caption governor death_date death_place predecessor successor office name birth_date alt spouse term image article_title birth_name occupation
robert kotewall cecil harcourt 1949 british hong kong john johnstone paterson arthur morse senior unofficial member of the executive council robert kotewall 1880 head-and-shoulders portrait of a eurasian gentleman in a suit edith lowcock 1946 sir robert hormus kotewal.jpg robert kotewall
 robert hormus kotewall businessman
robert kotewall

sir robert hormus kotewall -lrb- 羅旭龢 ; 1880 － 1949 -rrb- was a hong kong businessman and legislator .
kotewall was the son of hormusjee kotewall .
his ancestry included chinese , parsee -lrb- as his middle name of hormus and surname of kotewall suggests -rrb- and european forbears .
in 1913 , he was named clerk to the magistracy and jp .
by 1919 , dr kotewall was in trade as the manager of the hong kong mercantile company .
in 1923 , he was invited to join the legislative council as an unofficial member , a position he held until 1935 .
in 1936 , he joined the executive council .
his great-grandson is english actor max minghella .
