List of heads of Hong Kong by education

Below is the list of leaders of [[Hong Kong]] by university education. There has been a total of 60 heads, as administrators, governors, and now chief executives. 52 of them ruled under the [[United Kingdom]], 4 for [[Empire of Japan]], and 4 so far for [[People's Republic of China]].

By education, 15 have never attended university or professional training, whilst an additional 15 had gone through military training without ever attended university. Among the 46 university graduates, 12 read at [[University of Oxford]] (of which 5 were members of [[Balliol College, Oxford]]), 6 went to [[University of Cambridge]], 3 were students at [[Trinity College, Dublin]], 2 studied at [[School of Oriental and African Studies]], [[University of London]], 1 each at [[Yale University]], [[University of Edinburgh]], [[University of Liverpool]], [[University of Michigan]], [[University of Hong Kong]], [[University of Bath]], [[University of Adelaide]], [[Hong Kong Polytechnic University]], [[University College Cork]], [[Queen's University of Ireland]], [[University of the West of England]], [[University of Toronto]], [[University of Groningen]], and [[Harvard University]].

A sum of 6 attended a military college, with 3 at [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]. In addition, 4 were trained as lawyers with 2 at [[Lincoln's Inn]].

==List of leaders of the Hong Kong by Education==

{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! Administrators, Governors, Chief Executives
! Title
! Term of office
! University
! Professional Training
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Elliot, Charles</span>Sir [[Charles Elliot]] KCB
| Administrator
| 1841-1841
|
| [[Royal Navy]]
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| <span style="display:none">Johnston, Alexander</span>[[Alexander Robert Johnston]] FRS
| Acting Administrator
| 1841-1842
|
|
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| <span style="display:none">Pottinger, Henry</span>Lit Gen The Rt Hon Sir [[Henry Pottinger]] Bt GCB PC
| Governor
| 1841-1843
|
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Davis, John</span>HE Sir [[John Francis Davis]] Bt KCB FRS
| Administrator
| 1844-1848
| [[University of Oxford]]
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Staveley, William</span>Lit Gen [[William Staveley]] CB
| Governor
| 1848-1848
|
| [[British Army]]
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Bonham, George</span>HE Sir [[George Bonham]] Bt KCB
| Governor
| 1848-1854
|
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Bowring, John</span>HE Sir [[John Bowring]] KCB FRS FRGS
| Governor
| 1854-1859
| [[University of Groningen]]
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Caine, William</span>Lit Col [[William Caine (colonial administrator)|William Caine]]
| Administrator
| 1859-1859
|
|[[British Army]]
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Robinson, Hercules</span>HE The Rt Hon The Lord Capt [[Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead|Hercules Robinson]] GCMG PC
| Governor
| 1859-1965
|
| [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Mercer, William</span>[[William Thomas Mercer]]
| Administrator
| 1865-1866
|
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">MacDonnel, Richard</span>HE Sir [[Richard Graves MacDonnell]] Esq KCMG CB
| Governor
| 1866-1872
| [[Trinity College, Dublin]]
| [[Lincoln's Inn]]
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Whitfield, Henry</span>Lit Gen [[Henry Wase Whitfield]]
| Governor
| 1872-1872
|
| [[British Army]]
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Kennedy, Arthur</span>HE Sir [[Arthur Kennedy (governor)|Arthur Kennedy]] GCMG CB
| Administrator
| 1872-1877
| [[Trinity College, Dublin]]
| [[British Army]]
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Austin, John</span>HE [[John Gardiner Austin]] CMG
| Administrator
| 1877-1877
|
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Hennessy, John</span>HE Sir [[John Pope Hennessy]] Esq KCMG
| Governor
| 1877-1882
| [[University College Cork]]. [[Queen's University of Ireland]]
| [[Inner Temple]]
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Tonnochy, Malcolm</span>[[Malcolm Struan Tonnochy]]
| Administrator
| 1882-1882
|
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">March, William</span>Sir [[William Henry Marsh]] KCMG
| Administrator
| 1882-1883, 1885-1887
|
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Bowen, George</span>HE The Rt Hon Sir [[George Bowen]] GCMG PC
| Governor
| 1883-1885
| [[University of Oxford]] ([[Trinity College, Oxford|Trinity]])
| [[Lincoln's Inn]]
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Cameron, William</span>Gen Sir [[William Gordon Cameron]] GCB
| Administrator
| 1887-1887
|
| [[British Army]]
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Vœux, William</span>HE Sir [[William Des Vœux]] Esq GCMG
| Governor
| 1887-1891
| [[University of Oxford]] ([[Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol]])
| [[University of Toronto]]
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Barker, George</span>Gen Sir [[George Digby Barker]] GCB
| Administrator
| 1891-1891
|
| [[British Army]]
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Robinson, William</span>HE Sir [[William Robinson (Governor of Hong Kong)|William Robinson]] GCMG
| Governor
| 1891-1898
|
