Photograph, R.F.C. Hedgeland and others on the steps of a building
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Title:
Photograph, R.F.C. Hedgeland and others on the steps of a building
Series Title:
Papers of Reginald Follett Codrington Hedgeland
Alternate Title:
R.F.C. Hedgeland and others on the steps of a building
Donor:
Nation-Dixon, M. L., Mrs.
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1 item

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Abstract:
The photograph includes R.F.C. Hedgeland, Captain Ferguson, C.N. Holwill, and [A.F.] Algie. ( en )
General Note:
Another print of this photograph is dated 1903 (see PP MS 82/2/2/004).
General Note:
The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Sian, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, & Hong Kong : Hongkong daily Press office, 1904) lists C. N. Holwill as an assistant to the Commissioner of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service in Ningpo. By 1927, C. N. Holwill would be appointed as Dep. Commissioner of the Chinese Maritine Customs Service at Shanghai
General Note:
Harley Bascom Ferguson served as Chief Engineer during the China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion) at Pietsang, Yangtsun, and Peking (Beijing) in 1900 and was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1904 -- adapted from Wikipidea and the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography
General Note:
Reginald Follett Codrington Hedgeland was born in Exeter, Devon on December 18th 1874. He was educated at St Paul's School London and at Pembroke College, Oxford. After graduating in 1897 he joined the Chinese Maritime Customs Service in May 1898 and was posted to Kiungchang. He then went on to serve at Nanking, Tientsin, Lappa, Kowloon, Swatow and Nanning, of which latter port he was in charge for six years. He became Deputy Commissioner in 1917 and in April 1921 he was appointed Commissioner. On returning from leave in 1923 he was given charge of Aigun on the Amur river in Manchuria. He was subsequently in charge of Swatow and Canton, and retired in April 1930 while Commissioner at Hankow. He had a fluent command of Chinese, both of Mandarin and Cantonese and held the Order of the Chia Ho, 4th and 3rd Class, and 3rd Class with Brilliants; the 3rd Class of the Order of Wên Hu; and the Ordre Royal des Millions d'Élephants et du Parasol Blanc de Luang Prabang, France.
General Note:
GeoNames.org [name authority] : Tianjin : URI http://www.geonames.org/1792947
General Note:
Tianjin was previously Romanised as Tientsin
General Note:
The site of the Tienstin Old Club, adjacent the Astor Hotel, is now occupied by the Tianjin People's Congress Standing Committee offices
General Note:
The building shown here, as identified in other images, is the Tientsin Old Club
General Note:
To order this photograph from physical storage, please reference: "PP MS 82 Box 3" and "PP MS 82/2/1/193"
General Note:
Donated by Mrs Nation Dixon in 2002; 2013
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Ferguson, Harley B. (Harley Bascom), 1875-1968 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/104062488
General Note:
LCNAF (name authority) : Ferguson, Harley B. (Harley Bascom), 1875-1968 : URI http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010194263

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Rights Management:
All applicable rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.
Resource Identifier:
PP MS 82/2/1/193 ( SOAS Archives reference number )
He01-193 ( Historical Photographs of China identifier )