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Governor of Hong Kong

1843–1997 British Crown representative

Summary

1843–1997 British Crown representative

Field	Value
post	Governor
body	Hong Kong
insignia	Coat of arms of Hong Kong (1959–1997).svg
insigniasize	100px
insigniacaption	Coat of arms of Hong Kong (1959–1997)
flag	Flag of the Governor of Hong Kong (1959–1997).svg
flagsize	125px
flagcaption	Flag of the governor of Hong Kong (1959–1997)
image	Official photo of Christopher Patten (cropped).jpg
imagesize	200px
imagecaption	Last in office
Chris Patten
9 July 1992 – 30 June 1997
style	His Excellency
residence	Government House, Hong Kong
appointer	Monarch of the United Kingdom
formation
first	Sir Henry Pottinger
last	Chris Patten
abolished
salary	HK$3,036,000 annually (1997)
termlength	During Her Majesty's pleasure (typically 5 years)
termlength_qualified	Renewable

Chris Patten 9 July 1992 – 30 June 1997

The governor of Hong Kong was the representative of the British Crown in Hong Kong from 1843 to 1997. In this capacity, the governor was president of the Executive Council and commander-in-chief of the British Forces Overseas Hong Kong. The governor's roles were defined in the Hong Kong Letters Patent and Royal Instructions. Upon the end of British rule and the handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997, most of the civil functions of this office went to the chief executive of Hong Kong, and military functions went to the commander of the People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison.

Powers and functions

]]}} Authorities and duties of the governor were defined in the Hong Kong Letters Patent and Royal Instructions in 1843. The governor, appointed by the British monarch (on the advice of the Foreign Secretary), exercised the executive branch of the government of Hong Kong throughout British sovereignty and, with the exception of a brief experiment after World War II, no serious attempt was made to introduce representative government, until the final years of British rule.

The governor of Hong Kong chaired the colonial cabinet, the Executive Council (ExCo), and, until 1993, was also the president of the Legislative Council. 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 Hong Kong Chinese appointees in later years. Historically, the governors of Hong Kong were either professional diplomats or senior colonial officials, except for the last governor, Chris Patten, who was a career politician. In December 1996, the governor's salary was HK$3,036,000 per annum, tax-free. It was fixed at 125% of the chief secretary's salary.

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 Colonial Office or British military. One Royal Navy Vice Admiral served as administrator after World War II. Four Japanese military officers (three Army officers and one naval vice admiral) served as administrators during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in World War II.

Entitlements and benefits

Transport

The governor of Hong Kong used a Daimler DS420 for day to day transport and a Rolls-Royce Phantom V landaulet for ceremonial occasions. Both vehicles were removed by the Royal Navy immediately following the handover to China on 1 July 1997.

Residences

Government House]] was the official residence of the governor from 1855 to 1997.

The first governor, Sir Henry Pottinger, 1st Bt., resided at the site of the now Former French Mission Building 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 Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal. His successor, Sir John Davis, 1st Bt., also lived there before moving to Caine Road.
Since the 4th governor, Sir John Bowring, the governors resided at Government House, excluding the period from 1941 to 1946.
From 1941 to 1945 the Commandant of Japanese Forces as Military Governor of Hong Kong occupied Flagstaff House as their residence. The residence was returned to the Commander of British Forces following the end of World War II.

List of governors

British administrators and governors (1841–1941)

