Hotung family


Hotung family or Ho family is a prominent Eurasian family in Hong Kong. Originated in the 1890s during British rule in Hong Kong, the family was considered one of the four big families of Hong Kong during the colonial period. While the Hotungs are no longer seen as part of the contemporary big four, they remain the most renowned and the most compelling family.
Stanley Ho, the grandnephew of Robert Hotung, founder of the family, expanded his influence through gambling industry in Macau and established his house as one of the four great families of Macau.

History

Charles Henry Maurice Bosman was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands as Mozes Hartog Bosman. Jewish Bosman arrived at Hong Kong in around 1859 and worked in the city for some 15 years. He was described as a businessman of very considerable attainments, and also served as Consul for the Netherlands at Hong Kong. During his stay in Hong Kong he met Madam Sze, a Chinese lady also known as Sze Tai. Their first children is Ho Kai-tung, later known as Robert Hotung, born in 1862. While of mixed Eurasian parentage, Hotung identified himself as native Chinese. One theory claims that his surname "Ho" derives from Holland, where Bosman was born.
Bosman left Hong Kong in 1873 for London to establish his Eastern Agency. Hotung was raised solely by his mother, and eventually became the richest man in Hong Kong. He was nicknamed "Far East JP Morgan" and "Grand Old Man of Hong Kong".

Family tree

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Bosman family

  • Levie Jacob Bosman
  • * Jacob Levy Bosman
  • ** Mozes Jacob Bosman ∞ Antje Hertog van Straaten
  • *** Hartog Mozes Bosman ∞ Anna de Vries
  • **** Mozes Hartog Bosman / Charles Henry Maurice Bosman ∞ Sze Tai, Mary Agnes Forbes
  • ***** Ho Kai-tung / Robert Hotung
  • ****** Ho's second family
  • ***** Ho Kai-fook
  • ****** Ho's third family
  • ***** Ho Kai-moon
  • ***** Ho Kai-gai / Walter Bosman
  • ***** Alexander Bosman
  • ****** Barbara Bosman ∞ Peter Hamilton Holmes
  • ******* Simon Holmes ∞ Vivienne
  • ******** 3 children
  • ******* Jonathan Holmes
  • ******** 2 children
  • ****** Jean Inglis Bosman ∞ Robert
  • ******* 3 daughters
  • ***** Irene Bosman ∞ Hay Matthey
  • ****** H.I. Bill Matthey
  • ****** Imogen Matthey ∞ Reay Geddes
  • ******* 2 sons and 3 daughters
  • ***** 3? other children
  • **** Jansje Bosman
  • **** Annetje Bosman
  • **** Gloria Sophia Bosman

Ho family

Ho's first family

Ho's first family refers to descendants of Ho Pak-ngan, of an unknown European and Sze Tai.Unknown European ∞ Sze Tai
  • * ♀️ Ho Pak-ngan ∞ Tsoi Sing-nam
  • ** ''1 son and 1 daughter''

