Question: Facts: - caption: sir shouson in 1952 - successor: robert kotewall robert kotewall - death date: 23 january 1959 - predecessor: paul chater lau chu-pak - office: unofficial member member of the executive council senior chinese unofficial - term end: 8 july 1936 1931 - term start: 9 july 1926 1922 - appointed: sir cecil clementi sir william peel - name: shouson chow - birth date: 13 march 1861 - image: shouson chow1952.jpg - birth place: wong kong chuk hang , hong kong island , hong - alma mater: queen school 's college , hong kong winsted local grammar Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of shouson chow .
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sir shouson chow -lrb- ; 1861 -- 1959 -rrb- , kbe , lld , jp , also known as chow cheong-ling -lrb- -rrb- , was a hong kong businessman .he had been a qing dynasty official and prominent in the government of hong kong .