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This dissertation, "No Mere Chair: Decoding the Design, Symbolism and Construction of the Old and New Bishop's Thrones in Hong Kong's St. John's Cathedral" by, Kit, Wong, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: About five years after British Occupation of Hong Kong in 1842, the foundation stone of St. John's Cathedral was laid by Sir John Davis, the first Hong Kong Governor, on 11th March 1847. Being the second oldest building built in the colonial era of Hong Kong, although St. John's Cathedral is not the official church in Hong Kong, it is the sovereign's church. The Cathedral, together with the City Hall and the then Supreme Court building (i.e. the current LEGCO building) symbolised the 3 pillars of British sovereignty, namely: Religion, Administration/Military and Judiciary. Over the past hundred and sixty years, St. John's Cathedral has grown with the Hong Kong society. Some of its growth has been reflected on the church building and the development of the St. John's Cathedral compound. Yet, books on it were few on St. John's Cathedral. Moreover, like general studies on church architecture, those books mainly focus on the buildings, and the interior furnishing, which is also an important component part of the church architecture has been overlooked. Among different church furnishing, the Bishop's Throne is perhaps one of the most important pieces of interior furniture for a cathedral. From a Christian perspective, one might argue that the altar is far more important than the Bishop's Throne as it is the centre of activities during worship. For example in Eucharist, the Christian cele