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
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese何曉生
Simplified Chinese何晓生
Second alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese何啟東
Simplified Chinese何啟东

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.