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title="홍콩의 총독 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="홍콩의 총독" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gubernur_Hong_Kong" title="Gubernur Hong Kong – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Gubernur Hong Kong" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%92_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%92" title="מושל הונג קונג – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מושל הונג קונג" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%;">Governor of Hong Kong</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Hong_Kong_(1959%E2%80%931997).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Coat_of_arms_of_Hong_Kong_%281959%E2%80%931997%29.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_Hong_Kong_%281959%E2%80%931997%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Coat_of_arms_of_Hong_Kong_%281959%E2%80%931997%29.svg/150px-Coat_of_arms_of_Hong_Kong_%281959%E2%80%931997%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Patten_of_Barnes_crop_2.jpg/200px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Patten_of_Barnes_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Patten_of_Barnes_crop_2.jpg/300px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Patten_of_Barnes_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Patten_of_Barnes_crop_2.jpg/400px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Patten_of_Barnes_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div><b>Last in office</b><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Chris_Patten" title="Chris Patten">Chris Patten</a></b><br />9 July 1992 – 30 June 1997</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Style_(form_of_address)" title="Style (form of address)">Style</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Excellency" title="Excellency">His Excellency</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Official_residence" title="Official residence">Residence</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Government_House,_Hong_Kong" title="Government House, Hong Kong">Government House, Hong Kong</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">Monarch of the United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">26 June 1843<span class="noprint">; 181 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1843-06-26</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Pottinger" title="Henry Pottinger">Sir Henry Pottinger</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Final holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Patten" title="Chris Patten">Chris Patten</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abolished</th><td class="infobox-data">30 June 1997<span class="noprint">; 27 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1997-06-30</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Salary</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/HK$" class="mw-redirect" title="HK$">HK$</a>3,036,000 annually <span style="font-size:85%;">(1997)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color:#b0c4de">Governor of Hong Kong</th></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link 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style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Gǎngdū</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Wade%E2%80%93Giles" title="Wade–Giles">Wade–Giles</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Kang3-tu1</span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Cantonese" title="Cantonese">Yue: Cantonese</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Yale_romanization_of_Cantonese" title="Yale romanization of Cantonese">Yale Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Yue Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="yue-Latn">Góngdūk</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping">Jyutping</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Yue Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="yue-Latn">Gong2duk1</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></div> <p>The <b>governor of Hong Kong</b> was the representative of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Crown" title="The Crown">Crown</a> in <a href="/wiki/British_Hong_Kong" title="British Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> from 1843 to 1997. In this capacity, the governor was president of the <a href="/wiki/Executive_Council_of_Hong_Kong" title="Executive Council of Hong Kong">Executive Council</a> and <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-chief" title="Commander-in-chief">commander-in-chief</a> of the <a href="/wiki/British_Forces_Overseas_Hong_Kong" title="British Forces Overseas Hong Kong">British Forces Overseas Hong Kong</a>. The governor's roles were defined in the <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Letters_Patent" title="Hong Kong Letters Patent">Hong Kong Letters Patent</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Royal_Instructions" title="Hong Kong Royal Instructions">Royal Instructions</a>. Upon the end of British rule and the <a href="/wiki/Handover_of_Hong_Kong" title="Handover of Hong Kong">handover of Hong Kong</a> to <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> in 1997, most of the civil functions of this office went to the <a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_of_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief executive of Hong Kong">chief executive of Hong Kong</a>, and military functions went to the <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Garrison#Command" title="Hong Kong Garrison">commander</a> of the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army" title="People's Liberation Army">People's Liberation Army</a> <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Garrison" title="Hong Kong Garrison">Hong Kong Garrison</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_governor">The governor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Hong_Kong&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: The governor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Governor_of_Hong_Kong" title="Special:EditPage/Governor of Hong Kong">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1034237262"><div class="stack mw-stack stack-right"><div><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HK_History_of_HK_Museum_Uniform_of_HK_Governor_Edward_Youde.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/HK_History_of_HK_Museum_Uniform_of_HK_Governor_Edward_Youde.JPG/170px-HK_History_of_HK_Museum_Uniform_of_HK_Governor_Edward_Youde.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/HK_History_of_HK_Museum_Uniform_of_HK_Governor_Edward_Youde.JPG/255px-HK_History_of_HK_Museum_Uniform_of_HK_Governor_Edward_Youde.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/HK_History_of_HK_Museum_Uniform_of_HK_Governor_Edward_Youde.JPG/340px-HK_History_of_HK_Museum_Uniform_of_HK_Governor_Edward_Youde.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>White tropical dress (colonial service, 1st class) of the <a href="/wiki/Court_uniform_and_dress_in_the_United_Kingdom#Foreign_Service_variants" title="Court uniform and dress in the United Kingdom">Gubernatorial uniform</a> which belonged to <a href="/wiki/Edward_Youde" title="Edward Youde">Sir Edward Youde</a>, worn by him on the day he was sworn in as Governor and worn by him at numerous official ceremonies during his tenure, <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Museum_of_History" title="Hong Kong Museum of History">Hong Kong Museum of History</a>. </figcaption></figure></div></div> <p>Authorities and duties of the governor were defined in the <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Letters_Patent" title="Hong Kong Letters Patent">Hong Kong Letters Patent</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Royal_Instructions" title="Hong Kong Royal Instructions">Royal Instructions</a> in 1843. The governor, appointed by the <a href="/wiki/British_monarchy" class="mw-redirect" title="British monarchy">British monarch</a> (on the advice of the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs">Foreign Secretary</a>), exercised the executive branch of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Hong_Kong" title="Government of Hong Kong">government of Hong Kong</a> throughout British sovereignty and, with the exception of a brief experiment after <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, no serious attempt was made to introduce representative government, until the final years of British rule. </p><p>The governor of Hong Kong chaired the colonial <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_(government)" title="Cabinet (government)">cabinet</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Executive_Council_of_Hong_Kong" title="Executive Council of Hong Kong">Executive Council</a> (ExCo), and, until 1993, was also the president of the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Council_of_Hong_Kong" title="Legislative Council of Hong Kong">Legislative Council</a>. The governor appointed most, if not all, of the members of the colony's legislature (known colloquially as LegCo), which was largely an advisory body until the first indirect election to LegCo was held in 1985. Initially, both councils were dominated by British expatriates, but this progressively gave way to local <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Hong Kong people">Hong Kong Chinese</a> appointees in later years. Historically, the governors of Hong Kong were either professional diplomats or senior colonial officials, except for the last governor, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Patten" title="Chris Patten">Chris Patten</a>, who was a career politician. In December 1996, the governor's salary was <a href="/wiki/HK$" class="mw-redirect" title="HK$">HK$</a>3,036,000 per annum, tax-free. It was fixed at 125% of the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Secretary_for_Administration" title="Chief Secretary for Administration">chief secretary's</a> salary.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the absence of the governor, the chief secretary immediately became the acting governor of the colony. The chief secretaries were historically drawn from the <a href="/wiki/Colonial_Office" title="Colonial Office">Colonial Office</a> or British military. One <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Vice_Admiral_(Royal_Navy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Admiral (Royal Navy)">Vice Admiral</a> served as administrator after <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. Four <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Japanese</a> military officers (three <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army" title="Imperial Japanese Army">Army</a> officers and one <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">naval</a> vice admiral) served as administrators during the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Hong_Kong" title="Japanese occupation of Hong Kong">Japanese occupation of Hong Kong</a> in World War II. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Hong_Kong&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The governor of Hong Kong used a <a href="/wiki/Daimler_DS420" title="Daimler DS420">Daimler DS420</a> for day to day transport and a <a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Phantom_V" title="Rolls-Royce Phantom V">Rolls-Royce Phantom V</a> <a href="/wiki/Landaulet_(car)" title="Landaulet (car)">landaulet</a> for ceremonial occasions. Both vehicles were removed by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> immediately following the handover to China on 1 July 1997.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Residences">Residences</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Hong_Kong&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Residences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Governor_of_Hong_Kong" title="Special:EditPage/Governor of Hong Kong">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HK_Government_House_2005.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/HK_Government_House_2005.jpg/220px-HK_Government_House_2005.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/HK_Government_House_2005.jpg/330px-HK_Government_House_2005.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/HK_Government_House_2005.jpg/440px-HK_Government_House_2005.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Government_House,_Hong_Kong" title="Government House, Hong Kong">Government House</a> was the official residence of the governor from 1855 to 1997.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The first governor, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Pottinger" title="Henry Pottinger">Sir Henry Pottinger</a>, 1st <a href="/wiki/Baronet" title="Baronet">Bt.</a>, resided at the site of the now <a href="/wiki/Former_French_Mission_Building" title="Former French Mission Building">Former French Mission Building</a> from 1843 to 1846. It was used as the home of the Provisional Government after Japanese surrender from 1945 to 1946. The building now houses the <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Court_of_Final_Appeal" title="Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal">Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal</a>. His successor, <a href="/wiki/John_Francis_Davis" title="John Francis Davis">Sir John Davis</a>, 1st <a href="/wiki/Baronet" title="Baronet">Bt.</a>, also lived there before moving to Caine Road.</li> <li>Since the 4th governor, <a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Bowring" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir John Bowring">Sir John Bowring</a>, the governors resided at <a href="/wiki/Government_House,_Hong_Kong" title="Government House, Hong Kong">Government House</a>, excluding the period from 1941 to 1946.</li> <li>From 1941 to 1945 the <a href="/wiki/Commandant" title="Commandant">Commandant</a> of <a href="/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Hong_Kong" title="Japanese occupation of Hong Kong">Japanese Forces as Military Governor of Hong Kong</a> occupied <a href="/wiki/Flagstaff_House,_Hong_Kong" title="Flagstaff House, Hong Kong">Flagstaff House</a> as their residence. The residence was returned to the Commander of British Forces following the end of World War II.</li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_governors">List of governors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Hong_Kong&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: List of governors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_administrators_and_governors_(1841–1941)"><span id="British_administrators_and_governors_.281841.E2.80.931941.29"></span>British administrators and governors (1841–1941)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Hong_Kong&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: British administrators and governors (1841–1941)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2">Name<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth–Death)</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2">Origin </th> <th rowspan="2">Background </th> <th rowspan="2">Ref </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:120px;">Took office </th> <th style="width:120px;">Left office </th> <th style="width:80px;">Duration </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Elliot.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Charles_Elliot.png/100px-Charles_Elliot.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Charles_Elliot.png/150px-Charles_Elliot.