Wu Tingfang
| Ng Choy (Wu Tingfang) | |
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| Chinese Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
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In office 1880–1882 |
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| Appointed by | Sir John Pope Hennessy |
| Premier of State Council of the Republic of China | |
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In office May 23, 1917 |
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| President |
Li Yuanhong Feng Guozhang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 July 1842 Malacca, Straits Settlements |
| Died | 23 June 1922 (aged 79) Canton, Kwangtung, Republic of China |
| Political party |
Republican Party Progressive Party |
| Children | Wu Chaoshu |
| Alma mater |
St. Paul's College University College London Lincoln's Inn |
| Profession |
Lawyer Diplomat Calligraphist |
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| Chinese | 伍廷芳 | ||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 伍才 | ||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Wǔ Tíngfāng |
| Wade–Giles | Wu3 T'ing2-fang1 |
| IPA | [ù tʰǐŋfáŋ] |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Ng Tìhng-fōng |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Wǔ Cái |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Ng Chói |
Wu Tingfang (Chinese: 伍廷芳, also known as Ng Choy (Chinese: 伍才; pinyin: Wǔ Cái); 30 July 1842 – 23 June 1922) was a Chinese diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and briefly as Acting Premier during the early years of the Republic of China.
Wu was born in the Straits Settlement, now modern day Malacca in 1842 and was sent to China in 1846 to be schooled. He studied at the Anglican St. Paul's College, in Hong Kong where he learned to read and write in English. After serving as an interpreter in the Magistrate's Court from 1861 to 1874, marrying Ho Miu-ling (sister of Sir Kai Ho) in 1864.
He studied Law in the United Kingdom at University College London and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn (1876). Wu became the first ethnic Chinese barrister in history. After being called to the bar in England, he returned to Hong Kong in 1877 to practise law. He was admitted as a barrister in Hong Kong in a ceremony before Chief Justice John Smale welcomed him to the bar and said:
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