Inventory Acc.4138 Papers of Sir James Haldane Stewart Lockhart, KCMG

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Acc.4138

Revised December 2018

Inventory

Acc.4138

Papers of
Sir James Haldane Stewart Lockhart, K.C.M.G.
(1858-1947)

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These papers were deposited by the owner, George Watson’s College, Colinton
Road, Edinburgh EH10 5EG in 1966. The contents of Acc.4138/1(h), Acc.4138/71 to
Acc.4138/74, and part of Acc.4138/75 were later removed by the owner, and
deposited at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery (Scottish National Photographic
Collection).

For further Stewart Lockhart papers, see Acc.12695.

The detailed listing of Acc.4138/1 to Acc.4138/18 was done by Stewart Lockhart’s
biographer, Shiona Airlie, as was the index to correspondents in this section (see
Acc.4138/79), to whom thanks are due.

Historical note:

Sir James Stewart Lockhart (1858-1937) was a distinguished colonial official in China
and a collector. His first appointments were in Hong Kong, from 1882, but in 1902
he was appointed first civil commissioner of Weihaiwei, in north-east China. He
retired in 1921. His collections were given to George Watson’s College in
Edinburgh, his old school, in 1967 by his daughter Mary (Mrs Betty Joel).

Extent: 8.63m.

(Please note that there is an index of correspondents represented in Acc.4138/1 to
Acc.4138/18 in Acc.4138/79)

/1 Documents relating to Weihaiwei, Hong Kong, and Stewart
Lockhart’s early life

a) Weihaiwei. 9 items:
Contents contained in envelope addressed to J H Stewart Lockhart,
Hong Kong from J Chamberlain. (Later handwriting notes ‘Re
Weihaiwei letter to Sir Reginald Stubbs’).
6 printed copies of the Commission appointing JSL as Commissioner
of Weihaiwei, dated 20 January 1902.
Letter from JSL, Weihaiwei to R E Stubbs, Hong Kong, 10 December
1920
Letter from R E Stubbs, Government House, Hong Kong to JSL, 18
December 1920
Letter from JSL, Weihaiwei to R E Stubbs, Hong Kong, 6 January 1921
b) Stewart Lockhart’s life and career, 1869-1897. 85 items:
Contents held in Weihaiwei Government Folder titled (in JSL’s
writing) ‘Schooldays 1869 to 1897’.
Acc.4138/1b continued