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Charles_Elliot.png/200px-Charles_Elliot.png 2x" data-file-width="337" data-file-height="433" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Elliot" title="Charles Elliot">Sir Charles Elliot</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">義律</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1801–1875)</span><br /><i>Administrator</i> </td> <td>26 January 1841 </td> <td>12 August 1841 </td> <td>198 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dresden" title="Dresden">Dresden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electorate_of_Saxony" title="Electorate of Saxony">Saxony</a> </td> <td>Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-list_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-list-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-endacott_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-endacott-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alexander_Robert_Campbell_Johnston.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Alexander_Robert_Campbell_Johnston.jpg/100px-Alexander_Robert_Campbell_Johnston.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Alexander_Robert_Campbell_Johnston.jpg/150px-Alexander_Robert_Campbell_Johnston.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Alexander_Robert_Campbell_Johnston.jpg/200px-Alexander_Robert_Campbell_Johnston.jpg 2x" data-file-width="454" data-file-height="527" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Robert_Johnston" title="Alexander Robert Johnston">Alexander Robert Johnston</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">莊士敦</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1812–1888)</span><br /><i>Acting Administrator</i> </td> <td>22 June 1841 </td> <td>1 February 1842 </td> <td>224 days </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Ceylon" title="British Ceylon">Ceylon</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Deputy Superintendent of British Trade in China </td> <td rowspan="2"><sup id="cite_ref-endacott_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-endacott-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TCR_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCR-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 June 1842 </td> <td>2 December 1842 </td> <td>172 days </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HenryPottinger.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/HenryPottinger.jpg/100px-HenryPottinger.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/HenryPottinger.jpg/150px-HenryPottinger.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/HenryPottinger.jpg/200px-HenryPottinger.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1204" data-file-height="1512" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Pottinger" title="Henry Pottinger">Sir Henry Pottinger</a><br /> <span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">砵甸乍</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1789–1856)</span><br /><i>Administrator</i> </td> <td>12 August 1841 </td> <td>26 June 1843 </td> <td>1 year, 318 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ballymacarrett" title="Ballymacarrett">Ballymacarrett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-general_(United_Kingdom)" title="Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)">Lieutenant-General</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-list_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-list-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>1</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HenryPottinger.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/HenryPottinger.jpg/100px-HenryPottinger.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/HenryPottinger.jpg/150px-HenryPottinger.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/HenryPottinger.jpg/200px-HenryPottinger.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1204" data-file-height="1512" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Henry_Pottinger" title="Henry Pottinger">Sir Henry Pottinger</a></b><br /> <span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">砵甸乍</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1789–1856)</span> </td> <td>26 June 1843 </td> <td>8 May 1844 </td> <td>317 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ballymacarrett" title="Ballymacarrett">Ballymacarrett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-general_(United_Kingdom)" title="Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)">Lieutenant-General</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz184306_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz184306-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>2</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tcitp_d073_John_Francis_Davis_Bart.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Tcitp_d073_John_Francis_Davis_Bart.jpg/100px-Tcitp_d073_John_Francis_Davis_Bart.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Tcitp_d073_John_Francis_Davis_Bart.jpg/150px-Tcitp_d073_John_Francis_Davis_Bart.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Tcitp_d073_John_Francis_Davis_Bart.jpg/200px-Tcitp_d073_John_Francis_Davis_Bart.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1326" data-file-height="1752" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Francis_Davis" title="John Francis Davis">Sir John Francis Davis</a></b><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">戴維斯</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1795–1890)</span> </td> <td>8 May 1844 </td> <td>21 March 1848 </td> <td>3 years, 315 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td>Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz184405_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz184405-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>3</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_Samuel_George_Bonham.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Sir_Samuel_George_Bonham.jpg/100px-Sir_Samuel_George_Bonham.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Sir_Samuel_George_Bonham.jpg/150px-Sir_Samuel_George_Bonham.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Sir_Samuel_George_Bonham.jpg/200px-Sir_Samuel_George_Bonham.jpg 2x" data-file-width="357" data-file-height="473" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/George_Bonham" title="George Bonham">Sir George Bonham</a></b><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">文咸</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1803–1863)</span> </td> <td>21 March 1848 </td> <td>13 April 1854 </td> <td>6 years, 23 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz184803_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz184803-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>4</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_John_Bowring_by_John_King.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Sir_John_Bowring_by_John_King.jpg/100px-Sir_John_Bowring_by_John_King.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Sir_John_Bowring_by_John_King.jpg/150px-Sir_John_Bowring_by_John_King.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Sir_John_Bowring_by_John_King.jpg/200px-Sir_John_Bowring_by_John_King.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3139" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Bowring" title="John Bowring">Sir John Bowring</a></b><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">寶靈</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1792–1872)</span> </td> <td>13 April 1854 </td> <td>2 May 1859 </td> <td>5 years, 19 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Exeter" title="Exeter">Exeter</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz185404_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz185404-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Captain_William_Caine.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Captain_William_Caine.jpg/100px-Captain_William_Caine.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Captain_William_Caine.jpg/150px-Captain_William_Caine.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Captain_William_Caine.jpg/200px-Captain_William_Caine.jpg 2x" data-file-width="319" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Caine_(colonial_administrator)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Caine (colonial administrator)">William Caine</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">堅</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1799–1871)</span><br /><i>Acting Governor</i> </td> <td>2 May 1859 </td> <td>9 September 1859 </td> <td>130 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maynooth" title="Maynooth">Maynooth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Secretary_of_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong">Colonial Secretary</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz185905_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz185905-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>5</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LordRosmead.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/LordRosmead.jpg/100px-LordRosmead.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/LordRosmead.jpg/150px-LordRosmead.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/LordRosmead.jpg/200px-LordRosmead.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="342" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hercules_Robinson,_1st_Baron_Rosmead" title="Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead">Sir Hercules Robinson</a></b><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">羅士敏</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1824–1897)</span> </td> <td>9 September 1859 </td> <td>15 March 1865 </td> <td>5 years, 187 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Westmeath" class="mw-redirect" title="Westmeath">Westmeath</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">Colonial administrator</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz185909_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz185909-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gaz18650315_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz18650315-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Thomas_MERCER.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/William_Thomas_MERCER.jpg/100px-William_Thomas_MERCER.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/William_Thomas_MERCER.jpg/150px-William_Thomas_MERCER.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/William_Thomas_MERCER.jpg/200px-William_Thomas_MERCER.jpg 2x" data-file-width="362" data-file-height="506" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Thomas_Mercer" title="William Thomas Mercer">William Thomas Mercer</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">孖沙</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1821–1879)</span><br /><i>Acting Governor</i> </td> <td>15 March 1865 </td> <td>12 March 1866 </td> <td>362 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Secretary_of_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong">Colonial Secretary</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz18650315_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz18650315-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>6</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_R._G._MacDonnell_(Cropped).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Sir_R._G._MacDonnell_%28Cropped%29.png/100px-Sir_R._G._MacDonnell_%28Cropped%29.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Sir_R._G._MacDonnell_%28Cropped%29.png/150px-Sir_R._G._MacDonnell_%28Cropped%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Sir_R._G._MacDonnell_%28Cropped%29.png 2x" data-file-width="165" data-file-height="220" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Richard_Graves_MacDonnell" title="Richard Graves MacDonnell">Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell</a></b><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">麥當奴</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1814–1881)</span> </td> <td>12 March 1866 </td> <td>11 April 1872 </td> <td>6 years, 30 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">Colonial administrator</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gaz18660312_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz18660312-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gaz18720411_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz18720411-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Wase_Whitfield" title="Henry Wase Whitfield">Henry Wase Whitfield</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">威非路</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1814–1877)</span><br /><i>Lieutenant-Governor</i> </td> <td>11 April 1872 </td> <td>16 April 1872 </td> <td>5 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Commander_British_Forces_in_Hong_Kong" title="Commander British Forces in Hong Kong">Commander and lieutenant governor</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz18720411_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz18720411-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>7</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ArthurEdwardKennedy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/ArthurEdwardKennedy.jpg/100px-ArthurEdwardKennedy.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/ArthurEdwardKennedy.jpg/150px-ArthurEdwardKennedy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/ArthurEdwardKennedy.jpg/200px-ArthurEdwardKennedy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="203" data-file-height="256" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Kennedy_(governor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur Kennedy (governor)">Sir Arthur Kennedy</a></b><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">堅尼地</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1809–1883)</span> </td> <td>16 April 1872 </td> <td>1 March 1877 </td> <td>4 years, 319 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Down" title="County Down">County Down</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">Colonial administrator</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz18720416_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz18720416-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gaz187703_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz187703-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Gardiner_Austin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/John_Gardiner_Austin.jpg/100px-John_Gardiner_Austin.