No.	Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Term of office	Origin	Background	Ref	Took office	Left office	Duration
	[[File:Charles Elliot.png	100px]]	Sir Charles Elliot
義律
(1801–1875)
Administrator	26 January 1841	12 August 1841		Dresden, Saxony	Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China	Endacott, G. B.]] (2005) [1962]. A Biographical Sketch-book of Early Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. pp. 56–58. .
	[[File:Alexander Robert Campbell Johnston.jpg	100px]]	Alexander Robert Johnston
莊士敦
(1812–1888)
Acting Administrator	22 June 1841	1 February 1842		Colombo, Ceylon	Deputy Superintendent of British Trade in China
13 June 1842	2 December 1842
	[[File:HenryPottinger.jpg	100px]]	Sir Henry Pottinger
砵甸乍
(1789–1856)
Administrator	12 August 1841	26 June 1843		Ballymacarrett, Ireland	Lieutenant-General, East India Company	Norton-Kyshe, James William]] (1898). The History of the Laws and Courts of Hong Kong. Volume 1. London: T. Fisher Unwin. p. 10.
1	[[File:HenryPottinger.jpg	100px]]	Sir Henry Pottinger
砵甸乍
(1789–1856)	26 June 1843	8 May 1844		Ballymacarrett, Ireland	Lieutenant-General	title=Proclamation	journal=The Friends of China Hong Kong Gazette Government Extraordinary	date=30 June 1853	url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1843/728535.pdf	archive-date=9 July 2022	access-date=26 June 2018	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709155231/http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1843/728535.pdf	url-status=live}}
2	[[File:Tcitp d073 John Francis Davis Bart.jpg	100px]]	Sir John Francis Davis
戴維斯
(1795–1890)	8 May 1844	21 March 1848		London, England	Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China	title=Notice	journal=The Friends of China Hong Kong Gazette Government	date=11 May 1844	url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1844/728603.pdf#page=2	archive-date=18 February 2022	access-date=26 June 2018	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218121403/http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1844/728603.pdf#page=2	url-status=live}}
3	[[File:Sir Samuel George Bonham.jpg	100px]]	Sir George Bonham
文咸
(1803–1863)	21 March 1848	13 April 1854		London, England	East India Company	title=Government Notifications	journal=The Friends of China Hong Kong Gazette	date=25 March 1854	url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1848/729023.pdf#page=2	archive-date=15 July 2023	access-date=26 June 2018	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715133731/https://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1848/729023.pdf#page=2	url-status=live}}
4	[[File:Sir John Bowring by John King.jpg	100px]]	Sir John Bowring
寶靈
(1792–1872)	13 April 1854	2 May 1859		Exeter, England	Member of Parliament (MP)	title=Government Notification	journal=The Hong Kong Government Gazette	date=13 April 1854	url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1854/727536.pdf	archive-date=15 July 2023	access-date=26 June 2018	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715133236/https://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1854/727536.pdf	url-status=live}}
	[[File:Captain William Caine.jpg	100px]]	William Caine
堅
(1799–1871)
Acting Governor	2 May 1859	9 September 1859		Maynooth, Ireland	Colonial Secretary	title=Government Notification No. 46	journal=The Hong Kong Government Gazette	date=2 May 1859	url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1859/723750.pdf	archive-date=26 June 2018	access-date=26 June 2018	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626083117/http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1859/723750.pdf	url-status=live}}
5	[[File:LordRosmead.jpg	100px]]	Sir Hercules Robinson
羅士敏
(1824–1897)	9 September 1859	15 March 1865		Westmeath, Ireland	Colonial administrator	title=Government Notification No. 77 of 1859	journal=The Hong Kong Government Gazette	date=9 September 1859	url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1859/722451.pdf	archive-date=26 June 2018	access-date=26 June 2018	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626082957/http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1859/722451.pdf	url-status=live}}
	[[File:William Thomas MERCER.jpg	100px]]	William Thomas Mercer
孖沙
(1821–1879)
Acting Governor	15 March 1865	12 March 1866		London, England	Colonial Secretary
6	[[File:Sir R. G. MacDonnell (Cropped).png	100px]]	Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell
麥當奴
(1814–1881)	12 March 1866	11 April 1872		Dublin, Ireland	Colonial administrator
		Henry Wase Whitfield
威非路
(1814–1877)
Lieutenant-Governor	11 April 1872	16 April 1872		England	Commander and lieutenant governor
7	[[File:ArthurEdwardKennedy.jpg	100px]]	Sir Arthur Kennedy
堅尼地
(1809–1883)	16 April 1872	1 March 1877		County Down, Ireland	Colonial administrator	title=Government Notification No. 80 of 1872	journal=The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary	date=16 April 1872	url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1872/699797.pdf	archive-date=18 February 2022	access-date=26 June 2018	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218115851/http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1872/699797.pdf	url-status=live}}
	[[File:John Gardiner Austin.jpg	100px]]	John Gardiner Austin
柯士甸
(1811–1900)
Administrator	1 March 1877	23 April 1877		Lowlands Plantation, Demerara	Colonial administrator
8	[[File:Portrait of John Pope Hennessy (cropped).jpg	100px]]	Sir John Pope Hennessy
軒尼詩
(1834–1891)	23 April 1877	7 March 1882		County Cork, Ireland	Colonial administrator	title=Government Notification No. 103 of 1877	journal=The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary	date=23 April 1877	url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1877/690325.pdf	archive-date=15 July 2023	access-date=26 June 2018	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715133215/https://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1877/690325.pdf	url-status=live}}
		Malcolm Struan Tonnochy
杜老誌
(1841–1882)
Administrator	7 March 1882	28 March 1882		Uttar Pradesh, Bengal, India	Colonial administrator
		Sir William Henry Marsh
馬師
(1827–1906)
Administrator	28 March 1882	30 March 1883		England	Colonial administrator	title=Government Notification No. 147 of 1882	journal=The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary	date=28 March 1882	url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1882/678385.pdf	archive-date=26 June 2018	access-date=26 June 2018	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626083131/http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1882/678385.pdf	url-status=live}}
9	[[File:George Bowen b.jpg	100px]]	Sir George Bowen
寶雲
(1821–1899)	30 March 1883	21 December 1885		County Donegal, Ireland	Colonial administrator	title=Government Notification No. 118 of 1883	journal=The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary	date=31 March 1883	url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1883/675535.pdf	archive-date=26 June 2018	access-date=26 June 2018	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626083230/http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1883/675535.pdf	url-status=live}}
		Sir William Henry Marsh
馬殊
(1827–1906)
Officer Administrating the Government	21 December 1885	25 April 1887		England	Colonial administrator	title=Government Notification No. 198 of 1885	journal=The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary	date=21 December 1885	url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1885/672103.pdf	archive-date=26 June 2018	access-date=26 June 2018	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626083021/http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1885/672103.pdf	url-status=live}}
	[[File:William Gordon Cameron.jpg	100px]]	William Gordon Cameron
金馬倫
(1827–1913)
Officer Administering the Government	25 April 1887	6 October 1887		France	Commander and lieutenant governor, British Army	title=Government Notification No. 165 of 1887	journal=The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary	date=25 April 1887	url=https://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1887/664042.pdf	archive-date=21 June 2024	access-date=26 July 2021	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621154317/http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1887/664042.pdf	url-status=live}}
10	[[File:Sir G. William Des Voeux (cropped).jpg	100px]]	Sir William Des Vœux
德輔
(1834–1909)	6 October 1887	7 May 1891		Baden-Baden, German Confederation	Colonial administrator	title=Government Notification No. 403 of 1887	journal=The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary	date=6 October 1887	url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1887/665389.pdf	archive-date=26 June 2018	access-date=26 June 2018	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626110842/http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1887/665389.pdf	url-status=live}}
