Paul Chater

Sir Catchick Paul Chater
Solemn studio portrait of a distinguished bald gentleman with white sideburns wearing a 3-piece suit; left arm on armrest of a chair
Sir Paul Chater in 1924
Senior Unofficial Member of the Executive Council
In office
8 September 1896 – 27 May 1926
Appointed byWilliam Robinson
GovernorWilliam Robinson
Henry Arthur Blake
Matthew Nathan
Frederick Lugard
Francis Henry May
Reginald Edward Stubbs
Cecil Clementi
Succeeded bySir Henry Pollock
Senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council
In office
1 May 1900 – 16 January 1906
Appointed byHenry Arthur Blake
GovernorHenry Arthur Blake
Matthew Nathan
Preceded byEmanuel Raphael Belilios
Succeeded bySir Kai Ho
Personal details
Born
Khachik Pogose Astwachatoor

8 September 1846
Calcutta, India
Died27 May 1926(1926-05-27) (aged 79)
British Hong Kong
SpouseMaria Christine Pearson
OccupationBusinessman
Paul Chater
Traditional Chinese遮打
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationJē dá
JyutpingZe1 daa2

Sir Catchick Paul Chater KBE CMG Kt (Armenian: Խաչիկ Փոլ Չաթեր; Chinese: 遮打; 8 September 1846 – 27 May 1926) was a prominent British businessman of Armenian descent in colonial Hong Kong, whose family roots were in Calcutta, India.