Ruler · 1862 – 1939

Matthew Nathan

Lived 1862 – 1939; engineer, military officer. Governor of Hong Kong of British Hong Kong, 1904 – 1907.

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Lived: 1862 – 1939; 77 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 14th of 33 dated reigns · 1841 – 1997

10 before

William Des Vœux1887 – 1891

William Robinson1891 – 1898

Henry Arthur Blake1898 – 1903

Matthew Nathan1904 – 1907

Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard1907 – 1912

Francis Henry May1912 – 1919

Edward Stubbs1919 – 1925

16 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 1904 – 1907 · 3 years · came to it aged 42

Came to it: appointed
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1907; they died in 1939

Late that year, he was appointed as Governor of Gold Coast, a position he occupied until 1903.

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