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Paul Chater
1846Sep, 8

Paul Chater

Paul Chater, Indian-Hong Kong businessman and politician (d. 1926)
Sir Catchick Paul Chater (Armenian: Փոլ Չաթեր; Chinese: 遮打; 8 September 1846 – 27 May 1926) was a prominent British businessman of Armenian-Indian descent in colonial Hong Kong, whose family roots were in Calcutta, India.

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