Alexander Grantham
British colonial administrator and diplomat (1899–1978) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about Governor of Hong Kong. For the fireboat, see Alexander Grantham (fireboat).
Sir Alexander William George Herder Grantham, GCMG (Chinese: 葛量洪; 15 March 1899 – 4 October 1978) was a British colonial administrator who governed Hong Kong and Fiji.
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Sir Alexander Grantham | |||||||||||
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22nd Governor of Hong Kong | |||||||||||
In office 25 July 1947 – 31 December 1957 | |||||||||||
Monarchs | George VI Elizabeth II | ||||||||||
Colonial Secretary | David Mercer MacDougall John Fearns Nicoll Sir Robert Brown Black Edgeworth Beresford David | ||||||||||
Preceded by | Sir Mark Aitchison Young | ||||||||||
Succeeded by | Sir Robert Brown Black | ||||||||||
17th Governor of Fiji | |||||||||||
In office 1 January 1945 – 1947 | |||||||||||
Monarch | George VI | ||||||||||
Preceded by | Sir Philip Mitchell | ||||||||||
Succeeded by | Sir Brian Freeston | ||||||||||
15th High Commissioner for the Western Pacific | |||||||||||
In office 1 January 1945 – 1947 | |||||||||||
Monarch | George VI | ||||||||||
Preceded by | (vacant) | ||||||||||
Succeeded by | Sir Brian Freeston | ||||||||||
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Born | Alexander William George Herder Grantham (1899-03-15)15 March 1899 London, England | ||||||||||
Died | 4 October 1978(1978-10-04) (aged 79) London, England | ||||||||||
Spouses | Maurine Samson, Lady Grantham
(m. 1925; died 1970)M. E. Lumley, Lady Grantham
(m. 1972) | ||||||||||
Relations | Warren de la Rue Thomas de la Rue Sir William Grantham | ||||||||||
Alma mater | Royal Military College, Sandhurst Pembroke College, Cambridge Imperial Defence College | ||||||||||
Occupation | Soldier, Colonial administrator | ||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Chinese | 葛量洪 | ||||||||||
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