Henry Adolphus Warre Slade (17 January 1869 – 16 January 1936) was a British businessman and a member of the

Legislative Council of Hong Kong The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (LegCo) is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong. It sits under China's " one country, two systems" constitutional arrangement, and is the power centre of Hong Kong ...

. Slade was born on 17 January 1869. He was the son of Reverend George FitzClarence Slade and Eleanor Frances Warre. He went to Hong Kong and became part of the Gilman & Co.. He was a member of the

from 1908 to 1909. He later returned to England and lived at Willards Hill in

Etchingham Etchingham is a village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex in southern England. The village is located approximately southeast of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent and northwest of Hastings, on the A265, half a mile west o ...

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. His brother, Marcus Warre Slade (1865–1941), was a

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and

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in Hong Kong. His other brother,

Edmond Slade Admiral Sir Edmond John Warre Slade (20 March 1859 – 20 January 1928) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Director of Naval Intelligence. His daughter Madeleine Slade was a follower of Mahatma Gandhi. Naval career Born the son of Rev Ge ...

(1859–1928), was a

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admiral in Hong Kong. He married Beatrice Isobel Hilda Gordon, daughter of David Alexander Gordon and Jane Lawrie Bell, on 1 November 1898. He had children named Gerald Gordon Slade (born 1899, a Royal Navy officer) and Maurice Gordon Slade (1902–1971). He died on 6 or 16 January 1936 in England aged 66 or 67 and was buried at the St. Bartholomews Churchyard in

Burwash Burwash, archaically known as Burghersh, is a rural village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. Situated in the High Weald of Sussex some 15 miles (24 km) inland from the port of Hastings, it is located five m ...

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, England.

References

Legislative Council Members Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Slade, Henry Adolphus Warre 1869 births 1936 deaths British businesspeople British expatriates in British Hong Kong Hong Kong businesspeople Members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong People from Etchingham