Ruler · 1899 – 1978

Alexander Grantham

Lived 1899 – 1978; military personnel. Governor of Hong Kong of British Hong Kong, 1947 – 1958.

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Lived: 1899 – 1978; 79 years
In office: 11 years; one reign
Lines: 1; British Hong Kong
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

Governor of Hong Kong

British Hong Kong · the 27th of 33 dated reigns · 1841 – 1997

23 before

Hisakazu Tanaka1945

Cecil Harcourt1945 – 1946

Mark Aitchison Young1946 – 1947

Alexander Grantham1947 – 1958

Robin Black1958 – 1964

David Trench1964 – 1971

Murray MacLehose1971 – 1982

3 after

died in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1947 – 1958 · 11 years · came to it aged 48

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1958; they died in 1978

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