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Tessensohn in 1939.

Reginald Tessensohn (died 1940s) was an insurer and member of the Municipal Commission of Singapore. A prominent member of the Eurasian community of Singapore, he served as the vice-president of the Eurasian Association, of which he was a founding member, and as the president of the Singapore Recreation Club.

Early life and education

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Tessensohn was born sometime between 1875 and 1900[Note 1] to Edwin Tessensohn and Clementine da Silva.[1] He was a member of the Tessensohn family, one of the "best-known Eurasian families in the Colony".[2] In 1894, he was a student at the Raffles Institution.[3]

Career

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In the late 1890s, Tessensohn began working at the insurance department of the trading firm Boustead & Co., where he was involved in marine insurance. His father was then also an employee of the company. Tessensohn became the secretary of the Catholic Club on its founding in 1900. He was appointed the warden of the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, serving in this position for several years.[2] In August 1905, he was elected a member of the committee of the Singapore Recreation Club, a prominent Eurasian social club, under his father as president.[4] In August 1909, Tessensohn resigned from his position as secretary of the Catholic Club, being succeeded in this position by W. Mosbergen.[5] On 24 June 1913, he was elected to the committee of the Singapore Marine Insurance Association. He was elected to the committee of the Fire Insurance Association on 4 April 1917.[6] He was elected a member of the committee of the Eurasian Association along with his father at its first general meeting, held in November 1919.[7] In September of the following year, he was elected the secretary and the chairman of the Board of Control (games) of the Singapore Recreation Club.[8]

In December 1926, Tessensohn was appointed a member of the Municipal Commission of Singapore in place of his father, who had died earlier that year.[9] In August 1927, he was elected the vice-president of the Singapore Recreation Club in place of Claude Henry da Silva, who had instead been elected president following Edwin Tessensohn's death.[10] He was appointed a member of the committee which in charge of visiting the Singapore General Hospital in April 1928.[11] In August, he was elected the vice-president of the Eurasian Association under Noel L. Clarke.[12] In the same month, he was replaced as vice-president of the Singapore Recreation Club by da Silva, who was in turn replaced as president by Clarke. Tessensohn returned to being a committee member.[13] In October 1929, he was appointed to the Visiting Committee of the Mental Hospital.[14] In September 1929, he was again elected a committee member of the Eurasian Association, being succeeded as vice-president by da Silva.[15] In November 1934, Tessensohn was elected the vice-president of both the Eurasian Association and the Singapore Recreation Club, under Clarke as president.[16][17] By December, he had been appointed a Justice of the Peace. He was appointed a member of the Board of Visiting Justices for Singapore for the year of 1935.[18]

In April 1935, Tessensohn began acting as the president of the Eurasian Association while Clarke was on leave.[19] The following month, he received the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal as a member of the Municipal Commission.[20] In May 1936, Clarke resigned as the president of the Eurasian Association and Tessensohn was to serve as his successor. However, Tessensohn also resigned, after which Hugh Ransome Stanley Zehnder, who he had nominated, was elected president.[21] In August, Tessensohn was officially elected the president of the Singapore Recreation Club.[22] He retired from Boustead and Company in February 1937.[6] He received the King George VI Coronation Medal as a municipal commissioner in May 1937.[23] In April 1939, Tessensohn resigned from the Municipal Commission on account of ill health.[24] He retired from the Singapore Recreation Club the following month.[25]

Personal life and death

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Tessensohn was married by January 1908. In that month, his daughter died.[26] He had died by October 1945.[27]

Notes

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  1. ^ Clementine da Silva married Edwin Tessensohn in 1875 and died in 1900.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Sutherland, Duncan. "Edwin Tessensohn". Singapore Infopedia. National Library Board. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Mainly About Malayans". The Straits Times. Singapore. 21 May 1939. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  3. ^ "RAFFLES INSTITUTION". The Singapore Free Press. Singapore. 30 January 1894. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  4. ^ "SINGAPORE RECREATION CLUB". The Straits Budget. Singapore. 3 August 1905. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Untitled". The Straits Times. Singapore. 18 August 1909. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  6. ^ a b "40 Years In Singapore Marine Insurance". The Straits Times. Singapore. 8 February 1937. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  7. ^ "EURASIAN ASSOCIATION". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. Singapore. 29 November 1919. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  8. ^ "THE S. R. C. ANNUAL MEETING". The Singapore Free Press. Singapore. 16 September 1920. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  9. ^ "SOCIETY and PERSONAL". The Malaya Tribune. Singapore. 14 December 1926. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  10. ^ "S. R. C. Annual Meeting". The Straits Times. Singapore. 11 August 1927. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  11. ^ "LOCAL AND PERSONAL". The Straits Budget. Singapore. 5 April 1928. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  12. ^ "EURASIAN ASSOCIATION". The Straits Times. Singapore. 30 August 1928. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  13. ^ "S. R. C. ANNUAL MEETING". The Straits Times. Singapore. 2 August 1928. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  14. ^ "Mr. R. Tessensohn". The Straits Echo. Singapore. 2 October 1929. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  15. ^ "EURASIAN AFFAIRS REVIEWED". The Straits Times. Singapore. 7 September 1929. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  16. ^ "EURASIAN ASSOC. OF SINGAPORE". The Malaya Tribune. Singapore. 13 November 1934. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  17. ^ "S.R.C. ANNUAL MEETING". The Straits Times. Singapore. 28 November 1934. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  18. ^ "VISITING JUSTICES". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. Singapore. 31 December 1934. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  19. ^ "EURASIAN ASSOCIATION". The Malaya Tribune. Singapore. 27 April 1935. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  20. ^ "Some Recipients Of Jubilee Medal ALL THE SINGAPORE COMMISSIONERS". The Malaya Tribune. Singapore. 9 May 1935. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  21. ^ "THE EURASIAN ASSOCIATION". The Straits Times. Singapore. 30 May 1936. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  22. ^ "ANNUAL MEETING OF THE S. R. C." The Morning Tribune. Singapore. 22 August 1936. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  23. ^ "CORONATION MEDALS FOR MALAYA". The Malaya Tribune. Singapore. 26 May 1937. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  24. ^ "COMMISSIONERS". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. Singapore. 29 April 1939. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  25. ^ "Mr. R. Tessensohn Entertained To Dinner At The S. R. C." The Sunday Tribune. Singapore. 21 May 1937. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  26. ^ "DEATH". The Straits Times. Singapore. 23 January 1908. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  27. ^ "OBITUARY". The Malaya Tribune. Singapore. 29 October 1945. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
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