Cecil Harcourt

Sir Cecil Harcourt
Governor of Hong Kong
Military administration
In office
1 September 1945 – 1 May 1946
MonarchGeorge VI
Preceded byFranklin Gimson
Succeeded byMark Aitchison Young
Personal details
Born11 April 1892
Bromley, Kent, England
Died19 December 1959 (1959-12-20) (aged 67)
Chelsea, London, England
Alma materRoyal Naval College
AwardsKCB (1945)
GBE (1953)
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/service Royal Navy
Years of service1904–1952
RankAdmiral
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War

Admiral Sir Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourt GBE KCB (translated to Chinese as ; haa6 kok3; 11 April 1892 – 19 December 1959) was a British naval officer. He was the de facto governor of Hong Kong as commander-in-chief and head of the military administration from September 1945 to May 1946. He was called by the Chinese name "Ha Kok", a reference to the fourth-century Chinese nobleman Chung Kok [zh].[1]

  1. ^ Gregory, F. E. C. (6 January 2011). "Harcourt, Sir Cecil Halliday Jepson (1892–1959)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/64097. Retrieved 14 May 2020.