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, four for the Empire of Japan, and five so far for the People's Republic of China.

By education, at least 31 were graduates while an additional 15 undertook military training without attending university. Among the university graduates,at least 12 studied at the University of Oxford (five at Balliol College), eight at the University of Cambridge, three at Trinity College, Dublin, two at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, one each at the Universities of Yale, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Michigan, Hong Kong, Bath, Adelaide, Hong Kong Polytechnic, University College Cork, Queen's University of Ireland, University of the West of England, Toronto, Groningen, Tasmania, and Harvard.

At least seven attended a military college, including three who went to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Five were trained as lawyers, including two at Lincoln's Inn.

On 26 March 2017, Carrie Lam was elected chief executive. She is the first to have read for a degree at the University of Hong Kong (second, after Lord Wilson, to have attended) and the eighth to have studied at the University of Cambridge.

List of leaders of the Hong Kong by education

Administrators, Governors, Chief Executives Title Term of office University Professional Training Discipline Highest Degree Profession Position Prior to Appointment
Capt Sir Charles Elliot KCB Administrator 1841–1841 Royal Navy Naval Training Military Officer Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China
Alexander Robert Johnston FRS Acting Administrator 1841–1842 Natural History of China Academic Deputy Superintendent of Trade
Lit Gen The Rt Hon Sir Henry Pottinger Bt GCB PC Governor 1841–1843 Military Training Lieutenant General Resident Administrator in India
HE Sir John Francis Davis Bt KCB FRS Administrator 1844–1848 University of Oxford Master Writer Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China
Lit Gen William Staveley CB Governor 1848–1848 British Army Army Training Lieutenant General Commander and Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong
HE Sir George Bonham Bt KCB Governor 1848–1854 Politician Governor of the Straits Settlements
HE Sir John Bowring KCB FRS FRGS Governor 1854–1859 University of Groningen English, History Doctorate Political Economist, Translator Member of Parliament, Superintendent of Trade in China
Lit Col William Caine Administrator 1859–1859 British Army Army Training Lieutenant Colonel Colonial Secretary and Auditor General of Hong Kong
HE Capt The Rt Hon The Lord Hercules Robinson GCMG PC Governor 1859–1865 Royal Military College, Sandhurst Military Training Military Captain Lieutenant Governor of Saint Christopher
William Thomas Mercer Administrator 1865–1866 Inner Temple Legal Studies Professional Lawyer Colonial Secretary
HE Sir Justice Richard Graves MacDonnell Esq KCMG CB Governor 1866–1872 Trinity College, Dublin Lincoln's Inn Legal Studies Doctorate Judge Governor of South Australia
Lit Gen Henry Wase Whitfield Governor 1872–1872 British Army Army Training Lieutenant General Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong and Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements
HE Sir Arthur Kennedy GCMG CB Administrator 1872–1877 Trinity College, Dublin British Army Master Military Governor of the West African Settlements
HE John Gardiner Austin CMG Administrator 1877–1877 Colonial Administrator Colonial Secretary and Auditor General of Hong Kong
HE Sir John Pope Hennessy Esq KCMG Governor 1877–1882 University College Cork, Queen's University of Ireland Inner Temple Medicine, Legal Studies Professional Doctor, Lawyer Governor-in-Chief of the Windward Islands, Member of Parliament
Judge Malcolm Struan Tonnochy Administrator 1882–1882 University of Cambridge (Trinity) Master Judge Superintendent of Victoria Gaol
Sir William Henry Marsh KCMG Administrator 1882–1883, 1885–1887 Colonial Administrator Colonial Administrator
HE The Rt Hon Sir George Bowen GCMG PC Governor 1883–1885 University of Oxford (Trinity) Lincoln's Inn Classics, Legal Studies Master Writer, Lawyer, Academic Governor of Mauritius
Gen Sir William Gordon Cameron GCB Administrator 1887–1887 British Army Army Training Military General Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements
HE Sir William Des Vœux Esq GCMG Governor 1887–1891 University of Oxford (Balliol) University of Toronto Legal Studies, Theology Professional Lawyer Governor of Newfoundland
Gen Sir George Digby Barker GCB Administrator 1891–1891 British Army Army Training Military General Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong
HE Sir William Robinson GCMG Governor 1891–1898 Colonial Administrator Governor of Trinidad and Tobago
Maj Gen Sir Wilsone Black KCB Administrator 1898–1898 British Army Army Training Military Officer Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong
HE Sir Henry Arthur Blake GCMG DL JP FRGS FRCI FIoD Governor 1898–1903 Magistrate Captain-General and Governor of Jamaica
HE Sir Francis Henry May GCMG JP Governor 1903–1904, 1907, 1907, 1912–1918 Trinity College, Dublin Modern Languages Master Linguist Governor of Fiji
HE Lit Col The Rt Hon Sir Matthew Nathan GCMG DL PC Governor 1904–1907 Royal Military Academy Military Training Lieutenant Colonel Governor of Gold Coast
HE The Rt Hon The Lord Frederick Lugard GCMG CB DSO PC Governor 1907–1912 Royal Military College, Sandhurst Military Training Military High Commissioner of the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria
Sir Claud Severn KBE CMG Administrator 1912–1912, 1925–1925 University of Adelaide, University of Cambridge Latin, Chemistry Master Colonial Administrator Colonial Secretary
HE Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs GCMG Governor 1919–1925 University of Oxford (Corpus Christi) Classics Master Colonial Administrator Colonial Secretary of Ceylon
HE Sir Cecil Clementi GCMG KStJ FRGS Governor 1925–1939 University of Oxford (Magdalen) Classics Master Colonial Administrator Colonial Secretary of British Guiana and Ceylon
HE Sir Thomas Southorn KCMG KBE Administrator 1930–1930, 1935–1935 Colonial Administrator Colonial Secretary
HE Sir William Peel KCMG KBE Governor 1930–1935 University of Cambridge (Queens' College, Cambridge) Master Colonial Administrator Chief Secretary of the Malay States
Norman Lockhart Smith Administrator 1935–1935, 1937–1937, 1941–1941 Colonial Administrator Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong
HE Sir Andrew Caldecott GCMG CBE KStJ FRAS FRSA Governor 1935–1937 University of Oxford (Exeter) Classics Master Colonial Administrator Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements
HE Sir Geoffry Northcote KCMG KStJ Governor 1937–1941 University of Oxford (Balliol) Master Colonial Administrator Governor and Commander-in-Chief of British Guiana
HE Sir Mark Aitchison Young GCMG Governor 1941–1941, 1946–1947 University of Cambridge (King's College, Cambridge) Master Civil Servant Governor and Commander-in-chief of the Tanganyika Territory British Mandate
HE Lit Gen Takashi Sakai Administrator 1941–1942 Imperial Japanese Army Army Training Lieutenant General Lieutenant General
HE Vice-Admiral Masaichi Niimi Administrator 1941–1942 Imperial Japanese Army Army Training Vice-Admiral Vice-Admiral
HE Gen Rensuke Isogai Governor 1942–1944 Army War College (Japan) Army Training Military General Military General
HE Gen Hisakazu Tanaka Governor 1945–1945 Army Staff College Army Training Military General Military General
HE Sir Franklin Gimson KCMG KStJ Provisional Governor 1945–1945 University of Oxford (Balliol) Master Colonial Administrator Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong
Admiral Sir Cecil Harcourt GBE KCB Administrator of Military Administration 1945–1946 Britannia Royal Naval College[1] Naval Training Military Admiral Military Admiral
David Mercer MacDougall Administrator 1947–1947 Colonial Administrator Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong
HE Sir Alexander Grantham GCMG Governor 1947–1957 University of Cambridge (Pembroke College, Cambridge) Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Imperial Defence College, Inner Temple Legal Studies Master Lawyer Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
Edgeworth Beresford David Administrator 1957–1958 Colonial Administrator Colonial Secretary
HE Sir Robert Black GCMG OBE Governor 1958–1964 University of Edinburgh Master Colonial Administrator Governor of Singapore
Edmund Brinsley Teesdale Administrator 1964–1964 University of Oxford (Trinity) Bachelor, PhD (CNAA) Colonial Administrator Colonial Secretary
HE Sir David Trench GCMG MC DL Governor 1964–1971 University of Cambridge (Jesus) Master Lieutenant Colonel Governor of the Solomon Islands and High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
Sir Hugh Norman-Walker KCMG OBE KStJ JP Administrator 1971–1971 University of Cambridge (Corpus Christi College, Cambridge) Master Diplomat Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Seychelles
HE The Rt Hon The Lord Murray MacLehose KT GBE KCMG KCVO DL Governor 1971–1982 University of Oxford (Balliol) Master Politician Ambassador to Denmark
Sir Jack Cater KBE JP Acting Governor 1978–1981 University of Bath Legal Studies Doctorate Civil Servant Chief Secretary of Hong Kong
Sir Philip Haddon-Cave KBE CMG Administrator 1982–1982 University of Tasmania, University of Cambridge (King's College, Cambridge) Master Civil Servant Chief Secretary of Hong Kong
HE Sir Edward Youde GCMG GCVO MBE Governor 1982–1986 School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) Bachelor Diplomat Ambassador to China
Sir David Akers-Jones KBE CMG JP Acting Governor 1986–1987 University of Oxford (Brasenose), University of Kent Master Civil Servant Chief Secretary of Hong Kong
HE The Rt Hon The Lord David Wilson KT GCMG PC FRSE Governor 1987–1992 University of Oxford (Keble), School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) University of Hong Kong Sinology Doctorate Academic Assistant Undersecretary to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Sir David Ford KBE LVO Acting Governor 1992–1992 Royal College of Defence Studies Civil Servant Chief Secretary of Hong Kong
HE The Rt Hon The Lord Chris Patten CH PC Governor 1992–1997 University of Oxford (Balliol) Modern History Doctorate Politician Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Dr The Hon Tung Chee-hwa GBM Chief Executive 1997–2005 University of Liverpool Doctorate Businessman Member of the Executive Council
The Hon Donald Tsang GBM Chief Executive 2005–2012 Harvard University Public Administration Master Civil Servant Chief Secretary of Hong Kong
The Hon Henry Tang GBM GBS JP Acting Chief Executive 2005–2005 Yale University, University of Michigan Bachelor Businessman Chief Secretary of Hong Kong
The Hon Leung Chun-ying GBM GBS JP Chief Executive 2012–2017 Hong Kong Polytechnic University, University of the West of England Valuation and Estate Management Bachelor Surveyor Convenor of the Executive Council
The Hon Carrie Lam GBM GBS JP Chief Executive 2017–2022 University of Hong Kong University of Cambridge (Wolfson College, Cambridge Sociology Bachelor Civil Servant Chief Secretary of Hong Kong

