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Sir Mark Aitchison Young
GCMG
21st Governor of Hong Kong
In office 1 May 1946 – 17 May 1947
Monarch
George VI
Colonial Secretary
David Mercer MacDougall
Preceded by
Sir Cecil Harcourt (Acting, Military Administration)
Succeeded by
Alexander Grantham
In office 10 September 1941 – 25 December 1941
Monarch
George VI
Colonial Secretary
Norman Lockhart Smith Sir Franklin Gimson
Preceded by
Sir Geoffry Northcote
Succeeded by
Takashi Sakai (under Japanese occupation)
Personal details
Born
(1886-06-30)30 June 1886 British Raj
Died
12 May 1974(1974-05-12) (aged 87) Winchester, England
Spouse
Josephine Mary
Alma mater
King's College, Cambridge
Profession
soldier, colonial administrator
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
楊慕琦
Simplified Chinese
杨慕琦
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Yáng Mùqí
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
joeng4 mou6 kei4
Sir Mark Aitchison YoungGCMG (Chinese: 楊慕琦; 30 June 1886 – 12 May 1974) was a British administrator who became the Governor of Hong Kong during the years immediately before and after the Japanese occupation of the territory.
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