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Sir Alexander Grantham was Governor of Hong Kong from 1947 to 1957, one of the most dramatic decades in the city's history. This was a time of rapid reconstruction after World War II and growing pr...
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Price: £18.00
Pages: 205
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Imprint: Hong Kong University Press
Series: Echoes: Classics of Hong Kong Culture and History
Publication Date: 11 January 2012
Trim Size: 8.90 X 5.90 in
ISBN: 9789888083855
Format: Paperback
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"A lively, witty, candid and invaluable guide to understanding the mentality of colonial administration at its highest levels. Like all long-serving colonial governors Grantham was treated almost as a demi-god in the Crown Colony of Hong Kong, and it was
Sir Alexander Grantham began his career in the British colonial service as a cadet in Hong Kong in 1922. He served in Bermuda, Jamaica and Nigeria, and as Governor of Fiji before returning to Hong Kong as Governor in 1947 until his retirement in 1957. Lord Wilson of Tillyorn was Governor of Hong Kong from 1987 to 1992.