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/John_Gardiner_Austin.jpg/150px-John_Gardiner_Austin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/John_Gardiner_Austin.jpg/200px-John_Gardiner_Austin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="404" data-file-height="612" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Gardiner_Austin" title="John Gardiner Austin">John Gardiner Austin</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">柯士甸</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1811–1900)</span><br /><i>Administrator</i> </td> <td>1 March 1877 </td> <td>23 April 1877 </td> <td>53 days </td> <td>Lowlands Plantation, <a href="/wiki/Demerara" title="Demerara">Demerara</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">Colonial administrator</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz187703_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz187703-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>8</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_John_Pope_Hennessy_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Portrait_of_John_Pope_Hennessy_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Portrait_of_John_Pope_Hennessy_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Portrait_of_John_Pope_Hennessy_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Portrait_of_John_Pope_Hennessy_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Portrait_of_John_Pope_Hennessy_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Portrait_of_John_Pope_Hennessy_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="700" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Pope_Hennessy" title="John Pope Hennessy">Sir John Pope Hennessy</a></b><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">軒尼詩</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1834–1891)</span> </td> <td>23 April 1877 </td> <td>7 March 1882 </td> <td>4 years, 318 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Cork" title="County Cork">County Cork</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">Colonial administrator</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz187704_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz187704-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gaz18820307_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz18820307-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Struan_Tonnochy" title="Malcolm Struan Tonnochy">Malcolm Struan Tonnochy</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">杜老誌</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1841–1882)</span><br /><i>Administrator</i> </td> <td>7 March 1882 </td> <td>28 March 1882 </td> <td>21 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bengal,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengal, India">Bengal</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">India</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">Colonial administrator</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz18820307_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz18820307-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Marsh" title="William Henry Marsh">Sir William Henry Marsh</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">馬師</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1827–1906)</span><br /><i>Administrator</i> </td> <td>28 March 1882 </td> <td>30 March 1883 </td> <td>1 year, 2 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">Colonial administrator</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz18820328_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz18820328-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>9</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Bowen_b.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/George_Bowen_b.jpg/100px-George_Bowen_b.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/George_Bowen_b.jpg/150px-George_Bowen_b.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/George_Bowen_b.jpg/200px-George_Bowen_b.jpg 2x" data-file-width="567" data-file-height="693" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/George_Bowen" title="George Bowen">Sir George Bowen</a></b><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">寶雲</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1821–1899)</span> </td> <td>30 March 1883 </td> <td>21 December 1885 </td> <td>2 years, 266 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Donegal" title="County Donegal">County Donegal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">Colonial administrator</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz188303_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz188303-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Marsh" title="William Henry Marsh">Sir William Henry Marsh</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">馬殊</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1827–1906)</span><br /><i>Officer Administrating the Government</i> </td> <td>21 December 1885 </td> <td>25 April 1887 </td> <td>1 year, 125 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">Colonial administrator</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz188512_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz188512-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Gordon_Cameron.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/William_Gordon_Cameron.jpg/100px-William_Gordon_Cameron.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/William_Gordon_Cameron.jpg/150px-William_Gordon_Cameron.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/William_Gordon_Cameron.jpg/200px-William_Gordon_Cameron.jpg 2x" data-file-width="240" data-file-height="349" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Gordon_Cameron" title="William Gordon Cameron">William Gordon Cameron</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">金馬倫</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1827–1913)</span><br /><i>Officer Administering the Government</i> </td> <td>25 April 1887 </td> <td>6 October 1887 </td> <td>164 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Commander_British_Forces_in_Hong_Kong" title="Commander British Forces in Hong Kong">Commander and lieutenant governor</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz188704_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz188704-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>10</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_G._William_Des_Voeux_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Sir_G._William_Des_Voeux_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Sir_G._William_Des_Voeux_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Sir_G._William_Des_Voeux_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Sir_G._William_Des_Voeux_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Sir_G._William_Des_Voeux_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Sir_G._William_Des_Voeux_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/William_Des_V%C5%93ux" title="William Des Vœux">Sir William Des Vœux</a></b><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">德輔</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1834–1909)</span> </td> <td>6 October 1887 </td> <td>7 May 1891 </td> <td>3 years, 213 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baden-Baden" title="Baden-Baden">Baden-Baden</a>, <a href="/wiki/German_Confederation" title="German Confederation">German Confederation</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">Colonial administrator</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz188710_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz188710-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_George_Digby_BARKER_(1833-1914)_photo_in_1906_Suffolk_Leaders_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Sir_George_Digby_BARKER_%281833-1914%29_photo_in_1906_Suffolk_Leaders_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Sir_George_Digby_BARKER_%281833-1914%29_photo_in_1906_Suffolk_Leaders_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Sir_George_Digby_BARKER_%281833-1914%29_photo_in_1906_Suffolk_Leaders_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Sir_George_Digby_BARKER_%281833-1914%29_photo_in_1906_Suffolk_Leaders_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Sir_George_Digby_BARKER_%281833-1914%29_photo_in_1906_Suffolk_Leaders_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Sir_George_Digby_BARKER_%281833-1914%29_photo_in_1906_Suffolk_Leaders_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1900" data-file-height="2541" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Digby_Barker" title="George Digby Barker">Sir George Digby Barker</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">白加</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1833–1914)</span><br /><i>Officer Administering the Government</i> </td> <td>7 May 1891 </td> <td>10 December 1891 </td> <td>217 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clare,_Suffolk" title="Clare, Suffolk">Clare</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Commander_British_Forces_in_Hong_Kong" title="Commander British Forces in Hong Kong">Commander and lieutenant governor</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz189105_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz189105-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>11</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_William_Robinson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Sir_William_Robinson.jpg/100px-Sir_William_Robinson.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Sir_William_Robinson.jpg/150px-Sir_William_Robinson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Sir_William_Robinson.jpg/200px-Sir_William_Robinson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="542" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/William_Robinson_(governor)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Robinson (governor)">Sir William Robinson</a></b><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">羅便臣</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1836–1912)</span> </td> <td>10 December 1891 </td> <td>1 February 1898 </td> <td>6 years, 53 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wetherden" title="Wetherden">Wetherden</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">Colonial administrator</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz189112_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz189112-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gaz189802_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz189802-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wilsone_Black" title="Wilsone Black">Sir Wilsone Black</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">布力</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1837–1909)</span><br /><i>Officer Administering the Government</i> </td> <td>1 February 1898 </td> <td>25 November 1898 </td> <td>297 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a><i>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Commander_British_Forces_in_Hong_Kong" title="Commander British Forces in Hong Kong">Commander and lieutenant governor</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz189802_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz189802-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>12</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Henry_Arthur_Blake.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Henry_Arthur_Blake.jpg/100px-Henry_Arthur_Blake.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Henry_Arthur_Blake.jpg/150px-Henry_Arthur_Blake.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Henry_Arthur_Blake.jpg/200px-Henry_Arthur_Blake.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="1084" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Henry_Arthur_Blake" title="Henry Arthur Blake">Sir Henry Arthur Blake</a></b><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">卜力</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1840–1918)</span> </td> <td>25 November 1898 </td> <td>21 November 1903 </td> <td>4 years, 361 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Limerick" title="Limerick">Limerick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">Colonial administrator</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz189811_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz189811-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gaz190311_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz190311-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Francis_Henry_May.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Francis_Henry_May.png/100px-Francis_Henry_May.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Francis_Henry_May.png 1.5x" data-file-width="143" data-file-height="187" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Francis_Henry_May" title="Francis Henry May">Sir Francis Henry May</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">梅含理</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1860–1922)</span><br /><i>Officer Administering the Government</i> </td> <td>21 November 1903 </td> <td>29 July 1904 </td> <td>251 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Secretary_of_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong">Colonial Secretary</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz190311_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz190311-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>13</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_Matthew_Nathan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Sir_Matthew_Nathan.jpg/100px-Sir_Matthew_Nathan.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Sir_Matthew_Nathan.jpg/150px-Sir_Matthew_Nathan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Sir_Matthew_Nathan.jpg/200px-Sir_Matthew_Nathan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="702" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Nathan" title="Matthew Nathan">Sir Matthew Nathan</a></b><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">彌敦</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1862–1939)</span> </td> <td>29 July 1904 </td> <td>20 April 1907 </td> <td>2 years, 265 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">Colonial administrator</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz190407_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz190407-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gaz190704_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz190704-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Francis_Henry_May.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Francis_Henry_May.png/100px-Francis_Henry_May.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Francis_Henry_May.png 1.5x" data-file-width="143" data-file-height="187" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Francis_Henry_May" title="Francis Henry May">Sir Francis Henry May</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">梅含理</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1860–1922)</span><br /><i>Officer Administering the Government</i> </td> <td>20 April 1907 </td> <td>29 July 1907 </td> <td>100 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Secretary_of_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong">Colonial Secretary</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz190704_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz190704-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>14</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Frederick_Lugard,_1st_Baron_Lugard_(1894,_cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Frederick_Lugard%2C_1st_Baron_Lugard_%281894%2C_cropped%29.jpg/100px-Frederick_Lugard%2C_1st_Baron_Lugard_%281894%2C_cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Frederick_Lugard%2C_1st_Baron_Lugard_%281894%2C_cropped%29.jpg/150px-Frederick_Lugard%2C_1st_Baron_Lugard_%281894%2C_cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Frederick_Lugard%2C_1st_Baron_Lugard_%281894%2C_cropped%29.jpg/200px-Frederick_Lugard%2C_1st_Baron_Lugard_%281894%2C_cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Lugard,_1st_Baron_Lugard" title="Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard">Sir Frederick Lugard</a></b><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">盧吉</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1858–1945)</span> </td> <td>29 July 1907 </td> <td>16 March 1912 </td> <td>4 years, 231 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madras" class="mw-redirect" title="Madras">Madras</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">India</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">Colonial administrator</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz191203_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz191203-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_Claud_Severn.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Sir_Claud_Severn.jpg/100px-Sir_Claud_Severn.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Sir_Claud_Severn.jpg/150px-Sir_Claud_Severn.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Sir_Claud_Severn.jpg/200px-Sir_Claud_Severn.jpg 2x" data-file-width="518" data-file-height="526" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Claud_Severn" title="Claud Severn">Claud Severn</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">施勳</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1869–1933)</span><br /><i>Officer Administering the Government</i> </td> <td>16 March 1912 </td> <td>4 July 1912 </td> <td>110 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adelaide" title="Adelaide">Adelaide</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">Colonial administrator</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz191203_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz191203-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>15</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Francis_Henry_May.