Shelley bullied his staff and conned others into lending him money which he used on land speculation (mostly around the area of the present Shelley Street). His property investment went bad and he sold his portfolio to fellow Sussexian George Duddell before departing Hong Kong. Shelley resurfaced later in Mauritius and became the Assistant Auditor General there. Meanwhile in Hong Kong, Duddell found no joy in his newly acquired land holdings as it came with a large debt in tax and levies Shelley owed to the government.

Selected bibliography: Hong Kong's First, Peculiar, Sometimes Dubious, Civil Servants [online]. 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.142. The Peerage [online].

Smith, Frederick

Updated October 7, 2016

HONG KONG

5//1845 - 1847	Clerk of the Supreme Court (vice Percy C. McSwyney, resigned)
5//1845	Deputy Registrar (vice Percy C. McSwyney, resigned)
1845	Clerk to the Clerk of Councils

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.74, 82, 168.

Scott, Alexander

Updated September 13, 2016

Court official. (b.1800, Raeburn Dumfriesshire, Scotland - d.1843, Hong Kong).

HONG KONG. Court official.

Recording Officer, Criminal and Admiralty Court^[1] (1843). One of the first 44 Justices of the Peace ever appointed in Hong Kong (6/30/1843). Died in Hong Kong (8/24/1843); his estate was administered by Gordon F. Davidson on behalf of the Government.

[1] The Criminal and Admiralty Court was moved from Canton to Hong Kong in June 1843.

Selected bibliography: Friend of China, August 31, 1843. 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.19.

Stokes, Alfred Parker

Updated September 12, 2016

Solicitor. Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature, England (admitted 9/5/1879).

HONG KONG. Solicitor.

Solicitor (admitted 3/13/1880).

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.XXIII.

Stephens, Matthew John Denman

Updated September 11, 2016

Solicitor. Attorney of the Court of Queen's Bench, England (admitted 11/24/1863). Soliciotr of the Hig Court of Chancery, England (admitted 11/25/1863).

HONG KONG. Solicitor.

Solicitor (admitted 1/31/1873).

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.XXIII.

Smale, Clement

Updated September 11, 2016.

Solicitor. BA, London University. Attorney of the Court of Queen's Bench, England (admitted Hilary Term 1859). Solicitor of the High Court of Chancery, England (admitted (Hillary Term 1859). Hong Kong (1864- ). Practiced in Bombay.

HONG KONG. Solicitor.

Solicitor (admitted 6/20/1864).

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.XXII.

Stace, Edward Keate

Updated September 11, 2016

Solicitor. Attorney of the Courts of Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, England.

HONG KONG. Solicitor.

Solicitor (admitted 5/9/1853).

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.XXI.

Slade, Marcus Warre

Updated September 9, 2016

Barrister. attended the New College, Oxford University. Admited to the Inner Temple; called to the bar (6.10.891).

HONG KONG. Barrister

Barrister (admitted 2/11/,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.XVIII.

Sharp, Ernest Hamilton

Updated September 9, 2016

Barrister. MA, BCL, Oxford University. Admitted to the Inner Temple; called to the bar (4/22/1891). Practiced in Shanghai.

HONG KONG. Barrister.

Barrister (admitted 4/2/1894).

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.

Smith, Patirck Rose

Updated September 6, 2016

Barrister. Admitted to the Inner Temple; called to the bar (5/7/1879)

HONG KONG. Barrister

Barrister (admitted 1/13/1881).

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.

Sirr, Henry Charles

Updated September 2, 2016

Barrister. Admitted to the Lincoln's Inn; called to the bar (11/22/1833).

HONG KONG. Barrister.

Barrister (admitted 10/1/1844).

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.

Sharp, Edmund

Updated September 11, 2016

Solicitor, Crown Solicitor. Attorney of the Court of Queen's Bench, England (admitted Hilary Term, 1862). Solicitor of the High Court of Chancery, England (Hilary Term 1862).

HONG KONG. Solicitor, Crown Solicitor.

Solicitor (admitted 6/23/1863). Crown Solicitor (1/25/1871-5/5/1883).

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.XII.

Sterling, Paul Ivy

Updated September 2, 2016

Barrister, government lawyer. Called to the Irish bar (Michaelmas Term 1829).

HONG KONG. Attorney General (Hong Kong's Attorney General).

Attorney General (7/28/1844-4/15/1855). Barrister (admitted 10/1/1844).

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.XII-XIII.

Snowden, Francis

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.

Smale, John Jackson

Updated August 20, 2016

Barrister, government lawyer, judge. Admitted to the Lincoln's Inn; called to the bar (Michealmas Term, 1856)

HONG KONG. Solicitor, barrister, Attorney General, Chief Justice.

Solicitor, Barrister (admitted 11/18/1862); practice solely as barrister (after 1963 tbc.). Attorney General (4/22/1861-10/23/1866). Chief Justice (10/24/1866-4/9/1881).

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.