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C. C. Roberts

Overview

C. C. Roberts

office1	Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
term start1	31 October 1946
term end1	28 July 1948
predecessor1	R. D. Gillespie
successor1	P. S. Cassidy
birth date	July 6, 1900
birth place	Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
death date	May 17, 1980
death place	Midhurst, Sussex, England
occupation	Entrepreneur
spouse	Constance May Mitchell

Charles Collingwood Roberts (6 July 1900 – 17 May 1980) was a British entrepreneur. He was a former chairman of the Butterfield & Swire and an unofficial member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.[1]

Biography

Roberts joined Butterfield and Swire in October 1922, responsible for sugar traveling from Shanghai from 1925 to 1926, shore management for China Navigation Company in Hankow from 1926 to 1928, and responsible for Chinese Staff Shanghai from 1932 to 1934.[2] On 1 October 1932, Roberts married to Constance May Mitchell at the St. John's Cathedral.[3]

During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, he was among many other British local figures who were held at the Block 8 of the St. Stephen College and participated in the camp councils.[4]