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Francis_Henry_May.png/100px-Francis_Henry_May.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Francis_Henry_May.png 1.5x" data-file-width="143" data-file-height="187" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Francis_Henry_May" title="Francis Henry May">Sir Francis Henry May</a></b><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">梅含理</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1860–1922)</span> </td> <td>4 July 1912 </td> <td>12 September 1918 </td> <td>6 years, 70 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Secretary_of_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong">Colonial Secretary</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz191207_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz191207-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gaz191207.2_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz191207.2-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gaz1918_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz1918-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_Claud_Severn.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Sir_Claud_Severn.jpg/100px-Sir_Claud_Severn.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Sir_Claud_Severn.jpg/150px-Sir_Claud_Severn.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Sir_Claud_Severn.jpg/200px-Sir_Claud_Severn.jpg 2x" data-file-width="518" data-file-height="526" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Claud_Severn" title="Claud Severn">Claud Severn</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">施勳</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1869–1933)</span><br /><i>Officer Administering the Government</i> </td> <td>12 September 1918 </td> <td>30 September 1919 </td> <td>1 year, 18 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adelaide" title="Adelaide">Adelaide</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">Colonial administrator</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz1918_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz1918-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>16</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SirReginaldStubbs.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/SirReginaldStubbs.jpg/100px-SirReginaldStubbs.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/SirReginaldStubbs.jpg/150px-SirReginaldStubbs.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/SirReginaldStubbs.jpg/200px-SirReginaldStubbs.jpg 2x" data-file-width="411" data-file-height="554" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Edward_Stubbs" class="mw-redirect" title="Reginald Edward Stubbs">Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs</a></b><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">司徒拔</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1876–1947)</span> </td> <td>30 September 1919 </td> <td>31 October 1925 </td> <td>6 years, 31 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oxford" title="Oxford">Oxford</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">Colonial administrator</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz1919_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz1919-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>17</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SIRCECILCLEMENTIHKU.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/SIRCECILCLEMENTIHKU.jpg/100px-SIRCECILCLEMENTIHKU.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/SIRCECILCLEMENTIHKU.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="212" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Clementi" title="Cecil Clementi">Sir Cecil Clementi</a></b><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">金文泰</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1875–1947)</span> </td> <td>1 November 1925 </td> <td>1 February 1930 </td> <td>4 years, 92 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cawnpore" class="mw-redirect" title="Cawnpore">Cawnpore</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">India</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">Colonial administrator</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz192511_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz192511-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gaz193002_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz193002-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_Thomas_Southorn.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Sir_Thomas_Southorn.jpg/100px-Sir_Thomas_Southorn.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Sir_Thomas_Southorn.jpg/150px-Sir_Thomas_Southorn.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Sir_Thomas_Southorn.jpg/200px-Sir_Thomas_Southorn.jpg 2x" data-file-width="434" data-file-height="580" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Southorn" title="Thomas Southorn">Thomas Southorn</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">修頓</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1879–1957)</span><br /><i>Officer Administering the Government</i> </td> <td>1 February 1930 </td> <td>9 May 1930 </td> <td>97 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Durham,_England" title="Durham, England">Durham</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Secretary_of_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong">Colonial Secretary</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz193002_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz193002-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>18</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SirWilliamPeelHK.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/SirWilliamPeelHK.jpg/100px-SirWilliamPeelHK.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/SirWilliamPeelHK.jpg/150px-SirWilliamPeelHK.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/SirWilliamPeelHK.jpg/200px-SirWilliamPeelHK.jpg 2x" data-file-width="474" data-file-height="640" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/William_Peel_(colonial_administrator)" title="William Peel (colonial administrator)">Sir William Peel</a></b><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">貝璐</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1875–1945)</span> </td> <td>9 May 1930 </td> <td>17 May 1935 </td> <td>5 years, 8 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hexham" title="Hexham">Hexham</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">Colonial administrator</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz193005_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz193005-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gaz193505_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz193505-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_Thomas_Southorn.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Sir_Thomas_Southorn.jpg/100px-Sir_Thomas_Southorn.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Sir_Thomas_Southorn.jpg/150px-Sir_Thomas_Southorn.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Sir_Thomas_Southorn.jpg/200px-Sir_Thomas_Southorn.jpg 2x" data-file-width="434" data-file-height="580" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Southorn" title="Thomas Southorn">Thomas Southorn</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">修頓</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1879–1957)</span><br /><i>Officer Administering the Government</i> </td> <td>17 May 1935 </td> <td>13 September 1935 </td> <td>119 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leamington_Spa" title="Leamington Spa">Leamington Spa</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Secretary_of_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong">Colonial Secretary</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz193505_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz193505-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gaz193509_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz193509-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Norman_Lockhart_Smith.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Norman_Lockhart_Smith.jpg/100px-Norman_Lockhart_Smith.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Norman_Lockhart_Smith.jpg/150px-Norman_Lockhart_Smith.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Norman_Lockhart_Smith.jpg 2x" data-file-width="194" data-file-height="264" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norman_Lockhart_Smith" title="Norman Lockhart Smith">Norman Lockhart Smith</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">史美</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1887–1968)</span><br /><i>Officer Administering the Government</i> </td> <td>13 September 1935 </td> <td>1 November 1935 </td> <td>49 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Durham,_England" title="Durham, England">Durham</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">Colonial administrator</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz193509_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz193509-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gaz193511_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz193511-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_Thomas_Southorn.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Sir_Thomas_Southorn.jpg/100px-Sir_Thomas_Southorn.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Sir_Thomas_Southorn.jpg/150px-Sir_Thomas_Southorn.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Sir_Thomas_Southorn.jpg/200px-Sir_Thomas_Southorn.jpg 2x" data-file-width="434" data-file-height="580" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Southorn" title="Thomas Southorn">Thomas Southorn</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">修頓</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1879–1957)</span><br /><i>Officer Administering the Government</i> </td> <td>1 November 1935 </td> <td>12 December 1935 </td> <td>41 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leamington_Spa" title="Leamington Spa">Leamington Spa</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Secretary_of_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong">Colonial Secretary</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz193511_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz193511-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>19</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_Andrew_Caldecott.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Sir_Andrew_Caldecott.jpg/100px-Sir_Andrew_Caldecott.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Sir_Andrew_Caldecott.jpg/150px-Sir_Andrew_Caldecott.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Sir_Andrew_Caldecott.jpg/200px-Sir_Andrew_Caldecott.jpg 2x" data-file-width="483" data-file-height="640" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Caldecott" title="Andrew Caldecott">Sir Andrew Caldecott</a></b><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">郝德傑</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1884–1951)</span> </td> <td>12 December 1935 </td> <td>16 April 1937 </td> <td>1 year, 125 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">Colonial administrator</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz193512_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz193512-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gaz193704_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz193704-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Norman_Lockhart_Smith.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Norman_Lockhart_Smith.jpg/100px-Norman_Lockhart_Smith.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Norman_Lockhart_Smith.jpg/150px-Norman_Lockhart_Smith.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Norman_Lockhart_Smith.jpg 2x" data-file-width="194" data-file-height="264" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norman_Lockhart_Smith" title="Norman Lockhart Smith">Norman Lockhart Smith</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">史美</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1887–1968)</span><br /><i>Officer Administering the Government</i> </td> <td>16 April 1937 </td> <td>28 October 1937 </td> <td>195 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Durham,_England" title="Durham, England">Durham</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Secretary_of_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong">Colonial Secretary</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz193704_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz193704-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>20</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_Geoffry_Northcote.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Sir_Geoffry_Northcote.jpg/100px-Sir_Geoffry_Northcote.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Sir_Geoffry_Northcote.jpg/150px-Sir_Geoffry_Northcote.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Sir_Geoffry_Northcote.jpg/200px-Sir_Geoffry_Northcote.jpg 2x" data-file-width="473" data-file-height="640" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Geoffry_Northcote" title="Geoffry Northcote">Sir Geoffry Northcote</a></b><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">羅富國</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1881–1948)</span> </td> <td>28 October 1937 </td> <td>6 September 1941 </td> <td>3 years, 313 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">Colonial administrator</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz193710_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz193710-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Norman_Lockhart_Smith.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Norman_Lockhart_Smith.jpg/100px-Norman_Lockhart_Smith.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Norman_Lockhart_Smith.jpg/150px-Norman_Lockhart_Smith.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Norman_Lockhart_Smith.jpg 2x" data-file-width="194" data-file-height="264" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norman_Lockhart_Smith" title="Norman Lockhart Smith">Norman Lockhart Smith</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">史美</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1887–1968)</span><br /><i>Officer Administering the Government</i> </td> <td>6 September 1941 </td> <td>10 September 1941 </td> <td>4 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Durham,_England" title="Durham, England">Durham</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Secretary_of_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong">Colonial Secretary</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz19450906_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz19450906-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>21</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_Young_in_1930s.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Mark_Young_in_1930s.png/100px-Mark_Young_in_1930s.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Mark_Young_in_1930s.png/150px-Mark_Young_in_1930s.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Mark_Young_in_1930s.png/200px-Mark_Young_in_1930s.