Menu for Hong Kong Football Club Annual Dinner, 1895-1896, 28
March 1896 Menu for Hong Kong Football Club Annual Dinner, 1895-
1896, 28 March 1896, with sheet of signatures of those attending.
Letter from Mr Stewart, Maidstone Parsonage, (son of James Stewart)
to Miles Lockhart, father of JSL, 9 July 1858
Printed table of marks for the Open Competition for the Civil Service
of India, 1877.
Printed table of marks for the Open Competition for the Civil Service
of India, 1878.
Letter from Joshua Jones, Principal, King William’s College, Isle of
Man, to JSL, 9 August 1872
Letter of commendation from Joshua Jones, Principal, King William’s
College, Isle of Man, 9 August 1872
Fragment of printed examination paper from English into Greek,
Merchant Company Schools, Edinburgh, c. 1872
Letter of commendation from George Ogilvie, Headmaster, George
Watson’s College, Edinburgh, October 1875
King William’s College, Isle of Man, Quarterly school report for JSL,
Midsummer 1869
King William’s College, Isle of Man, Quarterly school report for JSL,
Easter 1869
King William’s College, Isle of Man, Quarterly school report for JSL,
Michaelmas 1869
King William’s College, Isle of Man, Quarterly school report for JSL,
April 1870
King William’s College, Isle of Man, Quarterly school report for JSL,
Midsummer 1870
King William’s College, Isle of Man, Quarterly school report for JSL,
October 1870
King William’s College, Isle of Man, Quarterly school report for JSL,
Christmas 1870
King William’s College, Isle of Man, Quarterly school report for JSL,
Easter 1871
King William’s College, Isle of Man, Quarterly school report for JSL,
June 1871
King William’s College, Isle of Man, Quarterly school report for JSL,
Xmas 1871
King William’s College, Isle of Man, Quarterly school report for JSL,
Easter 1872
Letter from Robert Herbert, Downing Street, London, to JSL, 25
November 1878, containing table of marks for the examination for
cadets to Hong Kong and Ceylon, September 1878, and newspaper
cutting (The Scotsman?) regarding the 1878 awards at George
Watson’s College, Edinburgh
Printed letter from Horace Mann, Civil Service Commissioners, to
JSL, 7 September 1878
Eastern No. 30, 8 July 1878
Printed letter from Horace Mann, Civil Service Commissioners, to
JSL, 18 October 1878
Letter from Horace Mann, Civil Service Commissioners, to JSL, 24
October 1878
Printed letter from Horace Mann, Civil Service Commissioners, to
JSL, 7 November 1878
Letter from Meade(?), Downing Street, London to JSL, 7 December
1878
Unsigned memo from Department of Secretary of State for the
Colonies, London, c. 1878
Letter from Ommanney, Crown Agents, London to JSL, 1 October
1879, containing the contract for his posting,
The Times, 21 November 1889
Minutes of meeting of the Bokhara Fund, January 1893
Government Gazette, Hong Kong, 30 April 1894
The Hongkong Weekly Press, 28 March 1895
The Hongkong Weekly Press, 22 January 1896
Envelope (now emptied of it contents) which once held JSL’s
certificates
Membership certificate for China Branch of Royal Asiatic Society, 10
March 1885
Membership certificate for Royal Geographical Society, 27 November
1883
University of Edinburgh First class certificate of merit, Faculty of Arts,
1875-1876
University of Edinburgh First class certificate of merit, Faculty of Arts,
1875-1876
University of Edinburgh First class certificate of merit, Faculty of Arts,
1875-1876
University of Edinburgh Second class certificate of merit, Senior
Humanity Class, 1874-1875
University of Edinburgh, certificate for attendance at Greek, 1874-
1875
Membership certificate, Royal Asiatic Society, 9 July 1879
Covering paper containing 5 references for JSL, c. 1889
Reference from Major General Gordon Cameron for JSL, c. 1889
Reference from Sir William Marsh for JSL, c.1889
Reference from Sir William MacKinnon for JSL, c. 1889
Reference from Sir Robert Herbert for JSL, c. 1889
Reference from Major General Sargent for JSL, c. 1889
Hong Kong Government Notification No 92, 9 March 1883
Hong Kong Government Notification No 93, 9 March 1883
Hong Kong Government Notification No 267, 4 August 1883
Hong Kong Government Notification No 265, 4 August 1883
(Above 4 items all pasted on a single sheet)
JSL, Hong Kong, to Earl of Derby, London, Application for Magistracy
of Hong Kong, 9 April 1883
Letter from Frederick Stewart, Hong Kong to JSL, Hong Kong, 5
August 1887
Memo from Frederick Stewart, Hong Kong, with enclosure from Sir
William Des Voeux, Hong Kong, to JSL, 12 January 1889
Letter from R Meade, Downing Street, London, to JSL 27 December
1889
Letter from John Branston, Downing Street, London, to JSL, 3 January
1890
JSL’s draft of the Women and Girls Protection Ordinance (Hong
Kong), 1889
Letter from George Johnson, Colonial Office, London, to JSL, 28
October 1889
Letter from George Johnson, Colonial Office, London, to JSL, 20
November 1889
Letter from George Johnson, Colonial Office, London, to JSL, 3
January 1890
No 452, Colonial Secretary’s Office, Hong Kong, to JSL, 13 March
1891
Letter from Wodehouse, Hong Kong, to JSL, 3 January 1891
No 961, Colonial Secretary’s Office, Hong Kong, to JSL, 6 June 1891
No 963, Colonial Secretary’s Office, Hong Kong, to JSL, 6 June 1891
No 89, Colonial Secretary’s Office, Hong Kong, to JSL, 15 January
1892
No 451, Colonial Secretary’s Office, Hong Kong, to JSL, 16 March
1892
Letter from William Robinson, Hong Kong, to JSL, 22 October 1892
No 1748, Colonial Secretary’s Office, Hong Kong, to JSL, 6
September 1894
Envelope containing letter from Takatu Zen-ichi, Japanese
Government, to JSL, 25th day, 9th month of 27th year of Meiji (c.1894)
No 39, Government House, Hong Kong, to JSL, 26 March 1895
JSL’s reply to No. 39. 28 March 1895
No 1522, Colonial Secretary’s Office, Hong Kong, to Governor, 13
August 1894
Folder with memo from JSL, 11 July 1895, containing No 1475,
Colonial Secretary’s Office, Hong Kong, to Riots Committee, 11 July
1895
No 87, Government House, Hong Kong, to JSL, 17 July 1896
No 90, Colonial Secretary’s Office, Hong Kong, to JSL, 15 January
1897
No. 98 Government House, Hong Kong, to JSL, 14 July 1897
JSL’s reply to above, Hong Kong, 16 July 1897
Governor Robinson, Hong Kong, to JSL, 6 December 1897, enclosing
Jubilee Gold Medal.