	[[File:Sir George Digby BARKER (1833-1914) photo in 1906 Suffolk Leaders (cropped).jpg	100px]]	Sir George Digby Barker
白加
(1833–1914)
Officer Administering the Government	7 May 1891	10 December 1891		Clare, England	Commander and lieutenant governor, British Army	title=Government Notification No. 215 of 1891	journal=The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary	date=7 May 1891	url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1891/652807.pdf}}
11	[[File:Sir William Robinson.jpg	100px]]	Sir William Robinson
羅便臣
(1836–1912)	10 December 1891	1 February 1898		Wetherden, England	Colonial administrator	title=Government Notification No. 515 of 1891	journal=The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary	date=10 December 1891	url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1891/654352.pdf}}
		Sir Wilsone Black
布力
(1837–1909)
Officer Administering the Government	1 February 1898	25 November 1898		Glasgow, Scotland	Commander and lieutenant governor
12	[[File:Henry Arthur Blake.jpg	100px]]	Sir Henry Arthur Blake
卜力
(1840–1918)	25 November 1898	21 November 1903		Limerick, Ireland	Colonial administrator	title=Government Notification No. 528 of 1898	journal=The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary	date=25 November 1898	url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1898/634546.pdf	archive-date=15 July 2023	access-date=26 June 2018	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715133743/https://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1898/634546.pdf	url-status=live}}
	[[File:Francis Henry May.png	100px]]	Sir Francis Henry May
梅含理
(1860–1922)
Officer Administering the Government	21 November 1903	29 July 1904		Dublin, Ireland	Colonial Secretary
13	[[File:Sir Matthew Nathan.jpg	100px]]	Sir Matthew Nathan
彌敦
(1862–1939)	29 July 1904	20 April 1907		London, England	Colonial administrator	title=No.518 of 1904	journal=The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary	date=29 July 1904	url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1904/487273.pdf	archive-date=15 July 2023	access-date=26 June 2018	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715133221/https://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1904/487273.pdf	url-status=live }}
	[[File:Francis Henry May.png	100px]]	Sir Francis Henry May
梅含理
(1860–1922)
Officer Administering the Government	20 April 1907	29 July 1907		Dublin, Ireland	Colonial Secretary
14	[[File:Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard (1894, cropped).jpg	100px]]	Sir Frederick Lugard
盧吉
(1858–1945)	29 July 1907	16 March 1912		Madras, India	Colonial administrator	title=No.81 of 1912	journal=The Hong Kong Government Gazette	date=16 March 1912	url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1912/25317.pdf	archive-date=15 July 2023	access-date=26 June 2018	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715133349/https://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1912/25317.pdf	url-status=live }}
	[[File:Sir Claud Severn.jpg	100px]]	Claud Severn
施勳
(1869–1933)
Officer Administering the Government	16 March 1912	4 July 1912		Adelaide, South Australia	Colonial administrator
15	[[File:Francis Henry May.png	100px]]	Sir Francis Henry May
梅含理
(1860–1922)	4 July 1912	12 September 1918		Dublin, Ireland	Colonial Secretary	title=No.218 of 1912	journal=The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary	date=4 July 1912	url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1912/25456.pdf}}
	[[File:Sir Claud Severn.jpg	100px]]	Claud Severn
施勳
(1869–1933)
Officer Administering the Government	12 September 1918	30 September 1919		Adelaide, South Australia	Colonial administrator
16	[[File:SirReginaldStubbs.jpg	100px]]	Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs
司徒拔
(1876–1947)	30 September 1919	31 October 1925		Oxford, England	Colonial administrator	title=No. 454 of 1919	journal=The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary	date=30 September 1919	url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1919/61549.pdf	archive-date=25 June 2018	access-date=25 June 2018	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625213954/http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1919/61549.pdf	url-status=live }}
17	[[File:SIRCECILCLEMENTIHKU.jpg	100px]]	Sir Cecil Clementi
金文泰
