David Ford (civil servant)

Sir David Ford
Governor of Hong Kong
Acting
In office
3 July 1992 – 9 July 1992
MonarchElizabeth II
Chief SecretaryHimself
Preceded bySir David Wilson
Succeeded byChris Patten
Chief Secretary of Hong Kong
In office
12 February 1987[1] – 28 November 1993
MonarchElizabeth II
GovernorSir David Wilson
Chris Patten
Preceded bySir David Akers-Jones
Succeeded byAnson Chan
Secretary for the Civil Service
In office
August 1985 – December 1986
GovernorSir Edward Youde
Preceded byJohn Martin Rowlands
Succeeded byHarnam Singh Grewal
Personal details
Born(1935-02-22)22 February 1935
Died10 September 2017(2017-09-10) (aged 82)
London, England, United Kingdom
Spouses
Elspbeth Anne Mucker
(m. 1958; div. 1987)
Gillian Petersen
(m. 1987)
Children4
Alma materRoyal College of Defence Studies
OccupationArmy officer, civil servant

Sir David Robert Ford, KBE, LVO (Chinese: 霍德; 22 February 1935 – 10 September 2017) was the fifth and the last non-ethnic Chinese Chief Secretary of Hong Kong and Deputy Governor of Hong Kong from 1987 to 1993 and was Hong Kong Commissioner in London from 1980 to 1981 and again from 1994 until 1997.

  1. ^ "G.N. 440 of 1987". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 129: 667. 13 February 1987.