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="333" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mark_Aitchison_Young" title="Mark Aitchison Young">Sir Mark Aitchison Young</a></b><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">楊慕琦</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1886–1974)</span> </td> <td>10 September 1941 </td> <td>25 December 1941 </td> <td>106 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">India</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">Colonial administrator</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-gaz19450910_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaz19450910-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Japanese_occupation_(1941–1945)"><span id="Japanese_occupation_.281941.E2.80.931945.29"></span>Japanese occupation (1941–1945)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Hong_Kong&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Japanese occupation (1941–1945)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2">Name<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth–Death)</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2">Origin </th> <th rowspan="2">Background </th> <th rowspan="2">Ref </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:120px;">Took office </th> <th style="width:120px;">Left office </th> <th style="width:80px;">Duration </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sakai_Takashi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Sakai_Takashi.jpg/100px-Sakai_Takashi.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Sakai_Takashi.jpg/150px-Sakai_Takashi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Sakai_Takashi.jpg/200px-Sakai_Takashi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="752" data-file-height="1002" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Takashi_Sakai" title="Takashi Sakai">Takashi Sakai</a><br /><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">酒井隆</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1887–1946)</span><br /><i>Administrator</i> </td> <td rowspan="2">25 December 1941 </td> <td rowspan="2">20 February 1942 </td> <td rowspan="2">57 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kamo_District,_Hiroshima" title="Kamo District, Hiroshima">Kamo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hiroshima_Prefecture" title="Hiroshima Prefecture">Hiroshima</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general" title="Lieutenant general">Lieutenant general</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Niimi_Masaichi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Niimi_Masaichi.jpg/100px-Niimi_Masaichi.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Niimi_Masaichi.jpg/150px-Niimi_Masaichi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Niimi_Masaichi.jpg/200px-Niimi_Masaichi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1390" data-file-height="2133" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Masaichi_Niimi" title="Masaichi Niimi">Masaichi Niimi</a><br /><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">新見政一</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1887–1993)</span><br /><i>Administrator</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hiroshima" title="Hiroshima">Hiroshima</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hiroshima_Prefecture" title="Hiroshima Prefecture">Hiroshima</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vice_admiral" title="Vice admiral">Vice admiral</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>1</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Isogai_Rensuke.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Isogai_Rensuke.jpg/100px-Isogai_Rensuke.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Isogai_Rensuke.jpg/150px-Isogai_Rensuke.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Isogai_Rensuke.jpg/200px-Isogai_Rensuke.jpg 2x" data-file-width="348" data-file-height="468" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rensuke_Isogai" title="Rensuke Isogai">Rensuke Isogai</a></b><br /><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">磯谷廉介</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1886–1967)</span> </td> <td>20 February 1942 </td> <td>24 December 1944 </td> <td>2 years, 308 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tanba,_Hy%C5%8Dgo" class="mw-redirect" title="Tanba, Hyōgo">Tanba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hy%C5%8Dgo_Prefecture" title="Hyōgo Prefecture">Hyōgo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general" title="Lieutenant general">Lieutenant general</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>2</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hisakazu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Hisakazu.jpg/100px-Hisakazu.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Hisakazu.jpg/150px-Hisakazu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Hisakazu.jpg/200px-Hisakazu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="262" data-file-height="450" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hisakazu_Tanaka" title="Hisakazu Tanaka">Hisakazu Tanaka</a></b> <br /><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">田中久一</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1889–1947)</span> </td> <td>1 February 1945 </td> <td>16 August 1945 </td> <td>196 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Himeji" title="Himeji">Himeji</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hy%C5%8Dgo_Prefecture" title="Hyōgo Prefecture">Hyōgo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general" title="Lieutenant general">Lieutenant general</a> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_administrators_and_governors_(1945–1997)"><span id="British_administrators_and_governors_.281945.E2.80.931997.29"></span>British administrators and governors (1945–1997)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Hong_Kong&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: British administrators and governors (1945–1997)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2">Name<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth–Death)</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2">Origin </th> <th rowspan="2">Background </th> <th rowspan="2">Ref </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:120px;">Took office </th> <th style="width:120px;">Left office </th> <th style="width:80px;">Duration </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Frank_Gimson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Frank_Gimson.jpg/100px-Frank_Gimson.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Frank_Gimson.jpg/150px-Frank_Gimson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Frank_Gimson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="157" data-file-height="229" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Charles_Gimson" class="mw-redirect" title="Franklin Charles Gimson">Sir Franklin Charles Gimson</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">詹遜</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1890–1975)</span><br /><i>Provisional Governor</i> </td> <td>28 August 1945 </td> <td>30 August 1945 </td> <td>2 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leicestershire" title="Leicestershire">Leicestershire</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Secretary_of_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong">Colonial Secretary</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Royal_Navy_during_the_Second_World_War_A21407_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/The_Royal_Navy_during_the_Second_World_War_A21407_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-The_Royal_Navy_during_the_Second_World_War_A21407_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/The_Royal_Navy_during_the_Second_World_War_A21407_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-The_Royal_Navy_during_the_Second_World_War_A21407_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/The_Royal_Navy_during_the_Second_World_War_A21407_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-The_Royal_Navy_during_the_Second_World_War_A21407_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="403" data-file-height="461" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Harcourt" title="Cecil Harcourt">Sir Cecil Harcourt</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">夏愨</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1892–1959)</span><br /><i>Military administration</i> </td> <td>1 September 1945 </td> <td>1 May 1946 </td> <td>242 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral_(Royal_Navy)" title="Admiral (Royal Navy)">Admiral (Royal Navy)</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>21</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_Young_in_1930s.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Mark_Young_in_1930s.png/100px-Mark_Young_in_1930s.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Mark_Young_in_1930s.png/150px-Mark_Young_in_1930s.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Mark_Young_in_1930s.png/200px-Mark_Young_in_1930s.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="333" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mark_Aitchison_Young" title="Mark Aitchison Young">Sir Mark Aitchison Young</a></b><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">楊慕琦</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1886–1974)</span> </td> <td>1 May 1946 </td> <td>17 May 1947 </td> <td>1 year, 16 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">Colonial administrator</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MacDougall_4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/MacDougall_4.jpg/100px-MacDougall_4.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/MacDougall_4.jpg/150px-MacDougall_4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/MacDougall_4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="190" data-file-height="227" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Mercer_MacDougall" title="David Mercer MacDougall">David Mercer MacDougall</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">麥道高</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1904–1991)</span><br /><i>Administrator</i> </td> <td>17 May 1947 </td> <td>25 July 1947 </td> <td>69 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Perth,_Scotland" title="Perth, Scotland">Perth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Secretary_of_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong">Colonial Secretary</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>22</b> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Grantham" title="Alexander Grantham">Sir Alexander Grantham</a></b><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">葛量洪</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1899–1978)</span> </td> <td>25 July 1947 </td> <td>31 December 1957 </td> <td>10 years, 159 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">Colonial administrator</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edgeworth_Beresford_David" class="mw-redirect" title="Edgeworth Beresford David">Edgeworth Beresford David</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">戴維德</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1908–1965)</span><br /><i>Administrator</i> </td> <td>31 December 1957 </td> <td>23 January 1958 </td> <td>23 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dulwich" title="Dulwich">Dulwich</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Secretary_of_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong">Colonial Secretary</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>23</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_Robert_Brown_Black_in_1963.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Sir_Robert_Brown_Black_in_1963.jpg/100px-Sir_Robert_Brown_Black_in_1963.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Sir_Robert_Brown_Black_in_1963.jpg/150px-Sir_Robert_Brown_Black_in_1963.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Sir_Robert_Brown_Black_in_1963.jpg/200px-Sir_Robert_Brown_Black_in_1963.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Black_(colonial_administrator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Black (colonial administrator)">Sir Robert Brown Black</a></b><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">柏立基</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1906–1999)</span> </td> <td>23 January 1958 </td> <td>31 March 1964 </td> <td>6 years, 68 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">Colonial administrator</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Brinsley_Teesdale" title="Edmund Brinsley Teesdale">Edmund Brinsley Teesdale</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">戴斯德</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1915–1997)</span><br /><i>Administrator</i> </td> <td>31 March 1964 </td> <td>14 April 1964 </td> <td>14 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shanghai" title="Shanghai">Shanghai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of China">China</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Secretary_of_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong">Colonial Secretary</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>24</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Crosbie_Trench.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d9/David_Crosbie_Trench.jpg/100px-David_Crosbie_Trench.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d9/David_Crosbie_Trench.jpg/150px-David_Crosbie_Trench.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d9/David_Crosbie_Trench.jpg/200px-David_Crosbie_Trench.jpg 2x" data-file-width="268" data-file-height="373" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/David_Trench" title="David Trench">Sir David C. C. Trench</a></b><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">戴麟趾</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1915–1988)</span> </td> <td>14 April 1964 </td> <td>19 October 1971 </td> <td>7 years, 188 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Quetta" title="Quetta">Quetta</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">India</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial administrator">Colonial administrator</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Norman-Walker" title="Hugh Norman-Walker">Sir Hugh Norman-Walker</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">羅樂民</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1916–1985)</span><br /><i>Administrator</i> </td> <td>19 October 1971 </td> <td>19 November 1971 </td> <td>31 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Secretary_of_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong">Colonial Secretary</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>25</b> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Murray_MacLehose,_Baron_MacLehose_of_Beoch" title="Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch">Sir Murray MacLehose</a></b><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">麥理浩</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1917–2000)</span> </td> <td>19 November 1971 </td> <td>8 May 1982 </td> <td>10 years, 170 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ambassadors_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Denmark">UK Ambassador to Denmark</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philip_Haddon-Cave" title="Philip Haddon-Cave">Sir Philip Haddon-Cave</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">夏鼎基</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1925–1999)</span><br /><i>Acting governor</i> </td> <td>8 May 1982 </td> <td>20 May 1982 </td> <td>12 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hobart" title="Hobart">Hobart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_Secretary_of_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Secretary of Hong Kong">Chief Secretary</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>26</b> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Edward_Youde" title="Edward Youde">Sir Edward Youde</a></b><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">尤德</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1924–1986)</span> </td> <td>20 May 1982 </td> <td>4 December 1986 </td> <td>4 years, 198 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Penarth" title="Penarth">Penarth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ambassadors_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_China" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to China">UK Ambassador to China</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Akers-Jones" title="David Akers-Jones">Sir David Akers-Jones</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">鍾逸傑</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1927–2019)</span><br /><i>Acting governor</i> </td> <td>4 December 1986 </td> <td>9 April 1987 </td> <td>126 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sussex" title="Sussex">Sussex</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_Secretary_of_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Secretary of Hong Kong">Chief Secretary</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>27</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Lord_Wilson_of_Tillyorn_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Wilson_of_Tillyorn_crop_2.jpg/100px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Wilson_of_Tillyorn_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Wilson_of_Tillyorn_crop_2.jpg/150px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Wilson_of_Tillyorn_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Wilson_of_Tillyorn_crop_2.jpg/200px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Wilson_of_Tillyorn_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/David_Wilson,_Baron_Wilson_of_Tillyorn" title="David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn">Sir David Wilson</a></b><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">衛奕信</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1937)</span> </td> <td>9 April 1987 </td> <td>3 July 1992 </td> <td>5 years, 85 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clackmannanshire" title="Clackmannanshire">Clackmannanshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Diplomat" title="Diplomat">Diplomat</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Ford_(civil_servant)" title="David Ford (civil servant)">Sir David Ford</a><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">霍德</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1935–2017)</span><br /><i>Acting governor</i> </td> <td>3 July 1992 </td> <td>9 July 1992 </td> <td>6 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_Secretary_of_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Secretary of Hong Kong">Chief Secretary</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>28</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Lord_Patten_of_Barnes_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Patten_of_Barnes_crop_2.jpg/100px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Patten_of_Barnes_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Patten_of_Barnes_crop_2.jpg/150px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Patten_of_Barnes_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Patten_of_Barnes_crop_2.jpg/200px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Patten_of_Barnes_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Chris_Patten" title="Chris Patten">Chris Patten</a></b><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">彭定康</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1944)</span> </td> <td>9 July 1992 </td> <td>30 June 1997 </td> <td>4 years, 356 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Conservative_Party" title="Chairman of the Conservative Party">Chairman of Conservative Party</a> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Timeline">Timeline</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_Hong_Kong&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Timeline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="overflow:auto"> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_thwi4mp2f6la8wu6wvrhzfzkwmfyatj"><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Chris_Patten" coords="685,502,803,526" title="Chris Patten" alt="Chris Patten" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/David_Clive_Wilson" coords="636,485,794,509" title="David Clive Wilson" alt="David Clive Wilson" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Edward_Youde" 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href="/wiki/Sir_Henry_Pottinger" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Henry Pottinger">Sir Henry Pottinger</a>, first governor, first <a href="/wiki/Irishman" class="mw-redirect" title="Irishman">Irishman</a> and first <a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulsterman</a> to serve in the role</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Francis_Davis" title="John Francis Davis">Sir John Francis Davis</a>, first <a href="/wiki/Sinologist" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinologist">Sinologist</a> to serve as governor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Bowring" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir John Bowring">Sir John Bowring</a>, first <a href="/wiki/Puritan" class="mw-redirect" title="Puritan">Puritan</a> to serve as governor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Pope_Hennessy" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir John Pope Hennessy">Sir John Pope Hennessy</a>, first <a href="/wiki/Irish_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Catholic">Irish Catholic</a> to serve as governor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Matthew_Nathan" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Matthew Nathan">Sir Matthew Nathan</a>, first <a href="/wiki/Jew" class="mw-redirect" title="Jew">Jew</a> to serve as governor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Henry_May" title="Francis Henry May">Sir Francis H. May</a>, first police chief to serve as governor and the first governor to suffer an assassination attempt (which failed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Clementi" title="Cecil Clementi">Sir Cecil Clementi</a>, first Indian-born and <a href="/wiki/Cantonese" title="Cantonese">Cantonese</a>-speaking governor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Aitchison_Young" title="Mark Aitchison Young">Sir Mark Young</a>, first <a href="/wiki/Prisoner_of_war" title="Prisoner of war">prisoner of war</a> to serve as governor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takashi_Sakai" title="Takashi Sakai">Takashi Sakai</a>, first Japanese administrator to serve as governor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Harcourt" title="Cecil Harcourt">Cecil Harcourt</a>, first British military administrator to serve as governor (all past governors with military service had retired before assuming the post)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murray_MacLehose,_Baron_MacLehose_of_Beoch" title="Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch">Sir Murray MacLehose</a>, first non-colonial officer to serve as governor; he was a diplomat, a foreign service officer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Edward_Youde" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Edward Youde">Sir Edward Youde</a>, first governor fluent in <a href="/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese" title="Mandarin Chinese">Mandarin</a>; only governor to die in office</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Patten,_Baron_Patten_of_Barnes" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes">Chris Patten</a>, first politician to serve as governor; only governor not to don the formal dress as governor; only governor never to have held any title of nobility or <a href="/wiki/Knighthood" class="mw-redirect" title="Knighthood">knighthood</a> during his tenure, the last Governor of Hong Kong under British rule before 1 July 1997</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Standards">Standards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hong+Kong+Government+Gazette+Extraordinary&rft.atitle=Government+Notification+No.+198+of+1885&rft.date=1885-12-21&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsunzi.lib.hku.hk%2Fhkgro%2Fview%2Fg1885%2F672103.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGovernor+of+Hong+Kong" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gaz188704-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gaz188704_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1887/664042.pdf">"Government Notification No. 165 of 1887"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary</i>. 25 April 1887.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hong+Kong+Government+Gazette+Extraordinary&rft.atitle=Government+Notification+No.+165+of+1887&rft.date=1887-04-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsunzi.lib.hku.hk%2Fhkgro%2Fview%2Fg1887%2F664042.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGovernor+of+Hong+Kong" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gaz188710-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gaz188710_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1887/665389.pdf">"Government Notification No. 403 of 1887"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary</i>. 6 October 1887.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hong+Kong+Government+Gazette+Extraordinary&rft.atitle=Government+Notification+No.+403+of+1887&rft.date=1887-10-06&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsunzi.lib.hku.hk%2Fhkgro%2Fview%2Fg1887%2F665389.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGovernor+of+Hong+Kong" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gaz189105-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gaz189105_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1891/652807.pdf">"Government Notification No. 215 of 1891"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary</i>. 7 May 1891.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hong+Kong+Government+Gazette+Extraordinary&rft.atitle=Government+Notification+No.+215+of+1891&rft.date=1891-05-07&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsunzi.lib.hku.hk%2Fhkgro%2Fview%2Fg1891%2F652807.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGovernor+of+Hong+Kong" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gaz189112-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gaz189112_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1891/654352.pdf">"Government Notification No. 515 of 1891"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary</i>. 10 December 1891.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hong+Kong+Government+Gazette+Extraordinary&rft.atitle=Government+Notification+No.+515+of+1891&rft.date=1891-12-10&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsunzi.lib.hku.hk%2Fhkgro%2Fview%2Fg1891%2F654352.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGovernor+of+Hong+Kong" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gaz189802-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-gaz189802_28-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-gaz189802_28-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1898/632011.pdf">"Government Notification No. 44 of 1898"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary</i>. 25 February 1898.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hong+Kong+Government+Gazette+Extraordinary&rft.atitle=Government+Notification+No.+44+of+1898&rft.date=1898-02-25&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsunzi.lib.hku.hk%2Fhkgro%2Fview%2Fg1898%2F632011.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGovernor+of+Hong+Kong" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gaz189811-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gaz189811_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1898/634546.pdf">"Government Notification No. 528 of 1898"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary</i>. 25 November 1898.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hong+Kong+Government+Gazette+Extraordinary&rft.atitle=Government+Notification+No.+528+of+1898&rft.date=1898-11-25&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsunzi.lib.hku.hk%2Fhkgro%2Fview%2Fg1898%2F634546.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGovernor+of+Hong+Kong" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gaz190311-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-gaz190311_30-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-gaz190311_30-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1903/548855.pdf">"No.788 of 1903"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary</i>. 21 November 1903.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hong+Kong+Government+Gazette+Extraordinary&rft.atitle=No.788+of+1903&rft.date=1903-11-21&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsunzi.lib.hku.hk%2Fhkgro%2Fview%2Fg1903%2F548855.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGovernor+of+Hong+Kong" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gaz190407-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gaz190407_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1904/487273.pdf">"No.518 of 1904"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary</i>. 29 July 1904.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hong+Kong+Government+Gazette+Extraordinary&rft.atitle=No.518+of+1904&rft.date=1904-07-29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsunzi.lib.hku.hk%2Fhkgro%2Fview%2Fg1904%2F487273.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGovernor+of+Hong+Kong" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gaz190704-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-gaz190704_32-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-gaz190704_32-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1907/6448.pdf">"No.288 of 1907"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary</i>. 20 April 1907.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hong+Kong+Government+Gazette+Extraordinary&rft.atitle=No.288+of+1907&rft.date=1907-04-20&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsunzi.lib.hku.hk%2Fhkgro%2Fview%2Fg1907%2F6448.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGovernor+of+Hong+Kong" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gaz191203-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-gaz191203_33-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-gaz191203_33-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1912/25317.pdf">"No.81 of 1912"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Hong Kong Government Gazette</i>. 16 March 1912.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hong+Kong+Government+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.81+of+1912&rft.date=1912-03-16&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsunzi.lib.hku.hk%2Fhkgro%2Fview%2Fg1912%2F25317.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGovernor+of+Hong+Kong" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gaz191207-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gaz191207_34-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1912/25456.pdf">"No.218 of 1912"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary</i>. 4 July 1912.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hong+Kong+Government+Gazette+Extraordinary&rft.atitle=No.218+of+1912&rft.date=1912-07-04&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsunzi.lib.hku.hk%2Fhkgro%2Fview%2Fg1912%2F25456.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGovernor+of+Hong+Kong" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gaz191207.2-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gaz191207.2_35-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1912/25457.pdf">"No.219 of 1912"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary</i>. 4 July 1912.</cite><span 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title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hong+Kong+Government+Gazette+Extraordinary&rft.atitle=No.346+of+1918&rft.date=1918-09-12&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsunzi.lib.hku.hk%2Fhkgro%2Fview%2Fg1918%2F56394.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGovernor+of+Hong+Kong" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gaz1919-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gaz1919_37-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1919/61549.pdf">"No. 454 of 1919"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary</i>. 30 September 1919.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hong+Kong+Government+Gazette+Extraordinary&rft.atitle=No.+454+of+1919&rft.date=1919-09-30&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsunzi.lib.hku.hk%2Fhkgro%2Fview%2Fg1919%2F61549.