c) Documents relating to the revolution in China. 7 items:
First republican flag hoisted over Weihai City, Weihaiwei, c.1911
Folder headed ‘Revolution in China: Duplicates of Government
Despatches etc.’
Translation of Despatch from the Governor of Shantung to the
Commissioner of Weihaiwei, 1 December 1911. (Manuscript by the
hand of Reginald Johnston)
Manuscript confidential memo from JSL to Government staff,
Weihaiwei, 20 November 1911 (4 sheets)
Translation of Despatch from the Governor of Shantung to the
Commissioner of Weihaiwei, 11 November 1911. (Manuscript by the
hand of JSL). (3 sheets)
Manuscript confidential memo from JSL to Government staff,
Weihaiwei, 21 November 1911 (2 sheets)
Translation of letter from Sun, Commander of the Republic of China
in Shantung Province, to Commissioner of Weihaiwei, 15 November
1911. (Manuscript by hand of JSL)

d) Folder marked ‘Private’ and headed ‘Report on Weihaiwei
by Captain Percy Scott of HMS Terrible 23 Feb ?’(1902). 2
items:
Letter from Percy Scott to JSL, 23 February 1902
Typed report by Percy Scott ‘A few remarks about Wei-Hai-Wei’. (7
sheets)

e) Folder marked ‘Private’ and headed ‘Views on Weihaiwei by
Captain Windham RN’. 3 items:
Letter from Windham, HMS Amphitrite, China Station to JSL, 24
September 1901
Letter from JSL, HMS Iris, Gibraltar, to ‘My Dear Admiral’, 12
December 1901 (5 sheets)
Signed menu card for JSL’s final dinner in Weihaiwei, 21 April 1921

f) Various papers relating to the rendition of Weihaiwei. 13
items:
Envelope Addressed to JSL and headed ‘Rendition of Weihaiwei E
Clark’ which contained 2 letters and a memo by E Clark
Letter from E Clark, Weihaiwei, to JSL, 24 July 1924
Letter from E Clark, Weihaiwei, to JSL, 24 July 1924, (2 sheets)
containing a copy letter from E Clark to Mr Collins, Honorary
Secretary of the British Rendition Committee, London, 18 December
1921 (3 sheets).
Copy of letter from S Roberts, Honorary Secretary of the British
Rendition Committee, Weihaiwei, to The Officer Administering the
Government of Weihaiwei, 21 July 1922 and enclosing memo from E
Clark, Weihaiwei, regarding the rendition of the territory, July 1922
(8 sheets).
Copy of map showing Shantung and Weihaiwei, Dingle and Fruin,
Shanghai, November 1914. (In two parts)
Letter from A Blunt, Weihaiwei, to JSL, 22 April 1921. (In envelope)
Letter from G Grindle, Colonial Office, London, to JSL, 15 May 1923.
(In envelope) Enclosed with this is a letter from Hardy Jowett,
Government House, Weihaiwei to the Duke of Devonshire, London,
15 March 1923 (3 sheets) enclosing a letter and statement from
Herbert Beer, Weihaiwei School, 10 March 1923 (5 sheets)
Draft of letter from JSL, Geneva, to G Grindle, London, 20 May 1923
Draft manuscript ‘Notes on Weihaiwei’, dated April 1934 (6 sheets)
with envelope

