Ruler · 1795 – 1890

John Francis Davis

Lived 1795 – 1890; politician, diplomat. Governor of Hong Kong of British Hong Kong, 1844 – 1848.

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Lived: 1795 – 1890; 95 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; British Hong Kong
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

Governor of Hong Kong

British Hong Kong · the 3rd of 33 dated reigns · 1841 – 1997

Alexander Robert Johnston1841 – 1842

Henry Pottinger1841 – 1844

John Francis Davis1844 – 1848

George Bonham1848 – 1854

John Bowring1854 – 1859

Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead1859 – 1865

27 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 1844 – 1848 · 4 years · came to it aged 49

Came to it: appointed
Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

Having arrived from Bombay on HMS Spiteful on 7 May 1844, he was appointed governor and commander-in-chief of Hong Kong the next day.

Davis left office on 21 March 1848, ending unrelenting tensions with local British merchants who saw him as a stingy, arrogant and obstinate snob.

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