Ho's second and third family

Ho's second, third, fourth, and sixth family are descendants of children of Bosman and Sze Tai.
Ho's second family, also known as the Hotung family or "Ho Cheung Sing Tong", refers to descendants of Robert Hotung. Ho's third family, also known as Ho Cheung Yuen Tong refers to descendants of Ho Kai-fook. Ho's fourth family and Ho's sixth family both have no issue as, respectively, Ho Kai-moon and Ho Kai-gai, later known as Walter Bosman, died childless.
  • Charles Henry Maurice Bosman ∞ Sze Tai
  • * Robert Hotung / Ho Kai-tung ∞ Margaret Mak Sau-ying, Clara Cheung Ching-yung, Chau Yee-man
  • ** Ho Sai-wing ∞ Kitty Anderson
  • *** 10 children
  • ** ♀️ Victoria Jubilee Hotung ∞ Lo Man-kam
  • *** Lo Tak-shing
  • **** 2 sons and 2 daughters
  • *** 5 other children
  • ** Henry Hotung / Ho Sai-kan
  • ** ♀️ Daisy Hotung ∞ Au-Yeung Pak-cheong
  • ** ♀️ Mary Patrica Hotung Shun-chee ∞ Wong Sik-lam
  • *** David Wong Yat-suen
  • ** Edward Hotung / Ho Sai-kim ∞ Alice Maud Newman
  • *** Eric Hotung / Ho Hung-cheung ∞ Patricia Anne Shea
  • **** Michael Hotung
  • ***** 2 daghters
  • **** Robert Hotung
  • ***** 2 sons
  • **** Eric Hotung
  • ***** 3 daughters
  • **** Sean Hotung
  • **** Anthony Hotung
  • ***** 1 son
  • **** 3 other daughters
  • **** Michael Eric Hotung / Mak Shun-ming
  • **** Barbara Mak
  • *** Patrick Hotung / Ho Hung-hin
  • *** Joseph Hotung / Ho Hung-hing
  • *** ♀️ Antonia Hotung / Ho Hang-kwan
  • *** ♀️ Mary Hotung / Ho To-kwan
  • ** ♀️ Eva Hotung Han-chee
  • ** ♀️ Irene Hotung Ki-chee ∞ Cheung Hsiang-hsien
  • *** June Cheng Ka-yuk
  • ** Robert Hotung / ∞ Hesta Hung
  • *** Robert Ho Hung-ngai
  • *** Margaret Ho Min-kwan
  • ** ♀️ Jean Hotung ∞ William M. Gittins, Serge Hohlov
  • *** 2 children
  • ** ♀️ Grace Hotung ∞ Horace Lo, John Gittins
  • *** Shirley Lo Pui-yee
  • ** ♀️ Florence Hotung ∞
  • *** 3 children
  • ** George Ho Cho-chi ∞ Jessie Fung
  • *** Linda Kwan
  • *** George Joseph Ho Kay
  • * Ho Kai-fook ∞ Lucy Rothwell
  • ** Ho Sai-wing
  • ** ♀️ Bessie Ho Bo-chi ∞ Cheung Pui-kai
  • *** 4 children
  • ** Ho Sai-iu ∞ Ethel Zimmern
  • *** Stella Ho Yuen-duen
  • *** Helen Ho Yuen-yee
  • ***
  • *** Vivienne Ho Yuen-fun
  • *** Audrey Ho Yuen-ming
  • *** Kenneth Ho Hung-kin
  • *** Daphne Ho Yuen-bun
  • *** David Ho Hung-sui
  • *** Ho Hung-fai
  • ** ∞ Flora Hall
  • *** Bertram Ho Hung-yan
  • *** ♀️ Mary Ho Yuen-wo
  • *** Ernest Reginald Stewart Ho
  • *** John Stephen Ho
  • *** ♀️ Priscilla Ho Yuen-cheung
  • *** ♀️ Patricia Ho Yuen-man
  • *** Joseph Ho Hung-tao
  • *** ♀️
  • *** Stanley Ho Hung-sun ∞,, Ina Chan Un-chan, Leong On-kei
  • **** Jane Francis Ho
  • **** ∞ Suki Potier
  • **** Angela Ho
  • **** Deborah Ho
  • **** Pansy Catalina Ho Chiu-king ∞ Julian Hui
  • **** Daisy Ho Chiu-fung
  • **** Maisy Ho
  • **** Josie Ho ∞
  • **** Lawrence Ho Yau-lung
  • ****
  • ****
  • ****
  • **** Sabrina Ho Chiu-yeng
  • **** Ho Yau-bong
  • ****
  • **** ∞ Ming Xi
  • **** Alice Ho
  • *** Winnie Ho Yuen-ki
  • **** 2 other children
  • **** / Mak Shun-ming
  • *****
  • **** Barbara Mak
  • *** ∞ Teddy Yip
  • *** Ho Hung-tuen
  • *** Louise Ho Yuen-wing
  • ** Ho Sai-leung
  • ** Ho Sai-chuen
  • *** Iris Ho
  • *** Pansy Ho Yuen-lan
  • ** Ho Sai-cheuk ∞ Florence Hall
  • *** Helen Ho Yuen-hang
  • *** Kathleen Ho Yuen-kwan
  • *** Yvonne Ho Yuen-yuen
  • *** Elaine Ho Yuen-kei
  • *** Ho Hung-chi
  • *** Mamie Ho Yuen-min
  • ** ♀️ Elizabeth Ho Bo-yung ∞ Arthur Waller
  • *** 6 children
  • ** Ho Sai-ki ∞ Doris Lo How-jing
  • *** Algernon Ho Hung-ching
  • *** Ronald Ho Hung-ka ∞ Laura Fan Elizabeth Choa
  • *** ♀️ Pamela Ho Yuen-yeung ∞ Douglas Hunt
  • **** 2 daughters
  • *** ♀️ Cecilia Ho Yuen-lun ∞ John Greaves
  • **** Stanley Greaves
  • *** Eric Peter Ho ∞
  • **** ♀️ Doris Anne Ho ∞ Gordon Jamieson
  • ***** 3 children
  • **** 2 other children
  • ** ♀️ Victoria Ho Bo-lin ∞ James Bush
  • ** ♀️ Nancy Ho Bo-ji ∞ A. E. Kew
  • *** 2 children
  • ** ♀️ Phyllis Ho Bo-yin ∞ Edward Law
  • * Ho Kai-moon
  • * Walter Bosman / Ho Kai-gai

