Sir Robert Ho Tung Public Figure, Private Man

Sir Robert Ho Tung (1862-1954) is a compelling figure in Hong Kong history. He is regularly portrayed as the colony's greatest philanthropist and wealthiest man of his day, the first Chinese to live on the Peak, and, at the end of his life, the 'Grand Old Man of Hongkong'. The illegitimate son of a Chinese mother and European father, he was highly sensitive about his mixed heritage though he consistently made the most of his fate. He was a man perfectly in tune with his place and time, his success driven as much by his entrepreneurial talents as by his being Eurasian. This book shows him in all his immense variety-clerk with the Imperial Maritime Customs, chief compradore of Jardine Matheson, financial wizard, husband and lover, patriarch of a large family of five sons and eight daughters.

ISBN:	9789888754243
Publisher:	Hong Kong University Press
Imprint:	Hong Kong University Press
Published date:	05 Jul 2022
DEWEY:	951.2504092
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Sales rank:	10399
Number of pages:	220
Weight:	10g
Height:	230mm
Width:	156mm
Spine width:	16mm

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