Robert Kotewall

Robert Kotewall
Head-and-shoulders portrait of a Eurasian gentleman in a suit
Robert Kotewall
Senior Unofficial Member of the Executive Council
In office
1946
Governor Cecil Harcourt
Preceded by John Johnstone Paterson
Succeeded by Arthur Morse
Personal details
Born Robert Hormus Kotewall
1880
Died 1949
British Hong Kong
Spouse(s) Edith Lowcock[1]
Occupation Businessman

Sir Robert Hormus Kotewall (羅旭龢; 1880-1949) was a Hong Kong businessman and legislator.

Kotewall was the son of Hormusjee Kotewall. His ancestry included Chinese, Parsee (as his middle name of Hormus and surname of Kotewall suggests) and European forbears.

In 1913, he was named Clerk to the Magistracy and JP. By 1919, Dr Kotewall was in trade as the manager of the Hong Kong Mercantile Company. In 1923, he was invited to join the Legislative Council as an unofficial member, a position he held until 1935. In 1936, he joined the Executive Council.

His great-grandson is English actor Max Minghella.[2]

Memory

Robert Kotewall (2nd right) as part of the administration of Geoffry Northcote (centre)

Kotewall Road, in Mid-Levels, Hong Kong Island, and Sir Robert Kotewall Hall in the campus of St. Paul's Co-educational College, are named after him. His daughter, Dr. Bobby Kotewall, a teacher, became the principal of St. Paul's Co-educational College.

References

  1. http://webb-site.com/dbpub/natperson.asp?p=68246
  2. "Max Minghella". ethnicelebs.com. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
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Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded by
Ng Hon-tsz
Chinese Unofficial Member
1923–1935
Succeeded by
Lo Man-kam
Preceded by
Chow Shou-son
Senior Chinese Unofficial Member
1923–1935
Succeeded by
Ts'o Seen-wan
Political offices
Preceded by
Chow Shou-son
Chinese Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
1936–1941
Japanese occupation of Hong Kong