To Serve and to Lead: A History of the Diocesan Boys' School in Hong Kong

2 Senior Staff Members and Teachers

350 The Diocesan Boys’ School: 1869–2008 Appendix 2 Senior Staff Members and Teachers One of the problems we encountered in compiling this list is that some teachers taught in the school for only a short while and, in these cases, the school does not have detailed records. The years given in the list are therefore the years when individual teachers served in the school, irrespective of the duration of their service. For the period before 1930, the years refer to calendar years; after 1950, to academic years; and between 1930 and 1950, to academic years as far as possible, e.g. Miss Halley was matron in the calendar year 1920; Mrs. C. James taught in the calendar years 1920–24; Mr. J Almeida taught in the academic year 1965–66; Mr. J. S. Anderson taught in the academic years 1970–71 to 1976–77. The list does not indicate the length of time a teacher taught in the school within the year: all it shows is that the teacher taught in the school in the specified calendar or academic year(s). The voluntary service of Mrs. M. Shann provides a case in point. The list shows that she was the matron in the academic years 1945–47, but she actually served the school for only 10 months: she joined the staff in May 1946 and left in March 47. However, most of the staff members did serve the entire academic years. The school does not normally consider a member of staff to be a newcomer if he/ she rejoins it after interrupting his/ her service for a year or two because of leave or resignation. The same approach is adopted in compiling this list. All involuntary interruptions of service, such as during World War II, and voluntary ones of less than two years, are ignored. Thus the list shows that Mr. Ronnie Cheng’s service spans the period from 1989 to the present day, although he was away from 1993 to 1995. Over the years, some members of staff have changed their titles and/ or positions while working in the school. For example, Mr. may have become Dr.; Miss may have changed to Mrs.; and a teacher may have been promoted to headmaster. In the first case, the latest title is used; in the second case, the maiden names are retained and the newly acquired names given in parentheses; and in the last case, the new positions and the years held are in parentheses. For example, Mrs. R. Andress joined the school after she was married; Miss Brice-Tribe became Mrs. Brotchie while teaching in the school; and Mr. Lai joined the teaching staff in 1962 and became headmaster in 1983. Their Chinese names are included if available. Appendix 2 351 Name Year Name Year Abbas E. K. 1962–64 Almeida J. 1965–66 Anderson J. S. 1970–77 Andress R. (Mrs.) 1938–39? Armour (Miss) 1905–09 Arnold A. (Mrs.) 1897–2011 Arthur William 1870–78 Headmaster Arthur (Mrs.) 1870–78 Matron Au Anita C. H. (Ms.) 2006–present ( ) Au K. L. 2004–06 ( ) Au Peter 2007–present ( ) Au R. (Miss) 1969–73 Au Yau Wong 1921–22 Audley (Mrs.) 1913–14 Austen (Miss) 1905 Bailey Neil L. 2004–present Baker J. (Mrs.) 1955–56 Baker P. W. 1955–57 Ball M. (Miss) 1928–30? Bancroft Sylvia (Miss) ?1934–41? Barclay J. R. 1894–95 Barlow W. C. 1891 Barnes William G. F. 1924–25 Beau G. M. 1961–72 Beau G. W. 1971–74 Benson A. C. (Miss) 1928–30? Beyer Alana (Ms.) 2006 Birtwistle L. 1951–72 Black (Mrs.) 1916–17 Blaynay W. 1894–98 Board D. B. M. 1947–53 Bohr P. R. 1972–74 Boniface Bernadette 2004–present (Ms.) Bough A. 1923 Bower A. 1921–25 Bowes (Mrs.) 1950–51 Braga L. W. (Mrs.) 1948–49 Brand (Mrs.) 1917–18 Brass R. B. 1967–68 Brawn A. O. 1900–09 Brett (Mrs.) 1911–13 Brice-Tribe 1948–50 (Mrs. Brotchie) Brittain Donald J. 1948–57 Bromfield Jane (Mrs.) 1959–84 Brown Conrad ?1941–42 Brown J. Duncan 1907–08 Brown P. L. 1904–08 Cadogan-Edwards G. E. 1950–55 Chain G. (Mrs.) 1959–61 Matron Chan (Mrs.) 1946–47? Chan A. (Mrs.) 1992–present ( ) Chan C. K. 1957–58 Chan C. Y. Mark 2004–present ( ) Chan Chung Ming 1918–19 Chan Chung Wan ?1937–38? ( ) Chan Clairine (Ms.) 2003–04 ( ) 352...