List of heads of Hong Kong by education
Below is the list of leaders of Hong Kong by university education. There has been a total of 60 heads, as administrators, governors, and now chief executives. 52 of them ruled under the United Kingdom, 4 for Empire of Japan, and 4 so far for People's Republic of China.
By education, 15 have never attended university or professional training, whilst an additional 15 had gone through military training without ever attended university. Among the 46 university graduates, 12 read at University of Oxford (of which 5 were members of Balliol College, Oxford), 6 went to University of Cambridge, 3 were students at Trinity College, Dublin, 2 studied at School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1 each at Yale University, University of Edinburgh, University of Liverpool, University of Michigan, University of Hong Kong, University of Bath, University of Adelaide, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, University College Cork, Queen's University of Ireland, University of the West of England, University of Toronto, University of Groningen, and Harvard University.
A sum of 6 attended a military college, with 3 at Royal Military College, Sandhurst. In addition, 4 were trained as lawyers with 2 at Lincoln's Inn.
List of leaders of the Hong Kong by Education
Administrators, Governors, Chief Executives | Title | Term of office | University | Professional Training |
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Charles Elliot KCB | SirAdministrator | 1841-1841 | Royal Navy | |
Alexander Robert Johnston FRS | Acting Administrator | 1841-1842 | ||
Henry Pottinger Bt GCB PC | Lit Gen The Rt Hon SirGovernor | 1841-1843 | ||
John Francis Davis Bt KCB FRS | HE SirAdministrator | 1844-1848 | University of Oxford | |
William Staveley CB | Lit GenGovernor | 1848-1848 | British Army | |
George Bonham Bt KCB | HE SirGovernor | 1848-1854 | ||
John Bowring KCB FRS FRGS | HE SirGovernor | 1854-1859 | University of Groningen | |
William Caine | Lit ColAdministrator | 1859-1859 | British Army | |
Hercules Robinson GCMG PC | HE The Rt Hon The Lord CaptGovernor | 1859-1965 | Royal Military College, Sandhurst | |
William Thomas Mercer | Administrator | 1865-1866 | ||
Richard Graves MacDonnell Esq KCMG CB | HE SirGovernor | 1866-1872 | Trinity College, Dublin | Lincoln's Inn |
Henry Wase Whitfield | Lit GenGovernor | 1872-1872 | British Army | |
Arthur Kennedy GCMG CB | HE SirAdministrator | 1872-1877 | Trinity College, Dublin | British Army |
John Gardiner Austin CMG | HEAdministrator | 1877-1877 | ||
John Pope Hennessy Esq KCMG | HE SirGovernor | 1877-1882 | University College Cork. Queen's University of Ireland | Inner Temple |
Malcolm Struan Tonnochy | Administrator | 1882-1882 | ||
William Henry Marsh KCMG | SirAdministrator | 1882-1883, 1885-1887 | ||
George Bowen GCMG PC | HE The Rt Hon SirGovernor | 1883-1885 | University of Oxford (Trinity) | Lincoln's Inn |
William Gordon Cameron GCB | Gen SirAdministrator | 1887-1887 | British Army | |
William Des Vœux Esq GCMG | HE SirGovernor | 1887-1891 | University of Oxford (Balliol) | University of Toronto |
George Digby Barker GCB | Gen SirAdministrator | 1891-1891 | British Army | |
William Robinson GCMG | HE SirGovernor | 1891-1898 | ||
Wilsone Black KCB | Maj Gen SirAdministrator | 1898-1898 | British Army | |
Henry Arthur Blake GCMG DL JP FRGS FRCI FIoD | HE SirGovernor-General | 1898-1903 | ||
Francis Henry May GCMG JP | HE SirGovernor | 1903-1904, 1907, 1907, 1912-1918 | Trinity College, Dublin | |
