Arthur Morse

Sir Arthur Morse (Chinese: 摩士) (25 April 1892 – 13 May 1967) was the head of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation during and after World War II. He was a British banker born in County Tipperary in Ireland. He worked in Shanghai, London and Tientsin and finally many years in Hong Kong. He rebuilt HSBC and did much to revive Hong Kong after the war, retired in 1953 and moved to London where he died in 1967.

Morse was born in 1892 in Bohercrowe, County Tipperary, Ireland and his father Digby Scott Morse was a Bank of Ireland agent.

Morse attended Foyle College in Derry, before embarking on his banking career with HSBC. Morse was knighted for his service to the colony in 1949.

Places and buildings named after him

Morse Park Morse Hut and Morse House, headquarters of The Scout Association of Hong Kong