David Trench

Sir David Trench
24th Governor of Hong Kong
In office
14 April 1964 – 19 October 1971
MonarchElizabeth II
Colonial SecretaryEdmund Brinsley Teesdale
Michael Gass
Hugh Norman-Walker
Preceded byRobert Brown Black
Succeeded byMurray MacLehose
3rd Governor of the Solomon Islands
In office
4 March 1961 – 16 June 1964
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded byJohn Gutch
Succeeded byRobert Sidney Foster
19th High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
In office
4 March 1961 – 16 June 1964
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded byJohn Gutch
Succeeded byRobert Sidney Foster
Personal details
Born
David Clive Crosbie Trench

(1915-06-02)2 June 1915
Quetta, British Raj
Died4 December 1988(1988-12-04) (aged 73)
Shillingstone, England
Spouse(s)Margaret Gould, Lady Trench
Children1
Alma materJesus College, Cambridge
Professionsoldier, colonial administrator
Chinese name
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDài Línzhǐ
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingdaai3 leon4 zi2

Sir David Clive Crosbie Trench GCMG MC DL (Chinese: ; 2 June 1915 – 4 December 1988) was a British Army officer and colonial governor who served as the Governor of Hong Kong from April 15, 1964 to October 19, 1971 and was High Commissioner for the Western Pacific.