Hso Khan Pha
| Hso Khan Pha | |
|---|---|
| Pretender | |
| Born |
15 April 1938 Yawnghwe State, British Burma |
| Died | 4 October 2016 (aged 78) Innisfail, Alberta, Canada |
| Throne(s) claimed | Yawnghwe |
| Pretend from | 21 November 1962 |
| Monarchy abolished | 1962 |
| Last monarch | Sao Shwe Thaik |
| Connection with | Son |
| Father | Sao Shwe Thaik |
| Mother | Sao Nang Hearn Kham |
| Spouse | Rosemary Catherine Otte |
| Children | Rebecca Sanda-Devi Haŏ Shwe-Thaike Jessica Ying Sita Hsŏ Kham-Serk |
His Royal Highness Prince Hso Khan Pha of Yawnghwe, FIASR (aka Tiger) (15 April 1938 – 4 October 2016) was a consulting geologist who lived in exile in Canada. He was son of Sao Shwe Thaik, the Saopha of Yawnghwe and Sao Nang Hearn Kham, the Mahadevi (consort). Sao Shwe Thaik was the first President of the democratic and newly independent Union of Burma from 1948-52.
The Prince's education was first started at a local school in Yawnghwe Nyaung Shwe at convents run by Roman Catholic Church nuns at Kalaw and Hsenwi (Theinni) in the Shan State,later in 1949 attended The Doon School at Dehra Dun (Dehradun) in India, graduating in 1954; studied for two years at Rangoon University; attended the Bell School of Languages at Cambridge, England, and the Cambridgeshire Technical College; graduated in 1964 from the University of Keele, England, with a BA (Hons) in Geology and Political Institutions.
Tiger married Rosemary Catherine Otte in 1976 and had four children, including: Rebecca Sanda-Devi, Haŏ Shwe-Thaike, Jessica Ying Sita, and Hsŏ Kham-Serk.
Upon graduating he was hired as a geologist in England, and went to prospect for diamonds in the Ivory Coast. West Africa, for the DeBeers, Diamond Corporation Limited; in 1966 transferred to Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Company Limited, starting first in Flin Flon, Manitoba, and on to exploration projects in Ontario and Quebec; joined Mattagami Lake Mines as a Senior Exploration Geologist in 1970; in 1972 became Senior Project Geologist in charge of all explorations in western Canada; opened the Western Exploration Office for Mattagami Lake Mines in Edmonton, 1975; became an independent geological consultant in 1976, working briefly in 1977 for Alberta Environment; in 1978 started consulting in the oil-patch; sought the Liberal nomination in the federal riding of Elk Island in April 1993.
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