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Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell
KCMG CB
6th Governor of Hong Kong
In office 11 March 1866 – 16 April 1872
Monarch
Victoria
Lieutenant
Sir Philip Guy James Brunker Henry Whitfield
Colonial Secretary
John Gardiner Austin
Preceded by
Sir Hercules Robinson
Succeeded by
Sir Arthur Kennedy
31st Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
In office 24 May 1864 – October 1865
Monarch
Queen Victoria
Preceded by
Sir Charles Hastings Doyle
Succeeded by
General Sir William Williams
6th Governor of South Australia
In office 8 June 1855 – 4 March 1862
Monarch
Queen Victoria
Premier
Boyle Travers Finniss John Baker Robert Torrens Richard Hanson Thomas Reynolds George Waterhouse
Preceded by
Sir Henry Fox Young
Succeeded by
Sir Dominic Daly
Personal details
Born
(1814-09-03)3 September 1814 Dublin, Ireland
Died
5 February 1881(1881-02-05) (aged 66) Hyères, France
Resting place
Kensal Green Cemetery, London, England
Spouse
Blanche Ann Skurray
(m. 1847)
Alma mater
Trinity College Dublin (BA, MA, LLB, LLD)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
麥當奴
Simplified Chinese
麦当奴
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Maahk dōng nòuh
Jyutping
Maak6 dong1 nou4
Sir Richard Graves MacDonnellKCMG CB (Chinese: 麥當奴; 3 September 1814 – 5 February 1881) was an Anglo-Irish lawyer, judge and colonial governor. His posts as governor included Governor of the British Settlements in West Africa, Governor of Saint Vincent, Governor of South Australia, Governor of Nova Scotia and Governor of Hong Kong. Several places around the world are named for him, including MacDonnell Road in Hong Kong and the MacDonnell Ranges and Sir Richard Peninsula in Australia.
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