Who's Who in the Far East/MAY, Hon. Francis Henry
MAY, Hon. Francis Henry (HONGKONG), C.M.G., B.A. (Dublin); Colonial Secretary and member of Executive and Legislative Councils; b. March 14, 1860, at Dublin, 4th s. of late Hon. G. A. C. May, Lord Chief-Justice of Ireland, and Olivia, d. of Sir. Mathew Barrington, Bart., of Glenstal, Co. Limerick.; m. 1891. Helena, d. of Lieutenant-General Digby Barker,. C.B. Educ.: Harrow; Trinity College Dublin, IstHonourman and Prizeman, Classics and Modern Languages, B.A., 1881. Appointed after competitive examination to-Hongkong cadetship, 1881; acting assistant Registrar-General, April, 1886; acting assistant Colonial Secretary, Jan., -1887; Secretary to-Board of Examiners, Jan., 1889; assistant Colonial Secretary, Jan. 1891; Private Secretary to Governor Sir W. Des Voeux, to Administrator, Sir F. Fleming, and Major-General Barker, April, 1889, to Dec. 1891; acting Colonial Treasurer, April to Oct., 1892; Member of Legislative Council, May, 1895; Captain Superintendent of Police and Fire Brigade, 1893, and of Victoria Gaol, 1897; acting Colonial Secretary, Feb. to Sept., 1900; Colonial Secretary, 1902; administered Government of Hongkong, Nov., 1903, to July, 1904; resumed as Colonial Secretary, 1905. Decorations: For services rendered during coolie strike and great plague, 1894. Publications: Guide to Cantonese Colloquial; Yachting in Hongkong. Recreations: Hunting, polo, shooting, rifle shooting, fishing, yachting. Clubs: Windham; Hongkong. Address: Hongkong.