Mr Christopher Harvey Hall (Garrett 1962-1969)

He qualified as an accountant and spent many years as a tax specialist at Grant Thornton in Hong Kong before moving to become Head of Tax at Equity Trust, still based in Hong Kong. However, he is far more distinguished as a famous collector of Chinese textiles and his collection is considered the foremost private collection of its kind in the world. In early 2024 he gave his collection of Japanese textiles to the Asian Civilizations Museum in Singapore, where they organised an exhibition of his amazing collection of Japanese Fukusa.  Then at the end of 2024 he signed an agreement to donate his much more significant Chinese textile collection to the Hong Kong Palace Museum.  This collection is one of the best of its type in the world and is valued in the agreement in excess of $60m.