Matthew Nathan GCMG DL PC | HE Lit Col The Rt Hon SirGovernor | 1904-1907 | Royal Military Academy | |
Frederick Lugard GCMG CB DSO PC | HE The Rt Hon The LordGovernor | 1907-1912 | Royal Military College, Sandhurst | |
Claud Severn KBE CMG | SirAdministrator | 1912-1912, 1925-1925 | University of Adelaide, University of Cambridge | |
Reginald Edward Stubbs GCMG | HE SirGovernor | 1919-1925 | University of Oxford (Corpus Christi) | |
Cecil Clementi GCMG KStJ FRGS | HE SirGovernor | 1925-1939 | University of Oxford (Magdalen) | |
Thomas Southorn KCMG KBE | HE SirAdministrator | 1930-1930, 1935-1935 | ||
William Peel KCMG KBE | HE SirGovernor | 1930-1935 | University of Cambridge | |
Norman Lockhart Smith | Administrator | 1935-1935, 1937-1937, 1941-1941 | ||
Andrew Caldecott GCMG CBE KStJ FRAS FRSA | HE SirGovernor | 1935-1937 | University of Oxford (Exeter) | |
Geoffry Northcote KCMG KStJ | HE SirGovernor | 1937-1941 | University of Oxford (Balliol) | |
Mark Aitchison Young GCMG | HE SirGovernor | 1941-1941, 1946-1947 | University of Cambridge | |
Takashi Sakai | HE Lit GenAdministrator | 1941-1942 | Imperial Japanese Army | |
Masaichi Niimi | HE Vice-AdmiralAdministrator | 1941-1942 | Imperial Japanese Army | |
Rensuke Isogai | HE GenGovernor | 1942-1944 | Army War College (Japan) | |
Hisakazu Tanaka | HE GenGovernor | 1945-1945 | Army Staff College | |
Franklin Gimson KCMG KStJ | HE SirProvisional Governor | 1945-1945 | University of Oxford (Balliol) | |
Cecil Harcourt GBE KCB | Admiral SirAdministrator of Military Administration | 1945-1946 | Britannia Royal Naval College[1] | |
David Mercer MacDougall | Administrator | 1947-1947 | ||
Alexander Grantham GCMG | HE SirGovernor | 1947-1957 | University of Cambridge | Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Imperial Defence College |
Edgeworth Beresford David | Administrator | 1957-1958 | ||
Robert Black GCMG OBE | HE SirGovernor | 1958-1964 | University of Edinburgh | |
Edmund Brinsley Teesdale | Administrator | 1964-1964 | ||
David Trench GCMG MC DL | HE SirGovernor | 1964-1971 | University of Cambridge | |
Hugh Norman-Walker KCMG OBE KStJ JP | SirAdministrator | 1971-1971 | University of Cambridge | |
Murray MacLehose KT GBE KCMG KCVO DL | HE The Rt Hon The LordGovernor | 1971-1982 | University of Oxford (Balliol) | |
Jack Cater KBE JP | SirActing Governor | 1978-1981 | University of Bath | |
Philip Haddon-Cave KBE CMG | SirAdministrator | 1982-1982 | ||
Edward Youde GCMG GCVO MBE | HE SirGovernor | 1982-1986 | School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London | |
David Akers-Jones KBE CMG JP | SirActing Governor | 1986-1987 | University of Oxford (Brasenose), University of Kent | |
David Wilson KT GCMG PC FRSE | HE The Rt Hon The LordGovernor | 1987-1992 | University of Oxford (Keble), School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London | University of Hong Kong |
Chris Patten CH PC | HE The Rt Hon The LordGovernor | 1992-1997 | University of Oxford (Balliol) | |
Tung Chee-hwa GBM | Dr The HonChief Executive | 1997-2005 | University of Liverpool | |
Donald Tsang GMB KBE | The Hon SirChief Executive | 2005-2012 | Harvard University | |
Henry Tang GBM GBS JP | The HonActing Chief Executive | 2005-2005 | Yale University, University of Michigan | |
Leung Chun-ying GBM GBS JP | Dr The HonChief Executive | 2012-2016 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University, University of the West of England | |
References
- ↑ Shea, John (1960). "In memoriam Admiral Sir Cecil Harcourt, G.B.E., K.C.B.". Journal of The Royal Central Asian Society. 47 (1): 3–4. Retrieved 12 September 2016.