Robert Hotung
Robert Ho Tung | |
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Portrait of Sir Robert Ho Tung Bosman | |
| Born | Robert Ho Tung Bosman 22 December 1862 |
| Died | 26 April 1956 (aged 93) British Hong Kong |
| Alma mater | Queen's College |
| Occupation | Merchant |
| Spouses | Margaret Maclean (m. 1881)Clara Cheung Lin-kok
(m. 1895) |
| Children | 12, including George |
| Parent(s) | Charles Henry Maurice Bosman (father) Sze Tai (mother) |
| Relatives | Ho Fook (brother) Eric Hotung (grandson) Joseph Hotung (grandson) Stanley Ho (grand-nephew) Grace Ho (niece) Bruce Lee (grand-nephew) |
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Sir Robert Ho Tung in 1916 | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 何東 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 何东 | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 何曉生 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 何晓生 | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 何啟東 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 何啟东 | ||||||||||
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Sir Robert Ho Tung, KBE JP (22 December 1862 – 26 April 1956, Chinese: 何東) was a businessman and philanthropist in British Hong Kong. Known as "the grand old man of Hong Kong" (Chinese: 香港大老), he was knighted in 1915 (Knight Bachelor) and 1955 (KBE).