Playne - Mr Hanmer was educated privately. He was admitted a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature in England, Dec. 1893, and was attached to the Hong Kong Civil Service under temporary agreement, May 16, 1903. (Acting Assistant Secretary to the Sanitary Board, May 16, 1903, to May 30, 1904; Acting Secretary to the same, Mar. 30, 1904 to April 4, 1905; Acting Magistrate's Clerk, April 4, 1905, to June 1906 when agreement terminated). He was admitted Solicitor, Supreme Court of Hong Kong 1904, and appointed a Justice of the Peace for that Colony, April 1905. Mr Hanmer was appointed Deputy Registrar, High Court of EAP, on Aug. 1, 1907; Acting Registrar, High Court; Acting Secretary under the Inventions and Designs Act, 1908; Acting Secretary to the Visiting Justices of the Mombasa Gaol; Acting Registrar under Part II. of the Newspaper Registration Ordinance, 1906, Nov. 28, 1908. Mr Hanmer passed the Swahili examination (lower standard) in Dec. 1908.

Drumkey 1909 - Judicial Department - Deputy Registrar

Gazette 1/9/1907 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Deputy Registrar High Court - 23/8/1907

1939 England and Wales Register living, single, as retired solicitor, in Truro