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Edwin Richard Hallifax (1874–1950) was a senior official in Hong Kong in early 20th century. There is a double "l" in the spelling of his surname. His official Chinese name is "夏理德". He was regarded as a very conservative officer.〔Ure, G. (2012), ''Governors, Politics and the Colonial Office – Public Policy in Hong Kong 1918–58'', p.31〕 He died in 4 May 1950 in Tiverton.〔"Return of Thanks", ''Kent & Sussex Courier'', 1 September 1950〕 ==Family== E. R. Hallifax was born on 17 February 1874, as the 7th son of Benjamin Wilson Hallifax and Mary Anne Cox. Both his parent was from Tiverton. They were married in Calcutta in 1960. Although E. R. Hallifax was born in the Assam/Darjeeling area of India, he was educated in England, attending Blundell's, where he was a Blundell Scholar; and Balliol College, Oxford (1892–96), where he obtained a 2nd Class Moderations in 1894 and a 3rd Class finals in Literae Humaniores and BA in 1896. He was a member of the college Rugby XV 1893-4-5 and was captain of the XV. He married Eveline Wilson, daughter of John Wilson, in 1906. They had two sons and one daughter. One of his sons was Richard Hilliard Hallifax.〔(Chris Duff on E. R. Hallifax )〕 Richard Hilliard Hallifax died in 1983.〔Richard Hilliard Hallifax (1908 -1983), Record of England and Wales Death 1837 – 2007, Ipswich Suffolk, England〕 T. F. R. Waters, former Captain of Hong Kong Golf Club in 1959, wrote that E. R. Hallifax arranged to take his bride of two weeks out to his Police Bungalow house in Tai Po on 30 August and had organized a small house-warming party wight the guests staying overnight. One of these guests was Jack Macgregor of Caldbecks. The house got so warm that it burnt down in the middle of the night when everything was lost including all the wedding presents!〔T. F. R. Waters, ''History of the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club'', p.13〕 Mr. E. R. Hallifax was a younger brother of Mr. F. J. Hallifax,〔''The Straits Times'', 1 September 1913, Page 9〕 aka Mr. Federick James Hallifax, who was President of the Singapore Municipality and formerly President of Municipality of Penang, married Miss Roberta Cunningham, a sister of Mrs. Meiklejohn, in Hawick, Scotland, on 8 July 1913. Miss Cunningham was well known in Penang.〔"Mr. F. J. Hallifax Married", ''The Hong Kong Telegraph'', 19 August 1913, p.4〕 Mr. F. J. Hallifax died at Brampton, Cumberland on 25 January 1933〔''The Straits Times'', 25 February 1933, p.12〕 at the age of 60.〔''Malayan Saturday Post'', 4 March 1933, p.1〕 Mr. E. R. Hallifax's youngest son was Noel Dan Hallifax (1919–1946). Noel Hallifax was a Fight Lieutenant of Royal Air Force. During the WWII, he became the prisoner of war in Germany from May 1940 to early 1945.〔''Kent & Sussex Courier'', 16 February 1945〕 He died on 8 November 1946 at the age of 27 during an aircraft accident near Leeming Aerodrome, Yorkshire, on active service. He was a Squadron Leader then.〔''Kent & Sussex Courier'', 22 November 1946〕 He was buried at Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery.〔(Aircraft accidents on the North Yorkshire Moors )〕〔(Hallifax, Noel Dan – The War Graves Photographic Project )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edwin Richard Hallifax」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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