William George ("Willie") Bayne (died 1910) was the Chairman of the

Shanghai Municipal Council The Shanghai International Settlement () originated from the merger in the year 1863 of the British Concession (Shanghai), British and American Concession (Shanghai), American list of former foreign enclaves in China, enclaves in Shanghai, i ...

between 1902 and 1904.

Biography

Bayne moved to Shanghai in 1864 to join th
Bank of Hindustan, China and Japan
About 4 years after his arrival, due to a crisis the bank closed. Bayne then joined the North China Insurance Company and stayed with the company for the rest of his career serving in

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and

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. From 1900 to 1908 he acted as secretary of the company in Shanghai. On 10 April 1908, he returned to England and continued to work for the company as its London Agent. He served on the

and was chairman from 1902 to 1904. He was also President of the Amateur Dramatic Club in Shanghai. He was considered to be one of the best amateur actors in the East and on his return to Shanghai from Yokohama, one newspaper reported that the "gaiety of Shanghai has been permanently enhanced by the return of W.G. Bayne." Bayne died on 27 March 1910 in East

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, LondonNorth China Herald, April 1, 1910, p20

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bayne, William George History of Shanghai Chairmen of the Shanghai Municipal Council 1910 deaths