Universities and Institutions by Number of Hong Kong Leaders

Universities and Institutions Number of Attendees Country
Unknown; or no university or professional training 14
University of Oxford 12 United Kingdom (England)
University of Cambridge 8 United Kingdom (England)
British Army 7 United Kingdom
Trinity College, Dublin 3 Ireland (then-United Kingdom)
Inner Temple 3 United Kingdom (England)
Royal Military College, Sandhurst 3 United Kingdom (England)
School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) 2 United Kingdom (England)
Lincoln's Inn 2 United Kingdom (England)
Imperial Japanese Army 2 Japan
University of Hong Kong 2 Hong Kong (then-United Kingdom)
University of Edinburgh 1 United Kingdom (Scotland)
University of Liverpool 1 United Kingdom (England)
University of Michigan 1 United States
Yale University 1 United States
University of Bath 1 United Kingdom (England)
University of Adelaide 1 Australia
Hong Kong Polytechnic University 1 Hong Kong (then-United Kingdom)
University College Cork 1 Ireland (then-United Kingdom)
Queen's University of Ireland 1 United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
University of the West of England 1 United Kingdom (England)
University of Toronto 1 Canada (then-United Kingdom)
University of Groningen 1 Netherlands
Harvard University 1 United States
Royal Navy 1 United Kingdom
Imperial Defence College 1 United Kingdom (England)
Royal College of Defence Studies 1 United Kingdom (England)
Royal Military Academy 1 United Kingdom (England)
Britannia Royal Naval College 1 United Kingdom (England)
Army War College (Japan) 1 Japan
Army Staff College 1 United Kingdom (England)
University of Tasmania 1 Australia

References

  1. ↑ 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.
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