English translations today. He frequently returned to Huntly across his life in China, bringing three young Chinese lads to live there and get "a good Scottish education" in 1845. By the time they returned to China in 1848 they had all been invited to meet Queen Victoria, then a lively young woman. Legge retired from his mission work in Hong Kong in 1873, was named the first Oxford Professor of Chinese in 1876, and lived there until his death. His father Ebenezer Legge had been Mayor of Huntly, and the Legge family home is still in use, on the main square. George MacDonald (1824–1905), writer, and influence upon JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis. Some of his novels, especially the Robert Falconer and Alec Forbes of Howglen play partly in Huntly, even if the name of the town is changed, and give an introduction to the life in Huntly in the 19th century. William Milne (1785–1822), born at Kennethmont near Huntly, was the second British Protestant missionary to China (following Robert Morrison). He was the founding headmaster of the first Anglo-Chinese school, Ying Wa College, in 1818 at Malacca. (This school was subsequently moved to Hong Kong by James Legge in 1843 and still exists.) George Philip, (1800–1882) was a cartographer, map publisher and founder of the publishing house George Philip & Son Ltd. He was born in Huntly. John Perie (1831–1874) VC, born in Huntly. Jo Pitt, para-equestrian (1979-2013), was from Huntly. Andrew Young, (born 1992) cross-country skier with several world cup podiums. William Mellis Christie (1829–1900), founder of the Canadian Mr. Christie brand of cookies and biscuits. References External links Experience Huntly website Gazetteer of Scotland (1836) entry for Huntly, accessed 28 December 2011 Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-5) entry for Huntly, accessed 28 December 2011 Gordon Primary The Gordon Schools Towns in Aberdeenshire