g) Staffing in Weihaiwei and Shantung agreements. 18 items:
Letter from G E Morrison, Peking, to JSL, 29 March 1905, enclosing
the official Chinese text of the Kiaochao Convention; copy of the
Kiaochao Convention as published for general use; Chinese preamble
of new Coal Mining Regulations, 21 March 1900; Article XVII of the
Coal Mining Regulations of 21 March 1900 with their preamble (2
sheets); Article XVII of the draft Mining Regulations referring to the
Five Zones and never signed.
Letter from Sir John Jordan, British Legation, Peking, to JSL, 11 April
1913
Draft letter from JSL, Weihaiwei, to D Alston, Peking, 19 September
1913 (2 sheets)
Letter from D Alston, British Legation, Peking, to JSL, October 1913
Draft letter from JSL, Weihaiwei, to D Alston, Peking, 10 November
1913
Envelope headed ‘Re seconding Consular Officers’ and containing
letter from Captain Seigne, Shanghai, to JSL, 18 February 1914; copy
of letter from Captain Seigne to the Senior British Naval Officer,
Yangtse, 19 January 1914
Draft letter from JSL, Weihaiwei, to Sir John Jordan, Peking, 15 March
1914 (2 sheets)
Letter from Sir John Jordan, Peking to JSL, 21 March 1914
Letter from E Jameson, Weihaiwei, to JSL, undated (April 1914)
Letter (in E Jameson’s writing) from JSL, Weihaiwei, to Sir John
Jordan, 2 April 1914
Copy of Confidential letter No. 47, Jordan, Peking to Sir Edward
Grey, London, 9 April 1914 (6 sheets)

h) Photographs removed to Scottish National Photographic Archive at
the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

i) 6 items:
Letter from G S Moss, Weihaiwei, to JSL, 1 September 1932 with a
copy of a Chinese seal
Three books in Chinese by Captain T S Hsu regarding the future
development of Weihaiwei, c. 1932
Typed translation of article, ‘Hu Shih on the Communist Menace in
China’ from the Tu Li Ping Lun (Independent Critic), 31 July 1932. (5
sheets)

