George Augustus Chichester May, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, and his wife Olivia Barrington.

In 1886, he became the Assistant Protector of Chinese and private secretary to Governor Sir William Des Vœux.

[1][2] He was appointed to the position of Colonial Secretary for Hong Kong in April 1902,[3] serving until 21 January 1911,[4] and as such was appointed acting administrator of Hong Kong during transitions totalling almost a year between governors in 1903-1904 and 1907.

[1] In 1911, May was appointed Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner Western Pacific, a position he would hold until 1912.

He was fired upon near the General Post Office as he rode in a sedan chair after arriving from Fiji in July 1912.

Several years before, this former Police Superintendent had imprisoned Li's father, an undesirable mainland immigrant.

[6] Iris (Olivia Helena) married Edward Hamilton Johnston the Sanskritist in the early 1920s.