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March 8, 2014


		1 Introduction 2 Residences of the governors 3 List 4 See also

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Governor of Hong Kong

Wikipedia

The Governor of Hong Kong was a United Kingdom|British official who ruled Hong Kong during the colonialism|colonial period between 1841 and 1997 and was ex officio Commander-in-Chief and Vice-Admiral of Hong Kong.
Image:Hong_kong_british_governor_flag.png|framed|Governor of Hong Kong's Flag, 1959-1997

Upon the reunification of Hong Kong with the People's Republic of China in 1997, this office was replaced by the Chief Executive of Hong Kong.

The Governor, appointed by the British monarchy|British monarch, maintained executive power in Hong Kong throughout British rule, and with the exception of a brief experiment after World War II, there was no serious attempt was being made to introduce representative government, until the final years prior to the reunification. The Governor appointed most, if not all, of the members of the colony's legislature the Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council (known colloquially as LegCo) until the first direct elections of LegCo in 1991, and all members of the Executive Council of Hong Kong|Executive Council (ExCo), effectively the cabinet of the colonial government. Initially both Councils were dominated by British expatriates, although this gave way to more local Hong Kong Chinese appointees in later years. Most recent governors of Hong Kong were professional diplomats, but the last Governor, Chris Patten, was a career politician.

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Residences of the governors

The first governor, Sir Henry Pottinger resided in the Former French Mission Building from 1843 to 1846. The building is now housing the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal. His successor, John Francis Davis also lived there for a while, before moving to Caine road.

From the 4th governor (Sir John Bowring) until the last one (Chris Patten), governors resided at the Government House, Hong Kong|Government House.

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List

Hong Kong had 28 governors, and 9 administrators (whose names are further indented in the following list).

Term	from	to	Governor	Administrator
	January 1841	August 1841		Charles Elliot
	August 1841	June 1843		Sir Henry Pottinger
1	June 1843	May 1844	Sir Henry Pottinger
2	May 1844	March 1848	Sir John Francis Davis
3	March 1848	April 1854	Sir Samuel George Bonham
4	April 1854	May 1859	Sir John Bowring
5	September 1859	March 1865	Lord Hercules George Robert Robinson
	March 1865	March 1866		Wiliam T. Mercer
6	March 1866	April 1872	Sir Richard Graves Macdonell
7	April 1872	March 1877	Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy
8	April 1877	March 1882	Sir John Pope Hennessy
	March 1882	March 1883		Sir William H. Marsh
9	March 1883	December 1885	Sir George Ferguson Bowen
	December 1885	April 1887		Sir William H. Marsh
	April 1887	October 1887		Major-General N.G. Cameron
10	October 1887	May 1891	Sir George William Des Voeux
	May 1891	December 1891		Major-General Digby Barker
11	December 1891	January 1898	Sir Sir William Robinson\|William Robinson
	February 1898	November 1898		Major-General W. Black
12	November 1898	July 1903	Sir Henry Arthur Blake
	November 1903	July 1904		Sir Francis H. May
13	July 1904	April 1907	Sir Matthew Nathan
14	July 1907	March 1912	Lord Frederick Lugard
15	July 1912	February 1919	Sir Francis Henry May
16	September 1919	October 1925	Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs
17	November 1925	February 1930	Sir Cecil Clementi
18	May 1930	May 1935	Sir William Peel
19	December 1935	April 1937	Sir Andrew Caldecott
20	November 1937	May 1940	Sir Geoffry Alexander Stafford Northcote
21	September 1941	Dec 1941	Sir Mark Aitchison Young
colspan="5" align="center"\|interrupted by Japanese invasion and occupation of Hong Kong
21	May 1946	May 1947	Sir Mark Aitchison Young
22	July 1947	December 1957	Sir Alexander William George Herder Grantham
23	January 1958	March 1964	Sir Robert Brown Black
24	April 1964	October 1971	Sir David Clive Crosbie Trench
25	November 1971	May 1982	Lord MacLehose of Beoch
26	May 1982	December 1986	Sir Edward Youde (died in office)	succeeded by Sir David Akers-Jones as Acting Governor
27	April 1987	July 1992	Lord Wilson of Tillyorn
28	July 1992	June 1997	Chris Patten\|Lord Patten of Barnes

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