j) Weihaiwei intelligence reports. 5 items:
Envelope which once contained the reports
Letter from C P Lucas, London, to JSL, Engadine, Switzerland, 24
December 1922, with envelope
Letter from G S Moss, Weihaiwei, to JSL, 7 April 1933, with two
copies of the Weihaiwei Consulate Intelligence Report for the six
months ending 31 March 1933
k) Miscellaneous letters, mainly 1900-1911. 102 items:
H P Williams, Commodore’s Office, Hong Kong, to Edith Stewart
Lockhart, 18 August 1900
Lord Ronaldshay to Edith Stewart Lockhart, Saturday, undated, c.
1906
C B Langton, Chertsey, Surrey, to JSL, 26 November 1905 (2 sheets)
Eustace Leatham, HMS Alacrity, to JSL, 10 August 1906
David Fraser, Simla, India, to JSL, 25 November 1906
Unknown author, Chefoo, to JSL, 23 August 1906
Jamieson, Johannesburg, South Africa, too JSL, 11 June 1906 (4 sheets)
Lung Pui Chi, Butterfield and Swire, Hong Kong, to JSL, 13 October
1906, (2 sheets)
C T Tang, Bureau of Foreign Affairs, Tsinanfu, Shantung, to JSL, 6
September 1906, (2 Sheets)
Colonial Office circular for Sir Robert Herbert’s memorial, 5 June
1906
Sheet headed ‘Characters of scrolls presented to me by the District
Headmen of Weihaiwei, 29 October 1906’ (In JSL’s writing)
Arnold Robertson, British Legation, Peking, to JSL, 27 July 1906
I Jones, Chefoo, to JSL, 5 July 1906
E Ohlmer, Kiaochow Customs, Tsingtao, to JSL, 24 June 1906 (2
sheets)
Alexander Hosie, British Legation, Peking, to JSL, 27 May 1906
Mok Man-cheung, Hong Kong, to JSL, 4 June 1906 (2 sheets)
Archibald Rose, British Consulate, Chefoo, to JSL, 2 June 1906
Mr Eckford, Cornabe, Eckford & Co, Chefoo, to JSL, 8 June 1906 (4
sheets)
Leaflet ‘Office for the Dedication of St James’ Church, Liu Kung Tao,
China’ (Weihaiwei), undated
Copy of Confidential despatch JSL, Weihaiwei, to Secretary of State
for the Colonies, London, 11 November 1911 (2 sheets)
Copy of Confidential despatch JSL, Weihaiwei, to Secretary of State
for the Colonies, London, 14 November 1911 (3 sheets), with
enclosure containing translation of despatch from the Sub-district
Deputy Magistrate of the City of Weihai to JSL, 14 November 1911
Copy of Confidential despatch JSL, Weihaiwei, to Secretary of State
for the Colonies, London, 7 December 1911 (2 sheets), with
enclosure containing translation of despatch from the Governor of
Shantung to JSL, 1 December 1911 (2 sheets)
Copy of Confidential despatch JSL, Weihaiwei, to Secretary of State
for the Colonies, London, 13 January 1912 (2 sheets), with enclosure
containing translation of despatch from the Governor of Shantung to
JSL, 1 December 1911 (2 sheets)
H Wilcox, China Association, London, to JSL, 7 August 1924
Draft copy from JSL, London, to H Wilcox, 8 August 1924
Draft copy from JSL, Weihaiwei, to Admiral Misu, Port Arthur, 30
October 1906
Newspaper, Amtsblatt fur das Deutsche Kiautschou-Gebiet, Tsingtao,
4 December 1905
Draft copy from JSL, Weihaiwei, to Lambert, London, 19 April 1921
Telegram, Admiral Sir Alexander Duff, Hong Kong, to JSL, 18 April
1921
Telegram, JSL, Weihaiwei, to Admiral Sir Alexander Duff, Hong Kong,
19 April 1921
Memo, JSL, Weihaiwei, to Senior District Officer, Weihaiwei, 19 April
1921
Draft copy from JSL to Admiral Sir Alexander Duff, Hong Kong,
undated (April 1921), (2 sheets)
Circular No. 1302, Inspectorate General of Customs, Peking, 1
December 1905
Archibald Rose, Chefoo, to JSL, 8 June 1906 (2 sheets)
Mr Eckford, Chefoo, to JSL, 11 June 1906
John Ferguson, North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society,
Shanghai, to JSL, 22 May 1906, enclosing certificate of Honorary
Membership
JSL, Weihaiwei, to John Ferguson, 16 June 1906
Clipping from a Chinese newspaper, undated
Putnam Weale, Shanghai, to JSL, 9 June 1904
Matthew Nathan, Government House, Hong Kong, to JSL, 11 June
