Henry Wheare

Henry Jeremy Hugh Wheare (born 1952) is a retired coxswain who competed for Great Britain[1] and practices intellectual property law in Hong Kong.

[3] He coxed the winning 1974 Henley Regatta Prince Philip Challenge Cup crew for Lady Margaret & First & Third Trinity Boat Club.

[4] He was selected by Great Britain as cox of the lightweight eight that secured a silver medal at the 1976 World Rowing Championships in Villach, Austria.

He moved to Hong Kong in 1985, where he was from 1991-97 president of the Hong Kong Group of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA) and a vice-president of APAA (2018-2023).

[6] He is the youngest son of the distinguished academic Sir Kenneth Wheare, former vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford, and brother of Tom Wheare, former headmaster of Bryanston School