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Black, Wilsone</span>Maj Gen Sir [[Wilsone Black]] KCB
| Administrator
| 1898-1898
|
| [[British Army]]
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Blake, Henry</span>HE Sir [[Henry Arthur Blake]] GCMG DL JP FRGS FRCI FIoD
| Governor-General
| 1898-1903
|
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">May, Francis</span>HE Sir [[Francis Henry May]] GCMG JP
| Governor
| 1903-1904, 1907, 1907, 1912-1918
| [[Trinity College, Dublin]]
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Nathan, Matthew</span>HE Lit Col The Rt Hon Sir [[Matthew Nathan]] GCMG DL PC
| Governor
| 1904-1907
|
| [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich|Royal Military Academy]]
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Lugard, Frederick</span>HE The Rt Hon The Lord [[Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard|Frederick Lugard]] GCMG CB DSO PC
| Governor
| 1907-1912
|
| [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Severn, Claud</span>Sir [[Claud Severn]] KBE CMG
| Administrator
| 1912-1912, 1925-1925
| [[University of Adelaide]], [[University of Cambridge]]
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Stubbs, Reginald</span>HE Sir [[Reginald Edward Stubbs]] GCMG
| Governor
| 1919-1925
| [[University of Oxford]] ([[Corpus Christi College, Oxford|Corpus Christi]])
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Clementi, Cecil</span>HE Sir [[Cecil Clementi]] GCMG KStJ FRGS
| Governor
| 1925-1939
| [[University of Oxford]] ([[Magdalen College, Oxford|Magdalen]])
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Southorn, Thomas</span>HE Sir [[Thomas Southorn]] KCMG KBE
| Administrator
| 1930-1930, 1935-1935
|
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Peel, William</span>HE Sir [[William Peel (colonial administrator)|William Peel]] KCMG KBE
| Governor
| 1930-1935
| [[University of Cambridge]]
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Smith, Norman</span>[[Norman Lockhart Smith]]
| Administrator
| 1935-1935, 1937-1937, 1941-1941
|
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Caldecott, Andrew</span>HE Sir [[Andrew Caldecott]] GCMG CBE KStJ FRAS FRSA
| Governor
| 1935-1937
| [[University of Oxford]] ([[Exeter College, Oxford|Exeter]])
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Northcote, Geoffry</span>HE Sir [[Geoffry Northcote]] KCMG KStJ
| Governor
| 1937-1941
| [[University of Oxford]] ([[Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol]])
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Young, Mark</span>HE Sir [[Mark Aitchison Young]] GCMG
| Governor
| 1941-1941, 1946-1947
| [[University of Cambridge]]
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Sakai, Takashi</span>HE Lit Gen [[Takashi Sakai]]
| Administrator
| 1941-1942
|
| [[Imperial Japanese Army]]
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Niimi, Masaichi</span>HE Vice-Admiral [[Masaichi Niimi]]
| Administrator
| 1941-1942
|
| [[Imperial Japanese Army]]
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Isogai, Rensuke</span>HE Gen [[Rensuke Isogai]]
| Governor
| 1942-1944
|
| [[Army War College (Japan)]]
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Tanaka, Hisakazu</span>HE Gen [[Hisakazu Tanaka]]
| Governor
| 1945-1945
|
| [[Army Staff College]]
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Gimson, Franklin</span>HE Sir [[Franklin Gimson]] KCMG KStJ
| Provisional Governor
| 1945-1945
| [[University of Oxford]] ([[Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol]])
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Harcourt, Cecil</span>Admiral Sir [[Cecil Harcourt]] GBE KCB
| Administrator of Military Administration
| 1945-1946
|
| [[Britannia Royal Naval College]]<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Shea|first1=John|title=In memoriam Admiral Sir Cecil Harcourt, G.B.E., K.C.B.|journal=Journal of The Royal Central Asian Society|date=1960|volume=47|issue=1|pages=3–4|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03068376008731678|accessdate=12 September 2016}}</ref>
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">MacDougall, David</span>[[David Mercer MacDougall]]
| Administrator
| 1947-1947
|
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Grantham, Alexander</span>HE Sir [[Alexander Grantham]] GCMG
| Governor
| 1947-1957
| [[University of Cambridge]]
| [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]], [[Imperial Defence College]]
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">David, Edgeworth</span>[[Edgeworth Beresford David]]
| Administrator
| 1957-1958
|
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Black, Robert</span>HE Sir [[Robert Black (colonial administrator)|Robert Black]] GCMG OBE
| Governor
| 1958-1964
| [[University of Edinburgh]]
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Teesdale, Edmund</span>[[Edmund Brinsley Teesdale]]
| Administrator
| 1964-1964
|
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Trench, David</span>HE Sir [[David Trench]] GCMG MC DL
| Governor
| 1964-1971
| [[University of Cambridge]]
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Norman-Walker, Hugh</span>Sir [[Hugh Norman-Walker]] KCMG OBE KStJ JP
| Administrator
| 1971-1971
| [[University of Cambridge]]
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">MacLehose, Murray</span>HE The Rt Hon The Lord [[Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch|Murray MacLehose]] KT GBE KCMG KCVO DL
| Governor
| 1971-1982

