Robert Hotung

Sir Robert Ho Tung
Sepia portrait of a distinguished man with a white beard wearing his decorations
Portrait of Sir Robert Ho Tung wearing his decorations
Born
Robert Ho Tung Bosman

(1862-12-22)22 December 1862
Died26 April 1956(1956-04-26) (aged 93)
British Hong Kong
Alma materQueen's College
OccupationMerchant
Spouses
Margaret Maclean
(m. 1881)
Clara Cheung Lin-kok
(m. 1895)
Children12, including George
Parent(s)Charles Henry Maurice Bosman (father)
Sze Tai (mother)
RelativesHo Fook (brother)
Eric Hotung (grandson)
Joseph Hotung (grandson)
Stanley Ho (grand-nephew)
Grace Ho (niece)
Bruce Lee (grand-nephew)
Robert Hotung
Sir Robert Ho Tung in 1916
Traditional Chinese何東
Simplified Chinese何东
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHé Dōng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingHo4 Dung1
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese何曉生
Simplified Chinese何晓生
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHé Xiǎosheng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingHo4 Hiu2 Sang1
Second alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese何啟東
Simplified Chinese何啟东
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHé Qǐdōng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingHo4 Kai2 Dung1

Sir Robert Ho Tung Bosman, KBE JP (22 December 1862 – 26 April 1956, Chinese: 何東), also known as Sir Robert Ho Tung, was a businessman and philanthropist in British Hong Kong. Known as "the grand old man of Hong Kong"[1] (Chinese: 香港大老[2]), he was knighted in 1915 (Knight Bachelor) and 1955 (KBE).

  1. ^ "Ho Tung villa highlights lack of heritage strategy". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  2. ^ 鄭宏泰; 黃紹倫 (2007). 香港大老--何東 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Joint Publishing (Hong Kong). ISBN 9789620426957.