1906
Bernard Gordon Lennox, Chinese Regiment, Weihaiwei, to JSL,
‘Saturday’, (1906?)
Lancelot D Carnegie, Peking, to JSL, 4 June 1906
Mr Robertson, Shanghai, to JSL, 20 June 1906 (2 sheets)
Everard M Blair, Tientsin, to JSL, 21 June 1906
Putnam Weale, Shanghai, to JSL, 24 June 1906
J S Chwang, Bureau of Foreign Affairs, Tsinanfu, to JSL, 22 June 1906
(2 sheets)
G Hillenbrand (?), Tsingtao, to JSL, 27 June 1906 (2 sheets)
V Semmerz (?), Tsingtao, to JSL, 12 June 1906
F Vatrio (?), Kobe, to JSL, 20 May 1906
Mr Barnes (?), Transvaal Emigration Agent, Shantung, to JSL, 29 May
1906
Lady E Blake, The King’s Pavilion, Kandy, Ceylon, to JSL, 6 April 1906
(2 sheets)
Captain Tonami, HIJMS Okashi, to JSL, 2 June 1906
Archibald Rose, Chefoo, to JSL, 29 June 1906, with enclosure of
translation of the leading article in the Tsingtauer Neueste
Nachrichten, 23 May 1906 (3 sheets)
E H Kempson, Principal, King William’s College, Isle of Man, to JSL, 6
May 1928, plus typed copy of the same
E B S (?), Chartered Bank of India Australia and China, Shanghai, to
JSL, 14 July 1906
H J Findlay, George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, to JSL, 21 May 1906
Sheng Ngun, Chinanfu, to JSL, 28 June 1906
C T Tang, Chinanfu, to JSL, 26 June 1906
Meyrick Hewlett, HBM Consul general, Seoul, to JSL, 20 June 1906 (2
sheets)
J S Chwang, Bureau of Foreign Affairs, Tsinanfu, to JSL, 4 July 1906
Eustace Leatham, HMS Alacrity, to JSL, 16 July 1906
Robert Walter, Weihaiwei, to JSL, 17 July 1906
J R Clarke, SS Arcadia, Singapore, to JSL, undated (c.1906)
‘Lindsay’, War Office, London, to JSL, 8 June 1906 (2 sheets)
Pelham (?), HBM Consulate General, Shanghai, to JSL, 14 July 1906
Matthew Nathan, Government House, Hong Kong, to JSL, 23 July
1906
Richard Hancock, Hong Kong, to JSL, 12 July 1906
Matthew Nathan, Government House, Hong Kong, to JSL, 15 August
1906
C C M(?), Chinese Regiment, Weihaiwei, to JSL, 8 September 1906
C C M (?), Chinese Regiment, Weihaiwei, to JSL, 9 September 1906
Lord Ronaldshay to JSL, Saturday 2, undated, c. 1906
Francis X Huih, Port Edward, Weihaiwei, to JSL, 9 September 1906
Unsigned memo to JSL, relaying telephone message from Commander
in Chief, 19 August (1906?)
Eustace Leatham, HMS Alacrity, to Edith Stewart Lockhart, 6 July
1906
Archibald Rose, Chefoo, to JSL, 3 August 1906 2 sheets)
George Crusen, Tsingtao, to JSL, 16 July 1906
Bernard Gordon Lennox, Chinese Regiment, Weihaiwei, to JSL,
Tuesday, undated (c. 1906)
G N Noel (?), Downham, Norfolk, to JSL, 2 July 1906
J Miller (?), Chief Commissioner’s Camp, Central Provinces, to JSL, 25
March 1906
Molly Stobart, London, to JSL, 29 March 1906
Cecil F Thursly, HMS King Alfred, China Station, to JSL, undated
(1906?)
C Rowe, HMS King Alfred, China Station, to JSL, 7 September 1906
H H Waters, Weihaiwei, to JSL, 30 September 1906
Mr Marsh (?), HMS King Alfred, China Station, to Edith Stewart
Lockhart, 6 October 1906
Mr Marsh (?), HMS King Alfred, China Station, to Edith Stewart
Lockhart, Wednesday, undated, c. 1906
Sir Poshan Wei Yuk, Hong Kong, to JSL, 28 July 1906
Leaflet with membership list for The Ends of the Earth Club, 1906,
with postcard from the same, in original envelope, 1906
Bernard Gordon Lennox, Chinese Regiment, Weihaiwei, to JSL,
Monday, undated, c. 1906
Bernard Gordon Lennox, Chinese Regiment, Weihaiwei, to JSL,
Tuesday, undated, c. 1906
Henry Wilkin, Government House, Hong Kong, to JSL, 22 July 1906
C Addis, Off Lantao, Hong Kong, to JSL, 6 August 1906, (15 sheets)
Lord Ronaldshay, Weihaiwei, to JSL, 25 August 1906
V Semmerz (?), Tsingtao, to JSL, 19 August 1906
Undated and untitled newspaper clipping

l) Miscellaneous papers relating to Weihaiwei. 64 items:
Publisher’s leaflet for A Manual of Chinese Quotations by JSL, 1893. 6
copies