Cecil Clementi

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Sir Cecil Clementi GCMG KStJ FRGS
20th Governor of Straits Settlements
In office 5 February 1930 – 17 February 1934
Monarch	George V
Colonial Secretary	Sir John Scott
Preceded by	Sir Hugh Charles Clifford
Succeeded by	Sir Andrew Caldecott (Acting) Sir Shenton Whitelegge Thomas
17th Governor of Hong Kong
In office 1 November 1925 – 1 February 1930
Monarch	George V
Colonial Secretary	Sir Claud Severn Sir Thomas Southorn
Preceded by	Reginald Edward Stubbs
Succeeded by	William Peel
Acting Governor of British Ceylon
In office 1 April 1925 – 18 October 1925
Monarch	George V
Preceded by	William Henry Manning
Succeeded by	Edward Bruce Alexander (Acting governor)
Personal details
Born	(1875-09-01)1 September 1875 Cawnpore, North-Western Provinces, British India
Died	5 April 1947(1947-04-05) (aged 71) High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
Citizenship	British
Spouse	Marie Penelope Rose Eyres
Alma mater	Magdalen College, Oxford (BA, MA)
Profession	colonial administrator, merchant
Chinese name
Chinese	金文泰
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jīn Wéntài Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Gām Màhn Taai Jyutping Gam1 Man4 Taai3

Sir Cecil Clementi GCMG KStJ FRGS (Chinese: 金文泰; Jyutping: Gam1 Man4 Taai3; 1 September 1875 – 5 April 1947) was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Hong Kong from 1925 to 1930, and Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements from 1930 to 1934.