Ho's fifth family

Ho's fifth family, also known as the Hotung family or "Ho Cheung Sin Tong", refers to descendants of non-Eurasian Ho Kom-tong, of Sze Tai and an unknown Chinese.Unknown Chinese ∞ Sze Tai
  • *
  • ** Ho Sai-kit ∞ Winnie Choa, Tung Yim-king
  • *** 10 children
  • ** Ho Sai-wah ∞ May Zimmern
  • *** 2 children
  • ** Ho Sai-man ∞ Ivy Tang Oi-wah
  • *** 3 children
  • ** Ho Sai-cheong ∞ Lai Chung-yu
  • *** 2 children
  • ** Ho Sai-on
  • ** Ho Sai-lok ∞ Chiu Wai-jan
  • *** 3 children
  • ** Ho Sai-hong
  • ** Ho Sai-kin
  • ** Ho Sai-wai ∞ Cheung Yi-lin
  • ** Ho Sai-yung ∞ Mak Bik-sim
  • *** 1 son and 4 daughters
  • ** Ho Sai-hung ∞ Lo Sui-ying
  • *** 4 children
  • ** Ho Sai-kong ∞ Chow Sik-yi
  • *** 2 children
  • ** Ho Sai-keung
  • ** Paul Ho Sai-mang ∞ May Wong Mei-fu
  • ** Ho Sai-lit
  • ** Ho Sai-kut
  • ** ♀️ Elizabeth Ho Pak-ling ∞ Tse Ka-po
  • *** ∞
  • *** 5 other sons and daughters
  • ** Elise Ho Pak-ching ∞ Choa Po-yiu
  • *** 6 children
  • ** Flora Ho Pak-kin ∞ Ng Chiu-yan
  • ** Ho Pak-yin
  • ** Pensy Ho Pak-siu
  • ** Rebeca Ho Pak-fong ∞ Peter Pang Sau-san
  • *** 6 children
  • ** Genevive Ho Pak-tuen
  • ** Nancy Ho Pak-shui ∞ Lam Hin-kwong
  • ** Rose Ho Pak-sheung ∞ Charles Ma Suen-hung
  • *** 3 children
  • ** Stella Ho Pak-ngor ∞ Peter Mak Chi-hin
  • *** Anthony Mak Shun-on
  • ** Ho Pak-bun
  • ** Ho Pak-ngan
  • ** Monica Ho Pak-woon ∞ Philip Kwok Sang-choi
  • *** 2 children
  • ** ♀️ Grace Ho Pak-yung ∞ Lee Hoi-chuen
  • *** Peter Lee Jung-sum ∞ Eunice Lam, Mary Cheung
  • **** 2 children
  • *** Bruce Lee Chun-fan ∞ Linda Lee Cadwell
  • **** Brandon Lee
  • **** Shannon Lee
  • *** Robert Lee Jun-fai ∞ Sum Sum
  • **** 1 son
  • *** ''1 other son and 1 other daughter''

Other family members

  • Kwok Hing-yin ∞ Sze Tai
  • * Ho Sui-ting ∞
  • ** 9 children
  • * Ho Pak-kuen
  • * Kwok Mou-chiu

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