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20-488: Old Protestant Cemetery may refer to: Old Protestant Cemetery in Macau Old Protestant Cemetery, George Town , Malaysia Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Old Protestant Cemetery . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to

40-564: A scholarship to Scotch College , Melbourne. There, he excelled in sport and won a senior government scholarship. On 14 February 1917, Ride enlisted in the AIF . Early in 1918, he joined the 38th Battalion on the Western Front . He was twice wounded, once seriously. Subsequently, on 24 April 1919, he was 'invalided out' of the army. Ride enrolled in medicine at the University of Melbourne where he

60-529: Is also buried here, as is John Robert Morrison , son of Robert Morrison, who was appointed as Acting Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong but died eight days later in Macau from fever. William Napier, 9th Lord Napier was buried in the cemetery but his body was subsequently exhumed and reburied in Scotland. Another grave is that of Anders Ljungstedt , a prosperous Swedish businessman, interpreter and historian. In 2005,

80-706: Is buried at the Old Protestant Cemetery in Penang ), Royal Navy captain Henry John Spencer-Churchill (son of the 5th Duke of Marlborough and great-great-granduncle of Winston Churchill ) and US Naval Lieutenant Joseph Harod Adams (grandson of the second president of the United States, John Adams , and nephew of the sixth, John Quincy Adams ). Humphrey Fleming Senhouse , a captain in the Royal Navy ,

100-639: The 1966 Kowloon riots . Together with his wife, Mary, he was also the author of A Monumental Survey of the Old Protestant Cemetery in Macau Ride's marriage to his first wife Mary ended because of WWII. He married for the second time on 12 November 1954 at the Union Church in Hong Kong. Violet May Witchell, his second wife, had been his secretary before the war and had been interned in Stanley camp in Hong Kong during

120-460: The Protestant community of British, American and Northern European traders with the only option of a secret night-time burial in the land between the city walls and the barrier gate, and the risk of confrontation with Chinese should they be discovered, or worse, desecration of the grave once they had gone. The matter was finally resolved in 1821 after the death of Robert Morrison's wife, Mary, when

140-796: The Sham Shui Po Barracks after Hong Kong capitulated on Christmas Day 1941. On 9 January 1942, with the help of Hong Kong guerilla forces , he managed to escape to unoccupied Chungking , a feat for which he was appointed O.B.E. in 1942. While a colonel in the Indian Army, Ride formed and commanded the British Army Aid Group , headquartered in Guilin , Guangxi . This MI9 unit provided help, medical and otherwise, to POW escapees from Hong Kong while gathering intelligence. Due to his outstanding leadership after escaping, 'The Smiling Tiger' as he

160-458: The 15 years after his appointment. He had been described as decisive, genial and authoritarian all at the same time. Ride enjoyed unwavering support among older staff but his paternalistic tendencies failed to endear him to staff who were appointed in later years. His HKU papers are available at the University of Hong Kong Archives. In 1967, Ride was a member of the 1967 commission of inquiry into

180-702: The Hong Kong Cricket Club. Ride became an elder in the Union Church. Possessing the voice of a baritone, he helped to found the Hong Kong Singers in 1934. Ride sent his wife and children to Australia in 1938 in anticipation of a Japanese invasion into the British colony. In 1941, Ride commanded the Hong Kong Field Ambulance. He became a POW and was held in the prison established by the Japanese at

200-453: The United States of America, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Armenia and Germany are buried there. The cemetery, is divided into two levels, which are surrounded by mature trees. The upper level, with 40 memorials, contains the most recent burials, those between 1850 and 1859. The lower terrace, with 122 memorials, has the earlier burials. The cemetery was closed in 1858 after a new plot

220-592: The cemetery was officially enlisted as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Center of Macau . Macau was considered by the Portuguese to be sacred Roman Catholic ground and the authorities barred the burial of Protestants within its city walls, whilst on the other side of the barrier gate the Chinese were equally as intolerant of the burial of foreigners in its soil. This left

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240-643: The cemetery and its occupants, were scattered there and a memorial to him was erected. Adjoining the cemetery is the Morrison Chapel , named in honour of Robert Morrison. Although a consecrated building has probably been on the site since the cemetery was established, the present building dates back only to 1922: it was restored after World War II . 22°11′59.63″N 113°32′24.71″E  /  22.1998972°N 113.5401972°E  / 22.1998972; 113.5401972 Lindsay Ride Sir Lindsay Tasman Ride (10 October 1898 – 17 October 1977)

260-545: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Old_Protestant_Cemetery&oldid=933027078 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Old Protestant Cemetery in Macau It is the last resting place of the artist George Chinnery , missionaries Robert Morrison and Samuel Dyer (his wife Maria

280-590: The local committee of the East India Company voted to purchase a plot of land next to the Company's headquarters and resolve its legal status with the Portuguese such that the burial of British Protestants would be permitted there. Later, the East India Company allowed burial of all Protestants, and several graves were moved from other locations outside the city walls into the cemetery, explaining why some graves are dated before its founding in 1821. Nationals of Britain,

300-564: The point that they rated him 'a good Rhodes Scholar' and a 'first rate fellow'. He worked at Guy's Hospital and qualified as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons , as well as a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, London. On 30 June 1925, in Church of Scotland tradition, Ride married Canadian Mary Margaret Louise Fenety at St Columba's Church, Chelsea, London . Perhaps because of his natural ability for medical research, he

320-451: Was an Australian physiologist, soldier, and vice chancellor of the University of Hong Kong . Ride was born in Newstead, Victoria . He was the fifth child of Australian-born parents William Ride and Eliza Mary (née Best). His father was a pioneering Presbyterian missionary and his mother the daughter of a stonemason . Ride attended three state schools in the country before being awarded

340-640: Was appointed professor of physiology at the University of Hong Kong on 21 October 1928. There, "Doc Ride", as he was known, investigated the blood groups of the peoples of the Pacific. In 1938, he wrote Genetics and the Clinician , published in Bristol , England . Ride was commissioned in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps and was appointed a justice of the peace . He was a keen rower and played for

360-565: Was nicknamed, was elevated to C.B.E. in 1944. From the formation in 1949 of the Royal Hong Kong Defence Force Ride was appointed commandant, first with the rank of Colonel, subsequently promoted to the rank of Brigadier in 1956, until his retirement in 1967. Ride was appointed vice-chancellor to a dilapidated, post-war University of Hong Kong in April 1949. 22 new buildings were erected and student numbers increased threefold in

380-513: Was purchased at a public auction in response to the decision by the Portuguese authorities that all burials should take place outside the city walls. It then began to be referred to as the "Old" Protestant Cemetery. In 1971, 22 memorials that had been found lying in the New Cemetery were set into a wall in the Old Cemetery. In 1977, the ashes of Lindsay Ride , who conducted considerable research on

400-537: Was resident at Ormond College . There he took an active interest in sport by participating in rifle shooting, athletics, rowing, cricket and football. He was the president of the Students' Representative Council from 1921 to 1922. Ride was elected Victorian Rhodes scholar for 1922. At New College, Oxford , 'Blue' Ride as he was known, became captain of boats and steward of the junior common-room. With only mediocre academic results, authorities were nevertheless impressed to

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