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The Political Adviser to the Hong Kong Government (Chinese: 香港政府政治顧問), or the Political Adviser to the Governor of Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港總督政治顧問), was responsible for providing suggestions to the Governor and colonial government of Hong Kong regarding political matters in China and Hong Kong. Political advisers were diplomats sent to Hong Kong by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

List of Hong Kong Political Advisers

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Name Name in Chinese Start of tenure End of tenure
C. B. B. Heathcote-Smith 許谷詩 8 August 1947 September 1950
Geoffrey Aldington 區鼎敦 21 September 1950 September 1953
Peter Dalton 竇爾頓 23 September 1953 June 1956
P. C. M. Sedgwick (acting) 石智益 August 1954 August 1954
R. T. D. Ledward 李德華 15 June 1956 May 1959
Murray MacLehose 麥理浩 19 May 1959 June 1962
Edward Gervase Willan 韋麟 15 June 1962 June 1965
Anthony Elliott 伊理覺 6 June 1966 June 1968
Michael Wilford (acting) 衛爾福 July 1967 August 1967
Arthur Frederick Maddocks 麥鐸時 19 June 1968 9 May 1972
Christopher John Howells (acting) 許維義 May 1972 July 1972
Richard Stratton 施德敦 July 1972 1974
Alan Donald 唐納德 1974 October 1977
David Wilson 魏德巍, later 衛奕信 October 1977 October 1981
Robin McLaren 麥若彬 October 1981 February 1985
John Boyd 布義德 February 1985 January 1987
Richard Dennis Clift 寇立夫 January 1987 August 1989
William Ehrman 歐威廉 August 1989 August 1993
Bob Peirce 畢瑞博 August 1993 30 June 1997

Bibliography

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  • Hamilton, Geoffrey Cadzow, Government Departments in Hong Kong, 1841-1969. Hong Kong: Government Printer, 1969.

[[Category:Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]] [[Category:Hong Kong]]