Henry W. Lowcock

Founder Diocesan Boys School in Hong Kong

"Mr. Lowcock, an unofficial member of the Legislative council, said he was always under the impression that the main object of the government scheme of education in Hongkong was the teaching of English to the Chinese boys: and I find that t a similar view is universally held by the European community" - Governor John Pope Hennessy - 1878"

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North China Herald (Shanghai,China) - search results for Lowcock

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Unofficial member of LegCo

1877 - house had a water closet. One of the founders of Diocesean Boys School. Father of several children. Lived in "Glenealy" Wife Annie is a friend of Constance Gordon Cummings. She visits in January 1979: http://www.archive.org/stream/wanderingsinchin00gord#page/18/mode/1... 7 May 1879 - passengers: Hong Kong for Marseilles - Mr. & Mrs. Lowcock http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/stoverland18790507.2.6.1....

Hon. Henry Lowcock in Hong Kong in the late 1870s with an keen interest in Education, and an unoffical member of Legco.

1891 & 1901 England Census Census & Voter Lists

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Annie Loftus Lowcock

born abt 1849 - city, Ireland Spouse:

Henry Lowcock

born abt 1837 - city, Middlesex, England Residence: 1901 - city, Surrey, England England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005 Birth, Marriage & Death

View Image Name: Annie L Lowcock Birth: year Death: dd mm 1932 - city, Surrey, England

Wife Annie, who can be found in Wimbledon Common, Surrey in 1913 describing a trip she took in 1875. Title Annie Loftus Lowcock to Alfred Russel Wallace, from Wimbledon Common, Surrey Date 15 Jan 1913 Description Letter congratulating Wallace on reaching his ninetieth birthday; in 1875 she used his book on the Malay Archipelago as a guide when travelling from Singapore to Australia via the Torres Strait islands.

No. Names Years Card No. #

1. ALWIN LOWCOCK; RAYMOND YICK - [PUI] WONG 1962 120485
2. GEORGE LOWCOCK; DIOCESAN SCHOOL 1892; 1909 120487
3. HENRY CHRISTOPHER LOWCOCK 1874 120507
4. HENRY LOWCOCK 1875 120501
5. HENRY LOWCOCK 1874; 1894; 1926; 1914; 1939 120495
6. HENRY LOWCOCK; ANNIE LOFTUS RUSSELL; HENRY CHRISTOPHER [LOWCOCK]; MABEL CONSTANCE LOWCOCK; DIOCESAN SCHOOL; SHANGHAI; LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 1873 - 1874; 1926; 1933; 1930; 1932; 1892; 1909; 1936 120505
7. HENRY LOWCOCK; GIBB, LIVINGSTON AND CO.; HENRY CHRISTOPHER LOWCOCK; MABEL KOTEWALL 1868; 1872 - 1873; 1874; 1926; 1871 120503
8. HENRY LOWCOCK; MABEL CONSTANCE LOWCOCK 1926; 1930; 1932 - 1933 120491
9. HENRY LOWCOCK; MABEL KOTEWALL 1926 120499
10. HENRY LOWCOCK; MABEL KWOK LO; MABEL LOWCOCK 1948 120493
11. HENRY LOWCOCK; MABEL LOWCOCK 1927; 1929 120489
12. HENRY LOWCOCK; MRS M.C. LOWCOCK 1955 120497
13. HUNG HING - KAM; QUEEN'S COLLEGE; DEACON, LOOKER AND DEACON; ROSARY CHURCH; MISS KATHLEEN LOWCOCK; STANLEY HUNG SHEK - CHIU; KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY; MRS HUNG; RAILWAY TERRACE; GASGOINE ROAD; MISS WENDY HUNG; RAYMOND HUNG HOI - CHIU 1909; 1955 16881
14. JACK WALTER LOWCOCK; UNIVERSITY OF HK; JOAN CHAN KWAN - YU; GOVERNMENT STORES DEPT. 1962 120509
15. JAMES S. LOWCOCK; DIOCESAN BOYS SCHOOL; HENRY LOWCOCK; GEORGE LOWCOCK; SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT; RETURN OF HK TO CHINESE SOVEREIGNTY 1990; 1894; 1903; 1909; 1862 120481
16. JAMES SIDNEY LOWCOCK; DIOCESAN BOYS SCHOOL; H. LOWCOCK; ALWIN LOWCOCK; MRS. M.C. LOWCOCK; RAYMOND YICK PUI WONG; JACK WALTER LOWCOCK; JOAN CHAN KWAN - YU; AIDA LOWCOCK; ARTHUR LOWCOCK; MABEL CONSTANCE LOWCOCK; FRANCES LOWCOCK; JOYCE LOWCOCK 1962; 1973; 1939 120483
17. MARY LOWCOCK; CHARLES LOWCOCK 1947; 1875 120511
18. ROBERT HORMUS KOTEWALL; LO YUK WAH; EDITH LOWCOCK 1880; 1949; 1889; 1936 116599

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Son Charles born in Shanghai: Grandson Henry:

1920 United States Federal Census about Henry Lowcock Name: Henry Lowcock [Henry Lawcock] Home in 1920: Milwaukee Ward 3, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Age: 25 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1895 Birthplace: New York Relation to Head of House: Lodger Father's Birth Place: China Mother's Birth Place: China Marital Status: Single Race: White Sex: Male Year of immigration: 1917 Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes

In other news, here is a book Mosquito photo-reconnaissance units of World War 2 By Martin W. Bowman where we see a Flt Lt Henry C. Lowcock, and his air missions, which helps explain why he is buried in Karachi, Pakistan.