In 1841 the Chinese island of Hongkong was occupied by British forces.
It was formally ceded by China, in 1842, by the Treaty of Nanking/Nanjing and the
following year it was organized as a British Crown Colony. (1)
From 1941 to 1945 Hong Kong was occupied and administred by Japan.
(1) Later expansion of the territory included :
1860 : Kowloon Peninsula and Stonecutters Island ceded by China
(Convention of Peking / Beijing).
1898 : The "New Territories" - comprising the territories north
of Kowloon and several islands (Lamma, Lantau, ...) -
leased from China for 99 years (second Convention of Peking/
Beijing).
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BRITISH ADMINISTRATORS
Governors
1866 - 1872 Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell 1814 - 1881
1872 - 1877 Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy 1810 - 1883
1877 - 1882 Sir John Pope Hennessy 1834 - 1891
1882 - 1883 Sir William H. Marsh*
1883 - 1885 Sir George Ferguson Bowen 1821 - 1899
1885 - 1887 Sir William H. Marsh* (2x)
1887 William Gordon 1827 - 1913
1887 - 1891 Sir George William Des Voeux 1834 - 1909
1891 Digby Barker* 1833 - 1914
1891 - 1898 Sir William Robinson 1836 - 1912
1898 W. Black*
1898 - 1903 Sir Henry Arthur Blake 1840 - 1918
1903 - 1904 Francis Henry May* 1860 - 1922
1904 - 1907 Sir Matthew Nathan 1862 - 1939
1907 - 1912 Sir Frederick John Dealtry Lugard 1858 - 1945
1912 - 1919 Sir Francis Henry May (2x)
1919 - 1925 Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs 1876 - 1947
1925 - 1930 Sir Cecil Clementi 1875 - 1947
1930 - 1935 Sir William Peel 1875 - 1945
1935 - 1937 Sir Andrew Caldecott 1884 - 1951
1937 - 1940 Sir Geoffry Alexander Stafford Northcote 1881 - 1948
1940 - 1941 Edward Felix Norton* 1884 - 1954
1941 Sir Mark Aitchison Young 1886 - 1974
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