Ho Kai
| Sir Kai Ho | |
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| Born | 21 March 1859 Hong Kong |
| Died | 21 July 1914 Hong Kong |
| Occupation | Translator, Doctor, Barrister |
| Spouse(s) | 1st – Alice Walkden (1881–1884) Lily Lai Yuk-hing |
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| Chinese | 何啟 | ||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Hé Qǐ |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Ho4 Kai2 |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Hé Shén Qǐ |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Ho4 San4 Kai2 |
Sir Kai Ho, CMG, JP, MRCS (Chinese: 何啟; 1859–1914), born Ho Shan-kai (Chinese: ), was a Hong Kong barrister, physician and essayist in Colonial Hong Kong. He played a key role in the relationship between the Hong Kong local community and the British colonial government. He is remembered as a supporter of the Reform Movement and as a teacher of student Sun Yat-sen, who would become the founding father of the Republic of China. Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong, was named after him and his son-in-law Au Tak, though he died in 1914, long before the idea of an aerodrome was first mentioned in 1925.
Kai Ho was the fourth son of the late Reverend Ho Tsun-shin of the London Missionary Society and brother of Ho Miu-ling (wife of Wu Tingfang, Hong Kong's first Chinese barrister and first Chinese member of the Legislative Council, later Chinese Consul-General to the USA). In probably the first ever Anglo-Chinese marriage, on 13 December 1881 he married Alice Walkden (3 February 1852 – 8 June 1884), eldest daughter of the late John Walkden, Esq, of Blackheath, at St Aubyn's Congregational Church, Upper Norwood, London, England. The couple returned to Hong Kong after his studies. Alice gave birth to a daughter, but died of typhoid fever in Hong Kong in 1884. The daughter was taken to England to be brought up by Alice's relatives but she died young and was never married. Alice was English. Kai Ho later married Lily Lai Yuk-hing (d. 1945) and the couple had 17 children.
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