List of Executive Council of Hong Kong unofficial members 1896–1941

Key:
  Representatives of the Jardine, Matheson & Co.
  Representatives of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
  Chinese representatives

Members		Term of office	Background	Remarks
	Catchick Paul Chater	8 September 1896 – 27 May 1926	Broker	Senior Unofficial Member (1896–1926); died in office
	James Jardine Bell-Irving	8 September 1896 – 1899	Jardine, Matheson & Co.
		30 May 1901 – 1902		Vice J. J. Keswick on leave
	James Johnstone Keswick	18 May 1899 – 1901	Jardine, Matheson & Co.
	Charles Wedderburn Dickson	28 May 1902 – 1906	Jardine, Matheson & Co.	Vice J. J. Bell-Irving resigned
	Thomas Henderson Whitehead	23 May – 3 June 1902	Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China	Temporary vice C. P. Chater absent
	Charles Stewart Sharp	12 June – 4 September 1902	Gibb, Livingston & Co.	Temporary vice T. H. Whitehead absent[1]
	William Jardine Gresson	12 May 1904 – 11 May 1905	Jardine, Matheson & Co.	Temporary vice C. W. Dickson absent
		31 July 1908 – 1908		Temporary during the absence of E. A. Hewett
	Edbert Ansgar Hewett	1 June 1906 – 24 November 1915	P. & O. Steam Navigation Co.	Vice C. W. Dickson resigned; died in office
	Henry Keswick	10 March 1908 – 1908	Jardine, Matheson & Co.	Temporary during the absence of E. A. Hewett
		5 May 1910 – 1910		Temporary
	Sir Henry Spencer Berkeley, K.C.	9 May 1908 – 1908	Barrister-at-Law	Temporary during the absence of H. Keswick
	Henry Edward Pollock, K.C.	3 May 1911 – 1911	Barrister-at-Law
		11 May – 19 December 1912		Temporary during the absence of E. A. Hewett
		9 March 1921 – 1941		Senior Unofficial Member (1926–41); reappointed in 1931, 1936
	Ernest Hamilton Sharp, K.C.	1 February 1916 – 9 February 1922	Barrister-at-Law	Died in office
	David Landale	25 July 1916 – 1916	Jardine, Matheson & Co. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation	Temporary vice C. P. Chater on leave
		2 August 1918 – 1918		Temporary vice E. H. Sharp on leave
	Newton John Stabb	15 April 1919 – 1919	Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation	Temporary vice E. H. Sharp on leave
	Percy Hobson Holyoak	6 May 1920 – 1920	Reiss & Co. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation	Temporary vice C. P. Chater on leave
		29 June – 30 October 1921		Temporary during absence of E. H. Sharp
		2 April 1924 – 1924		Temporary during absence of C. P. Chater
		29 August 1924 – 1926		Vice A. G. Stephen deceased; die in office
	Edward Victor David Parr	17 September 1920 – 1920	P. & O. Steam Navigation Co. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation	Temporary vice E. H. Sharp on leave[2]
	Alexander Gordon Stephen	31 October 1921 – 1924	Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation	Vice resignation of P. H. Holyoak during absence of E. H. Sharp; appointed on 12 February 1922 vice E. H. Sharp deceased
	Charles Montague Ede	2 May 1922 – 1922	Union Insurance Society of Canton	Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock
		16 May 1924 – 1924		Temporary during absence of A. G. Stephen & C. P. Chater
	Archibald Orr Lang	2 June 1922 – 1922	Gibb, Livingston & Co. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation	Temporary during absence of C. P. Chater
		21 March 1925 – 1925		Temporary during H. E. Pollock acting Attorney General
		7 April 1926 – 1927		Vice P. H. Holyoak deceased
	Sir Shouson Chow	9 July 1926 – 8 July 1936		First Chinese in the Council; Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1926–36); vice C. P. Chater deceased; reappointed in 1931
	Dallas Gerald Mercer Bernard	10 July 1926 – 1926	Jardine, Matheson & Co. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation	Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock
		4 April 1927 –1927		Vice A. O. Lang
	William Edward Leonard Shenton	1 June 1927 – 1927	Solicitor	Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock
		3 April 1928 – 4 April 1936		Vice D. G. M. Bernard resigned; reappointed in 1933
	Arthur Cecil Hynes	8 May 1928 – 1928	Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation	Temporary during absence of W E. L. Shenton
	John Owen Hughes	4 May 1928 – 1928	Harry Wicking & Co.	Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock[3]
		October 1928 – 1928		Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock[4]
		9 April 1930 – 29 April 1931		Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock[5]
	Benjamin David Fleming Beith	13 June 1929 – 1929	Jardine, Matheson & Co.	Vice H. E. Pollock on leave
	Robert Hormus Kotewall	3 October 1929 – 1929	Hong Kong Mercantile Co., Ltd.	Temporary vice Chow Shouson on leave
		18 September 1930 – 1930
		27 May 1931 – 1931
		19 May 1932 – 25 August 1932
		14 October 1933 – 1933
		3 November 1934 – 1934
		4 June 1935 – 8 November 1935
		9 July 1936 – 25 December 1941		Vice Chow Shouson retired; Senior Chinese Unofficial Member (1936–41)
	Charles Gordon Stewart Mackie	4 June 1930 – 1930	Gibb, Livingston & Co. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation	Temporary during absence of W. E. L. Shenton[6]
		30 April 1930 – 2 December 1931		Temporary vice J. Owen Hughes during absence of H. E. Pollock[7]
		8 April 1933 – 1933		Temporary during absence of W. E. L. Shenton[8]
		4 May 1934 – 1934		Temporary during absence of Henry Pollock[9]
	John Johnstone Paterson	6 April 1936 – 25 December 1941	Jardine, Matheson & Co. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation	Vice W. E. L. Shenton resigned
	William Henry Bell	8 June 1936 – 30 October 1936	Asiatic Petroleum Co. (South China) Ltd. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation	Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock
	Stanley Hudson Dodwell	31 October 1936 – 4 December 1936	Dodwell & Co. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation	Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock
		30 July 1938 – 7 October 1938		Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock
		11 March 1939 – 1939		Temporary during absence of J. J. Paterson
		21 September 1940 – 1940		Temporary during absence of H. E. Pollock
		26 March 1941 – 7 July 1941		Temporary
	Chau Tsun-nin	29 June 1938 – 1938		Temporary during absence of R. H. Kotewall
	Andrew Lusk Shields	8 July 1941 – 25 December 1941	Shewan, Tomes & Co.	Temporary during absence of S. H. Dodwell
	Vandeleur Molyneux Grayburn	22 July 1941 – 25 December 1941	Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation

• List of Executive Council of Hong Kong unofficial members 1946–1997
• List of Legislative Council of Hong Kong members 1843–1941

• Endacott, G. B. Government and people in Hong Kong, 1841–1962 : a constitutional history Hong Kong University Press. (1964) p. 250.