Feb. 2011 |
TJ
and the Story of his Statue |
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In
Defence of Not Knowing – links to 19th C Hong Kong photos |
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Choosing
Rooster Scratches instead of County Louth |
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Organic
Gardening Advice from 1802 – old practices, new soil. |
April 2011 |
1898
Avast the Mast – photos of Irish in 19th C Hong Kong. |
Jun 2011 |
Tales
of the Elusive Julius – Part One. |
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Tales
of the Elusive Julius – Part Two. |
Sept 2011 |
Talk
at Armagh & District History Group An ad for a speech I gave. |
Sept 2012 |
Francesca
aka Frances Bertha Marion “Daisy” Sexton. If you were to see Mrs. Noble
in 1890, just after the birth of her youngest child and presiding as
President of the Ladies Recreation Club of Hong Kong, you would think that
the world was her oyster. |
Sept 2012 |
George
Edward Noble. At the peak of his bank career, he was Chief Manager of
HSBC. |
Oct 2012 |
The
Irish Governors of Hong Kong. At least eight Irishmen became Governors of
Hong Kong in the 19th and early 20th Century. Other
governors married Irish women or had other such connections. |
Nov 2012 |
Sir
Robert Ho Tung (1862-1956) Ho Tung was one of Sir
Thomas Jackson’s cherished friends. |
Nov 2012 |
Shameless
Self Promotion #1. Sir Thomas Jackson and The Bank: Not your average
banker. |
Nov 2012 |
Crowd
Sourcing and the Dares. A quick flypast describing Amelia’s brothers and brother-in-laws,
with a focus on their inter-connected business involvements. |
Nov 2012 |
Shameless
Self Promotion #2. The next speaker at the Royal Asiatic Society is an
unusual choice. She failed history in High School, and then steered clear of
all such courses at university. |
Dec 2012 |
500 Words. I
received several emails from people who were unable to attend my talk at the
Royal Asiatic Society in Hong Kong in November, so I promised to publish
parts of it in future blogs. This is the first installment. |
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Flibbertigibbet. A round-about intro to a 1902 description of a banquet in Hong Kong. |
Jan 2013 |
Hong
Kong & Ireland: Two British Colonies. An excerpt from a speech
delivered to the Hong Kong branch of the Royal Asiatic Society in November
2012. |
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A
Hong Kong Embroidery 1902. A
1902 news account described the attempted presentation of this
embroidered scroll to Thomas
Jackson in Hong Kong at a banquet celebrating his life in the Colony. |
Jan 2014 |
Creggan
on the Peak. Sir Thomas JACKSON of Creggan parish in south Armagh built a
home in Hong Kong that he named Creggan. |
Feb 2014 |
Thomas
Jackson and the Overland Route. The experience of travelling from England
to Hong Kong before the opening of the Suez canal. |
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Margaret
McMillan. When I was reading her book The War the Ended Peace, it got
me thinking about Prince Henry and his visits with the Jacksons in Hong Kong
in the 1890s. |
Mar 2013 |
The
Sizzle of Connections. A story about the links between the SCOTTs of Singapore
and Sir Walter SCOTT and William Ramsay SCOTT, brother-in-law to Sir Thomas
JACKSON. |
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Whitworth
Allen and Anna Maria Dare. Anna Maria DARE was a sister to Sir Thomas
Jackson’s wife, Amelia Lydia DARE. |
