Angus Fletcher was a Scottish merchant who founded Fletcher and Co., a mercantile firm in the British colony of Hong Kong, in 1844. He was a one-time member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Born in Glenorchy in the Scottish Highlands in 1808, he arrived in Canton, China, in 1837.[1]
Fletcher was made Justice of the Peace in 1855.[2]
On 10 December 1860, he was appointed member of the Legislative Council, replacing George Lyall, who resigned on leaving Hong Kong.[3]
Fletcher resigned his seat on the Legislative Council in 1862, after which it was filled by Charles Wilson Murray.[4]
References
edit- ↑ "The Chinese Repository 1837". 1837. p. 427.
- ↑ "The Hongkong Government Gazette" (PDF). 20 October 1855.
- ↑ "The Hongkong Government Gazette" (PDF). 15 December 1860. p. 283.
- ↑ "The Hongkong Government Gazette" (PDF). 22 March 1862. p. 88.