James Stewart Lockhart
Sir James Haldane Stewart Lockhart,[a] KCMG (25 May 1858 – 26 February 1937) was a British colonial official in Hong Kong and China for more than 40 years.He was Registrar General and Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong, and later became Commissioner of Weihaiwei (1902[6]–1927), the British coastal enclave returned to China in 1930.[8] Lockhart's preference for indirect and indigenized rule was a main factor leading to the official recognition of Chinese community organizations like Tung Wah Hospital and Po Leung Kuk.[13] Johnston later wrote that, as Lockhart had had a sound training in Greek and Latin at Edinburgh University, he took easily to the study of Chinese, another classical language.[17] The collection was donated by his daughter, Betty Joel, to his alma mater, George Watson's College, and is currently on a long-term loan to the National Museum of Scotland.