| [[University of Oxford]] ([[Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol]])
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Cater, Jack</span>Sir [[Jack Cater]] KBE JP
| Acting Governor
| 1978-1981
| [[University of Bath]]
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Haddon-Cave, Philip</span>Sir [[Philip Haddon-Cave]] KBE CMG
| Administrator
| 1982-1982
|
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Youde, Edward</span>HE Sir [[Edward Youde]] GCMG GCVO MBE
| Governor
| 1982-1986
| [[School of Oriental and African Studies]], [[University of London]]
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Akers-Jones, David</span>Sir [[David Akers-Jones]] KBE CMG JP
| Acting Governor
| 1986-1987
| [[University of Oxford]] ([[Brasenose College, Oxford|Brasenose]]), [[University of Kent]]
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Wilson, David</span>HE The Rt Hon The Lord [[David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn|David Wilson]] KT GCMG PC FRSE
| Governor
| 1987-1992
| [[University of Oxford]] ([[Keble College, Oxford|Keble]]), [[School of Oriental and African Studies]], [[University of London]]
| [[University of Hong Kong]]
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Patten, Chris</span>HE The Rt Hon The Lord [[Chris Patten]] CH PC
| Governor
| 1992-1997
| [[University of Oxford]] ([[Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol]])
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Chee-hwa, Tung</span>Dr The Hon [[Tung Chee-hwa]] GBM
| Chief Executive
| 1997-2005
| [[University of Liverpool]]
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Tsang, Donald</span>The Hon Sir [[Donald Tsang]] GMB KBE
| Chief Executive
| 2005-2012
| [[Harvard University]]
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Tang, Henry</span>The Hon [[Henry Tang]] GBM GBS JP
| Acting Chief Executive
| 2005-2005
| [[Yale University]], [[University of Michigan]]
|
|- style="text-align: left; background:#FFFFFF"
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| <span style="display:none">Chun-ying, Leung</span>Dr The Hon [[Leung Chun-ying]] GBM GBS JP
| Chief Executive
| 2012-2016
| [[Hong Kong Polytechnic University]], [[University of the West of England]]
|
|- class="sortbottom" style="text-align:left"
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==References==
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[[Category:Hong Kong-related lists|Heads of Hong Kong by education]]