Ruler · 1789 – 1856

Henry Pottinger

Lived 1789 – 1856; politician, diplomat, military personnel. Governor of Hong Kong of British Hong Kong, 1841 – 1844.

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Lived: 1789 – 1856; 67 years
In office: 3 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 2nd of 33 dated reigns · 1841 – 1997

Alexander Robert Johnston1841 – 1842

Henry Pottinger1841 – 1844

John Francis Davis1844 – 1848

George Bonham1848 – 1854

John Bowring1854 – 1859

28 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 1841 – 1844 · 3 years · came to it aged 52

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1844; they died in 1856

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