Hong Kong


1841-1997

YEAR DATE EVENT GENERAL GOVERNOR
1841 26 january UK Colony Charles Elliot
1841 22 august Sir Henry Eldred Pottinger
1844 8 may Sir John Francis Davis
1848 18 march Sir Samuel George Bonham
1854 13 april Sir John Bowring
1859 5 may W. Caine
1859 9 september Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson
1865 15 march William T. Mercer
1866 11 march Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell
1872 16 april Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy
1877 22 april Sir John Pope Hennessy
1882 7 march Sir William H. Marsh (I)
1883 30 march Sir George Ferguson Bowen
1885 december Sir William H. Marsh (II)
1887 may William Gordon Cameron
1887 6 october Sir George William Des Voeux
1891 may Digby Barker
1891 10 december Sir William Robinson
1898 february W. Black
1898 25 november Sir Henry Arthur Blake
1903 29 november Francis Henry May (I)
1904 29 july Sir Matthew Nathan
1907 29 july Sir Frederick John Dealtry Lugard
1912 24 july Francis Henry May (II)
1919 30 september Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs
1925 1 november Sir Cecil Clementi
1930 9 may Sir William Peel
1935 12 december Sir Andrew Caldecott
1937 28 october Sir Geoffrey Alexander Stafford Northcote
1940 may Edward Felix Norton
1941 10 september Sir Mark Aitchinson Young (I)
1941 25 december Japan occupation Takashi Sakai
1942 20 february Rensuke Isogai
1944 20 february Hisaichi Tanaka
1945 16 august UK colony Sir Mark Aitchinson Young (II)
1947 25 july Sir Alexander William Grantham
1958 23 january Sir Robert Brown Black
1964 14 april Sir David Clive Crosbie Trench
1971 19 november Sir Murray MacLehose
1982 20 may Sir Edward Youde
1986 4 december David Akers-Jones
1987 9 november Sir David Wilson
1992 9 july Christopher "Chris" Patten

1997-

YEAR DATE EVENT GENERAL GOVERNOR
1997 1 july Special Administrative Region of China Tung Chee Hwa
2017 1 july Carrie Lam


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