1821 - 1894
William Thomas Bridges Barrister
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William Thomas Bridges is a member of the following lists: Members of the Middle Temple, Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford and 1820s births.
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1820
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| Birthplace |
Blackheath, Kent, England
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| Died |
30th September, 1894
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| Place of Death |
Bath, Somerset, England
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| Occupation Text |
Barrister
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| Occupation |
Barrister
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William Thomas Bridges (1820 or 1821 – 30 September 1894; Chinese: 必列者士; Cantonese Yale: Bītlihtjésih) was a lawyer and public servant in British Hong Kong, where he held the post of Acting Colonial Secretary from 1857 to 1858. He was born in 1820 or 1821 in Blackheath, Kent. Having studied at Winchester College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Bridges was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple in 1847. He emigrated to Hong Kong in April 1851 and rose rapidly in local society owing to his special status as a qualified barrister in a colony short of legal experts, becoming Acting Attorney General within a year of his arrival. After a sojourn in England in 1856, where he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Civil Law, Bridges became a provisional member of the Executive and Legislative Councils upon his return to Hong Kong, and was appointed Acting Colonial Secretary while the incumbent secretary, William Thomas Mercer, was on leave in 1857.
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