Ruler · 1881 – 1948

Geoffry Northcote

Lived 1881 – 1948; politician. Governor of Hong Kong of British Hong Kong, 1937 – 1941.

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Lived: 1881 – 1948; 67 years
In office: 4 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 21st of 33 dated reigns · 1841 – 1997

17 before

Cecil Clementi1925 – 1930

William Peel1930 – 1935

Andrew Caldecott1935 – 1937

Geoffry Northcote1937 – 1941

Mark Aitchison Young1941

Rensuke Isogai1942 – 1944

Hisakazu Tanaka1945

9 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 1937 – 1941 · 4 years · came to it aged 56

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1941; they died in 1948

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