Places Named After Him
As he is not popular among the European community of Hong Kong, there was no construction named after him until much later. On 14 June 1929, Hennessy Road, which is a main road located on the new reclamation, present-day a crowded commercial and shopping area at Wan Chai and Causeway Bay on Hong Kong Island was named after him. A major street in Port Louis, capital of Mauritius is named after him. A street in civil lines, Nagpur, Maharashtra state, India is also named after him.
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