(1875–1947)	1 November 1925	1 February 1930		Cawnpore, India	Colonial administrator	title=No. 624 of 1925	journal=The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary	date=1 November 1925	url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1925/93841.pdf	archive-date=25 June 2018	access-date=25 June 2018	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625213943/http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1925/93841.pdf	url-status=live }}
	[[File:Sir Thomas Southorn.jpg	100px]]	Thomas Southorn
修頓
(1879–1957)
Officer Administering the Government	1 February 1930	9 May 1930		Durham, England	Colonial Secretary
18	[[File:SirWilliamPeel HK.jpg	100px]]	Sir William Peel
貝璐
(1875–1945)	9 May 1930	17 May 1935		Hexham, England	Colonial administrator	title=No. 275 of 1930	journal=The Hong Kong Government Gazette	date=9 May 1930	url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1930/571896.pdf	archive-date=15 July 2023	access-date=25 June 2018	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715133407/https://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1930/571896.pdf	url-status=live}}
	[[File:Sir Thomas Southorn.jpg	100px]]	Thomas Southorn
修頓
(1879–1957)
Officer Administering the Government	17 May 1935	13 September 1935		Leamington Spa, England	Colonial Secretary	title=No. 681 of 1935	journal=The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary	date=13 September 1935	url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1935/218037.pdf	archive-date=25 June 2018	access-date=25 June 2018	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625213505/http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1935/218037.pdf	url-status=live}}
	[[File:Norman Lockhart Smith.jpg	100px]]	Norman Lockhart Smith
史美
(1887–1968)
Officer Administering the Government	13 September 1935	1 November 1935		Durham, England	Colonial administrator	title=No. 836 of 1935	journal=The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary	date=1 November 1935	url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1935/218514.pdf	archive-date=25 June 2018	access-date=25 June 2018	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625213920/http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1935/218514.pdf	url-status=live}}
	[[File:Sir Thomas Southorn.jpg	100px]]	Thomas Southorn
修頓
(1879–1957)
Officer Administering the Government	1 November 1935	12 December 1935		Leamington Spa, England	Colonial Secretary
19	[[File:Sir Andrew Caldecott.jpg	100px]]	Sir Andrew Caldecott
郝德傑
(1884–1951)	12 December 1935	16 April 1937		Kent, England	Colonial administrator	title=No. 966 of 1935	journal=The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary	date=12 December 1935	url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1935/218916.pdf}}
	[[File:Norman Lockhart Smith.jpg	100px]]	Norman Lockhart Smith
史美
(1887–1968)
Officer Administering the Government	16 April 1937	28 October 1937		Durham, England	Colonial Secretary
20	[[File:Sir Geoffry Northcote.jpg	100px]]	Sir Geoffry Northcote
羅富國
(1881–1948)	28 October 1937	6 September 1941		London, England	Colonial administrator	title=No. 755 of 1937	journal=The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary	date=28 October 1937	url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1937/236837.pdf	archive-date=15 July 2023	access-date=25 June 2018	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715133733/https://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1937/236837.pdf	url-status=live}}
	[[File:Norman Lockhart Smith.jpg	100px]]	Norman Lockhart Smith
史美
(1887–1968)
Officer Administering the Government	6 September 1941	10 September 1941		Durham, England	Colonial Secretary	title=No. 1079 of 1941	journal=The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary	date=6 September 1941	url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1941/305351.pdf	archive-date=25 June 2018	access-date=25 June 2018	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625214016/http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1941/305351.pdf	url-status=live}}
21	[[File:Mark Young in 1930s.png	100px]]	Sir Mark Aitchison Young
楊慕琦
(1886–1974)	10 September 1941	25 December 1941		India	Colonial administrator	title=No. 1085 of 1941	journal=The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary	date=10 September 1941	url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1941/305369.pdf}}

