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in Hong Kong, first assisting Oxlad. After Oxlad was transferred to Japan in 1877, Margaret took over their supervision. In 1880, she started a small boarding school for
Chinese girls, which was later moved to the property known as 'Fairlea' on Bonham Road. The
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Christian education for the daughters of Chinese Christians and served as a home for poor and orphaned girls, a training ground for day-school teachers, and the mission house of the FES missionaries. In 1891, the
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and first met her teacher Mary Jane Oxlad (1840–1922) there in 1864. Later
Margaret returned with her father to Ireland when his regiment left Hong Kong. After the death of her father, Margaret applied to the
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In 1906 Margaret suffered a stroke, which obliged her, partially paralysed, to leave Hong Kong. She died in
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transformed into a boys' school and the girls from DHO were accepted as students in 'Fairlea' by
Margaret. Margaret also played an important part in establishing the
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English school opened by
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Biography, Edited by May Holdsworth and Christopher Munn, HKU Press, 2012
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119:Diocesan Native Female Training School
174:19th-century British philanthropists
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68:Church Missionary Society
109:Diocesan Girls' School
61:Diocesan Girls' School
114:Diocesan Boys' School
87:St. John's Cathedral
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