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGovernor+of+Hong+Kong" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/h1925/2865.pdf">"Hong Kong Hansard"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 23 November 1925.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Hong+Kong+Hansard&rft.date=1925-11-23&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsunzi.lib.hku.hk%2Fhkgro%2Fview%2Fh1925%2F2865.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGovernor+of+Hong+Kong" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_journal" title="Template:Cite journal">cite journal</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment">Cite journal requires <code class="cs1-code">|journal=</code> (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#missing_periodical" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1925/93844.pdf">"No. 627 of 1925"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Hong Kong Government Gazette</i>. 23 November 1925.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hong+Kong+Government+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+627+of+1925&rft.date=1925-11-23&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsunzi.lib.hku.hk%2Fhkgro%2Fview%2Fg1925%2F93844.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGovernor+of+Hong+Kong" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gaz192511-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gaz192511_40-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1925/93841.pdf">"No. 624 of 1925"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Hong Kong Government 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February 1930.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hong+Kong+Government+Gazette+Extraordinary&rft.atitle=No.+70+of+19305&rft.date=1930-02-01&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsunzi.lib.hku.hk%2Fhkgro%2Fview%2Fg1930%2F571215.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGovernor+of+Hong+Kong" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gaz193005-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gaz193005_42-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1930/571896.pdf">"No. 275 of 1930"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Hong Kong Government Gazette</i>. 9 May 1930.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hong+Kong+Government+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+275+of+1930&rft.date=1930-05-09&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsunzi.lib.hku.hk%2Fhkgro%2Fview%2Fg1930%2F571896.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGovernor+of+Hong+Kong" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gaz193505-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-gaz193505_43-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-gaz193505_43-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1935/217098.pdf">"No. 381 of 1935"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary</i>. 17 May 1935.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hong+Kong+Government+Gazette+Extraordinary&rft.atitle=No.+381+of+1935&rft.date=1935-05-17&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsunzi.lib.hku.hk%2Fhkgro%2Fview%2Fg1935%2F217098.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGovernor+of+Hong+Kong" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gaz193509-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-gaz193509_44-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-gaz193509_44-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1935/218037.pdf">"No. 681 of 1935"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary</i>. 13 September 1935.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hong+Kong+Government+Gazette+Extraordinary&rft.atitle=No.+681+of+1935&rft.date=1935-09-13&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsunzi.lib.hku.hk%2Fhkgro%2Fview%2Fg1935%2F218037.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGovernor+of+Hong+Kong" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gaz193511-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-gaz193511_45-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-gaz193511_45-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1935/218514.pdf">"No. 836 of 1935"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary</i>. 1 November 1935.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hong+Kong+Government+Gazette+Extraordinary&rft.atitle=No.+836+of+1935&rft.date=1935-11-01&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsunzi.lib.hku.hk%2Fhkgro%2Fview%2Fg1935%2F218514.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGovernor+of+Hong+Kong" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gaz193512-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gaz193512_46-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1935/218916.pdf">"No. 966 of 1935"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary</i>. 12 December 1935.</cite><span 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Man">Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Jersey" title="Lieutenant Governor of Jersey">Lieutenant Governor of Jersey</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(HM_Government,_1901-1952).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Royal_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%2C_1901-1952%29.svg/100px-Royal_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%2C_1901-1952%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Royal_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%2C_1901-1952%29.svg/150px-Royal_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%2C_1901-1952%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Governor_of_Pitcairn" title="Governor of Pitcairn">Governor of Pitcairn</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Administrator_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands" title="Administrator of the Pitcairn Islands">Administrator of the Pitcairn Islands</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commissioner_for_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands" title="Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands">Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Saint_Helena" title="Governor of Saint Helena">Governor of Saint Helena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Governor of Tristan da Cunha">Governor of Tristan da Cunha (Administrator of Tristan da Cunha)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title="Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands">Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>former<br />(Africa)</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_British_Mauritius" title="Governor of British Mauritius">Governor of British Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colonial_governors_and_administrators_of_British_Cameroons" class="mw-redirect" title="List of colonial governors and administrators of British Cameroons">Governor of British Cameroons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colonial_governors_of_the_Gambia" title="List of colonial governors of the Gambia">Governor of the Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Gold_Coast" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Gold Coast">Governor of Gold Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Griqualand_West" title="Griqualand West">Lieutenant Governor of Griqualand West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Kenya" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Kenya">Governor of Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Lagos_Colony" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Lagos Colony">Governor of Lagos Colony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_the_Federation_of_Rhodesia_and_Nyasaland" title="Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland">Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Northern_Rhodesia" title="Governor of Northern Rhodesia">Governor of Northern Rhodesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Nyasaland" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Nyasaland">Governor of Nyasaland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Southern_Rhodesia" title="Governor of Southern Rhodesia">Governor of Southern Rhodesia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Nigeria">Governor of Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Senegal" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Senegal">Governor of Senegal</a></li> <li><a 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Tanganyika">Governor of Tanganyika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Uganda" title="List of governors of Uganda">Governor of Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_representatives_in_Zanzibar" title="List of British representatives in Zanzibar">Resident in Zanzibar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>former<br />(Americas)</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_the_Bahamas" title="List of governors of the Bahamas">Governor of the Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Barbados" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Barbados">Governor of Barbados</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Grenada" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Governor of Grenada">Lieutenant Governor of Grenada</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berbice" title="Berbice">Lieutenant-Governor of Berbice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_British_Guiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of British Guiana">Governor of British Guiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_British_Honduras" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of British Honduras">Governor of British Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Cuba" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Cuba">Governor of Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colonial_governors_and_administrators_of_Dominica" title="List of colonial governors and administrators of Dominica">Governor of Dominica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demerara-Essequibo" title="Demerara-Essequibo">Lieutenant-Governor of Demerara-Essequibo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colonial_governors_of_Grenada#British_governors_of_Grenada_(1762–1802)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of colonial governors of Grenada">Governor of Grenada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Jamaica" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Jamaica">Governor of Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_the_Leeward_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of the Leeward Islands">Governor of the Leeward Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_St._Lucia" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of St. Lucia">Governor of St. Lucia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_St._Vincent" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of St. Vincent">Governor of St. Vincent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Trinidad and Tobago">Governor of Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Tobago" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Tobago">Lieutenant governors of Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Trinidad" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Trinidad">Governor of Trinidad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador" class="mw-redirect" title="List of lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador">Governor of Newfoundland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_general_of_Canada" title="List of governors general of Canada">Governor General of Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_British_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of British Columbia">Governor of British Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Brunswick" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of New Brunswick">Governor of New Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Nova_Scotia" title="List of lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia">Governor of Nova-Scotia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Prince_Edward_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Prince Edward Island">Governor of Prince Edward Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Quebec#Lieutenant_Governors_of_the_Province_of_Quebec,_1760–1791" title="List of lieutenant governors of Quebec">Lieutenant Governor of Quebec</a></li> <li><a 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North-Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colonial_governors_of_Pennsylvania" title="List of colonial governors of Pennsylvania">Governor of Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colonial_governors_of_Rhode_Island" title="List of colonial governors of Rhode Island">Governor of Rhode-island and Providence Plantations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colonial_governors_of_South_Carolina" title="List of colonial governors of South Carolina">Governor of South-Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colonial_governors_of_Virginia" title="List of colonial governors of Virginia">Governor of Virginia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>former<br />(Asia)</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_colonial_administrators_of_Aden" title="List of British colonial administrators of Aden">Governor of Aden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colonial_governors_of_Burma" title="List of colonial governors of Burma">Governor of Burma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governors_of_British_Ceylon" title="Governors of British Ceylon">Governor of Ceylon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_High_Commissioners_of_the_United_Kingdom_for_Malaya" class="mw-redirect" title="List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom for Malaya">High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States</a> <ul><li>Senior British representatives in the constituent protected states</li> <li>Senior British representatives in the neighbouring Malayan protected states <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Adviser_to_the_Government_of_Johore" class="mw-redirect" title="General Adviser to the Government of Johore">General Adviser to the Government of Johore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adviser_to_the_Sultan_of_Kedah" class="mw-redirect" title="Adviser to the Sultan of Kedah">Adviser to the Sultan of Kedah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adviser_to_the_Government_of_Kelantan" class="mw-redirect" title="Adviser to the Government of Kelantan">Adviser to the Government of Kelantan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adviser_to_the_Government_of_Perlis" class="mw-redirect" title="Adviser to the Government of Perlis">Adviser to the Government of Perlis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adviser,_Trengganu" class="mw-redirect" title="Adviser, Trengganu">Adviser, Trengganu</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Governor of Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors-general_of_India" title="List of governors-general of India">Viceroy and Governor-General of India</a> <ul><li>Heads of the provinces of British India <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_colonial_administrators_of_Aden" title="List of British colonial administrators of Aden">Governor of Aden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Bengal_Presidency" title="List of governors of Bengal Presidency">Governor of Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Bombay_Presidency" title="List of governors of Bombay Presidency">Governor of Bombay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colonial_Governors_and_Presidents_of_Madras_Presidency" class="mw-redirect" title="List of colonial Governors and Presidents of Madras Presidency">Governor of