Japanese occupation (1941–1945)

No.	Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Term of office	Origin	Background	Ref	Took office	Left office	Duration
	[[File:Sakai Takashi.jpg	100px]]	Takashi Sakai
酒井隆
(1887–1946)
Administrator	25 December 1941	20 February 1942		Kamo, Hiroshima	Lieutenant general
	[[File:Niimi Masaichi.jpg	100px]]	Masaichi Niimi
新見政一
(1887–1993)
Administrator	Hiroshima, Hiroshima	Vice admiral
1	[[File:Isogai Rensuke.jpg	100px]]	Rensuke Isogai
磯谷廉介
(1886–1967)	20 February 1942	24 December 1944		Tanba, Hyōgo	Lieutenant general
2	[[File:Hisakazu.jpg	100px]]	Hisakazu Tanaka
田中久一
(1889–1947)	1 February 1945	16 August 1945		Himeji, Hyōgo	Lieutenant general

British administrators and governors (1945–1997)

No.	Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Term of office	Origin	Background	Ref	Took office	Left office	Duration
	[[File:Frank Gimson.jpg	100px]]	Sir Franklin Charles Gimson
詹遜
(1890–1975)
Provisional Governor	28 August 1945	30 August 1945		Leicestershire, England	Colonial Secretary
	[[File:The Royal Navy during the Second World War A21407 (cropped).jpg	100px]]	Sir Cecil Harcourt
夏愨
(1892–1959)
Military administration	1 September 1945	1 May 1946		London, England	Admiral (Royal Navy)
21	[[File:Mark Young in 1930s.png	100px]]	Sir Mark Aitchison Young
楊慕琦
(1886–1974)	1 May 1946	17 May 1947		India	Colonial administrator
	[[File:MacDougall 4.jpg	100px]]	David Mercer MacDougall
麥道高
(1904–1991)
Administrator	17 May 1947	25 July 1947		Perth, Scotland	Colonial Secretary
22		Sir Alexander Grantham
葛量洪
(1899–1978)	25 July 1947	31 December 1957		London, England	Colonial administrator
		Edgeworth Beresford David
戴維德
(1908–1965)
Administrator	31 December 1957	23 January 1958		Dulwich, England	Colonial Secretary
23		Sir Robert Brown Black
柏立基
(1906–1999)	23 January 1958	31 March 1964		Edinburgh, Scotland	Colonial administrator
		Edmund Brinsley Teesdale
戴斯德
(1915–1997)
Administrator	31 March 1964	14 April 1964		Shanghai, China	Colonial Secretary
24	[[File:David Crosbie Trench.jpg	100px]]	Sir David C. C. Trench
戴麟趾
(1915–1988)	14 April 1964	19 October 1971		Quetta, India	Colonial administrator
		Sir Hugh Norman-Walker
羅樂民
(1916–1985)
Administrator	19 October 1971	19 November 1971		London, England	Colonial Secretary
25		Sir Murray MacLehose
麥理浩
(1917–2000)	19 November 1971	8 May 1982		Glasgow, Scotland	UK Ambassador to Denmark
		Sir Philip Haddon-Cave
夏鼎基
(1925–1999)
Acting governor	8 May 1982	20 May 1982		Hobart, Australia	Chief Secretary
26		Sir Edward Youde
尤德
(1924–1986)	20 May 1982	4 December 1986		Penarth, Wales	UK Ambassador to China
		Sir David Akers-Jones
鍾逸傑
(1927–2019)
Acting governor	4 December 1986	9 April 1987		Sussex, England	Chief Secretary
27	[[File:Official portrait of Lord Wilson of Tillyorn crop 2.jpg	100px]]	Sir David Wilson
衛奕信
(born 1935)	9 April 1987	3 July 1992		Clackmannanshire, Scotland	Diplomat
		Sir David Ford
霍德
(1935–2017)
Acting governor	3 July 1992	9 July 1992		England	Chief Secretary
28	[[File:Lord PLUMB - EP President meets with UK Minister Chris PATTEN at the European Parliament in Strasbourg (cropped).jpg	133x133px]]	Chris Patten
彭定康
(born 1944)	9 July 1992	30 June 1997		Lancashire, England	Chairman of Conservative Party

Timeline

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Firsts

Charles Elliot, first administrator
Sir Henry Pottinger, first governor, first Irishman and first Ulsterman to serve in the role
Sir John Francis Davis, first Sinologist to serve as governor
Sir John Bowring, first Puritan to serve as governor
Sir John Pope Hennessy, first Irish Catholic to serve as governor
Sir Matthew Nathan, first Jew to serve as governor
Sir Francis H. May, first police chief to serve as governor and the first governor to suffer an assassination attempt (which failed)
Sir Cecil Clementi, first Indian-born and Cantonese-speaking governor
Sir Mark Young, first prisoner of war to serve as governor
Takashi Sakai, first Japanese administrator to serve as governor
Cecil Harcourt, first British military administrator to serve as governor (all past governors with military service had retired before assuming the post)
Sir Murray MacLehose, first non-colonial officer to serve as governor; he was a diplomat, a foreign service officer
Sir Edward Youde, first governor fluent in Mandarin; only governor to die in office
Chris Patten, 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 knighthood during his tenure, the last Governor of Hong Kong under British rule before 1 July 1997

Standards

File:Flag of the Governor of Hong Kong 1910.svg |Standard of the governor of Hong Kong, 1910–1955 File:Flag of the Governor of Hong Kong 1955.svg|Standard of the governor of Hong Kong, 1955–1959 File:Flag of the Governor of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg|Standard of the governor of Hong Kong, 1959–1997

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