Madras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commissioners_and_governors_of_Sind_in_British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of commissioners and governors of Sind in British India">Governor of Sindh</a></li></ul></li> <li>Senior British representatives in neighbouring protected states <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Resident_of_Gwalior" class="mw-redirect" title="Resident of Gwalior">Resident of Gwalior</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Iraq#British_High_Commissioners_to_the_Kingdom_of_Iraq" title="Mandatory Iraq">High Commissioner for Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Labuan" title="Governor of Labuan">Governor of Labuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_representatives_in_Muscat_and_Oman" title="List of British representatives in Muscat and Oman">Representative in Muscat and Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Commissioner_for_Malaya" class="mw-redirect" title="High Commissioner for Malaya">High Commissioner for Malaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_the_Malayan_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of the Malayan Union">Governor of the Malayan Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_North_Borneo" title="Governor of North Borneo">Governor of North Borneo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_resident_ministers_in_Nepal" title="List of British resident ministers in Nepal">Resident Minister in Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Commissioners_for_Palestine_and_Transjordan" class="mw-redirect" title="High Commissioners for Palestine and Transjordan">High Commissioners for Palestine and Transjordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Penang" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Penang">Governor of Penang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_representatives_in_the_Raj_of_Sarawak" title="List of British representatives in the Raj of Sarawak">Representative in the Raj of Sarawak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_Sarawak#Administration" title="Crown Colony of Sarawak">Governor of the Crown Colony of Sarawak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Singapore" title="List of governors of Singapore">Governor of Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_representatives_in_the_Trucial_States" title="List of British representatives in the Trucial States">Representative in the Trucial States</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>former<br />(Europe)</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colonial_governors_and_administrators_of_British_Cyprus" title="List of colonial governors and administrators of British Cyprus">Governor of Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heligoland" title="Heligoland">Lieutenant Governor of Heligoland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Commissioner_of_the_Ionian_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands">High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_the_Isle_of_Wight" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of the Isle of Wight">Governor of the Isle of Wight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_civil_commissioners_of_Malta" title="List of civil commissioners of Malta">Civil Commissioner of Malta</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Malta" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Malta">Governor of Malta</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Minorca" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Minorca">Governor of Minorca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Governor of Northern Ireland">Governor of Northern Ireland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>former<br />(Oceania)</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Fiji" title="Governor of Fiji">Governor of Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors-general_of_New_Zealand" title="List of governors-general of New Zealand">Governor-General of New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Governor-General of Papua New Guinea">Governor-General of Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_resident_commissioners_and_governors_of_the_Solomon_Islands" title="List of resident commissioners and governors of the Solomon Islands">Governor of the Solomon Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_consuls_in_Tonga" title="List of British consuls in Tonga">Consul in Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Commissioner_for_the_Western_Pacific" title="High Commissioner for the Western Pacific">High Commissioner for the Western Pacific</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="former(Australia)" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>former<br />(Australia)</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors-general_of_Australia" title="List of governors-general of Australia">Governor-General of Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_Resident_of_Central_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Government Resident of Central Australia">Government Resident of Central Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_South_Wales" title="Governor of New South Wales">Governor of New South Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_Resident_of_North_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Government Resident of North Australia">Government Resident of North Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Queensland" title="Governor of Queensland">Governor of Queensland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_South_Australia" title="Governor of South Australia">Governor of South Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Tasmania" title="Governor of Tasmania">Governor of Tasmania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Victoria" title="Governor of Victoria">Governor of Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Western_Australia" title="Governor of Western Australia">Governor of Western Australia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_the_Swan_River_Colony" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Governor of the Swan River Colony">Lieutenant Governor of the Swan River Colony</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><td 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County</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Hong_Kong" title="British Hong Kong">British colony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Hong_Kong_(1800s%E2%80%931930s)" title="History of Hong Kong (1800s–1930s)">1800s–1930s</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_during_World_War_I" title="Hong Kong during World War I">WWI</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hong_Kong" title="Battle of Hong Kong">Battle of Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Hong_Kong" title="Japanese occupation of Hong Kong">Japanese occupation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950s_in_Hong_Kong" title="1950s in Hong Kong">1950s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960s_in_Hong_Kong" title="1960s in Hong Kong">1960s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970s_in_Hong_Kong" title="1970s in Hong Kong">1970s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980s_in_Hong_Kong" title="1980s in Hong Kong">1980s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990s_in_Hong_Kong" title="1990s in Hong Kong">1990s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handover_of_Hong_Kong" title="Handover of Hong Kong">Handover of Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000s_in_Hong_Kong" title="2000s in Hong Kong">2000s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010s_in_Hong_Kong" title="2010s in Hong Kong">2010s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020s_in_Hong_Kong" title="2020s in Hong Kong">2020s</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Hong_Kong" title="Geography of Hong Kong">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Hong_Kong" title="Districts of Hong Kong">Administrative divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_pollution_in_Hong_Kong" title="Air pollution in Hong Kong">Air pollution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Hong_Kong" title="List of places in Hong Kong">Areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bays_in_Hong_Kong" title="List of bays in Hong Kong">Bays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaches_of_Hong_Kong" title="Beaches of Hong Kong">Beaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_buildings_and_structures_in_Hong_Kong" title="List of buildings and structures in Hong Kong">Buildings and structures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_channels_in_Hong_Kong" title="List of channels in Hong Kong">Channels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_in_Hong_Kong" title="List of towns in Hong Kong">Cities and towns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservation_in_Hong_Kong" title="Conservation in Hong Kong">Country parks and conservation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environment_of_Hong_Kong" title="Environment of Hong Kong">Ecology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_reclamation_in_Hong_Kong" title="Land reclamation in Hong Kong">Land reclamation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_harbours_in_Hong_Kong" title="List of harbours in Hong Kong">Harbours</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_and_peninsulas_of_Hong_Kong" title="List of islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong">Islands and peninsulas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="List of lakes of Hong Kong">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_parks_in_Hong_Kong" title="Marine parks in Hong Kong">Marine parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains,_peaks_and_hills_in_Hong_Kong" title="List of mountains, peaks and hills in Hong Kong">Mountains and peaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_urban_public_parks_and_gardens_in_Hong_Kong" title="List of urban public parks and gardens in Hong Kong">Public parks and gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_reservoirs_of_Hong_Kong" title="List of reservoirs of Hong Kong">Reservoirs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_and_nullahs_in_Hong_Kong" title="List of rivers and nullahs in Hong Kong">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_villages_in_Hong_Kong" title="List of villages in Hong Kong">Villages</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Hong_Kong" title="Politics of Hong Kong">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/March_of_the_Volunteers" title="March of the Volunteers">National anthem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Basic_Law" title="Hong Kong Basic Law">Basic Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Executive_of_Hong_Kong" title="Chief Executive of Hong Kong">Chief Executive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Hong_Kong" title="Districts of Hong Kong">Districts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Hong_Kong" title="Elections in Hong Kong">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emblem_of_Hong_Kong" title="Emblem of Hong Kong">Emblem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Hong_Kong" title="Flag of Hong Kong">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Hong_Kong" title="Foreign relations of Hong Kong">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Hong_Kong" title="Government of Hong Kong">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_independence" title="Hong Kong independence">Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Hong_Kong" title="Judiciary of Hong Kong">Judiciary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Hong_Kong" title="Law of Hong Kong">Legal system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Council_of_Hong_Kong" title="Legislative Council of Hong Kong">Legislative Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Hong_Kong" title="LGBT rights in Hong Kong">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_Hong_Kong_Garrison" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_country,_two_systems" title="One country, two systems">One country, two systems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Hong_Kong" title="List of political parties in Hong Kong">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_protests" class="mw-redirect" title="Hong Kong protests">Protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sino-British_Joint_Declaration" title="Sino-British Joint Declaration">Sino-British Joint Declaration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_administrative_regions_of_China" title="Special administrative regions of China">Special administrative regions of China</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Civil_Service" title="Hong Kong Civil Service">Public services</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Hong_Kong" title="Education in Hong Kong">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Fire_Services_Department" title="Hong Kong Fire Services Department">Fire services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Food_and_Health_Bureau" title="Food and Health Bureau">Food and Health Bureau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_in_Hong_Kong" title="Health in Hong Kong">Healthcare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Police_Force" title="Hong Kong Police Force">Police</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Hong_Kong" title="Economy of Hong Kong">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_banks_in_Hong_Kong" title="List of banks in Hong Kong">Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_Hong_Kong" title="List of companies of Hong Kong">Companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_dollar" title="Hong Kong dollar">Dollar <span style="font-size:85%;">(currency)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Employment_in_Hong_Kong" title="Employment in Hong Kong">Employment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawkers_in_Hong_Kong" title="Hawkers in Hong Kong">Hawkers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_of_Hong_Kong" title="Port of Hong Kong">Port</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Stock_Exchange" title="Hong Kong Stock Exchange">Stock Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communications_in_Hong_Kong" title="Communications in Hong Kong">Communications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_(business)" title="Hong (business)">The Hongs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Hong_Kong" title="Tourism in Hong Kong">Tourism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Transport_of_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Transport of Hong Kong">Transport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airlines_of_Hong_Kong" title="List of airlines of Hong Kong">Airlines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_International_Airport" title="Hong Kong International Airport">Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bus_services_in_Hong_Kong" title="Bus services in Hong Kong">Buses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cycling_in_Hong_Kong" title="Cycling in Hong Kong">Cycling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Hong_Kong#Ferries" title="Transport in Hong Kong">Ferries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_streets_and_roads_in_Hong_Kong" title="List of streets and roads in Hong Kong">List of roads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Hong_Kong" title="Rail transport in Hong Kong">Rail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxicabs_of_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Taxicabs of Hong Kong">Taxis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Hong_Kong" title="Crime in Hong Kong">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prostitution_in_Hong_Kong" title="Prostitution 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