David Akers-Jones

Sir David Akers-Jones
GBM KBE CMG JP
Governor of Hong Kong
Acting
In office
5 December 1986 – 9 April 1987
MonarchElizabeth II
Chief SecretaryDavid Ford
Preceded byEdward Youde
Succeeded byDavid Wilson
Chief Secretary of Hong Kong
In office
10 June 1985 – 11 February 1987[1]
MonarchElizabeth II
GovernorEdward Youde
Preceded byCharles Philip Haddon-Cave
Succeeded byDavid Ford
Personal details
Born(1927-04-14)14 April 1927
Worthing, Sussex, England
Died30 September 2019(2019-09-30) (aged 92)
King’s Park, Hong Kong
Spouse
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(m. 1951; died 2002)​
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Alma materBrasenose College, Oxford (MA)
University of Kent (PGD)
David Akers-Jones
Traditional Chinese鍾逸傑
Simplified Chinese钟逸杰
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōng Yìjié
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationJūng Yaht-giht
JyutpingZung1 Jat6-git6

Sir David Akers-Jones GBM KBE CMG JP (Chinese: 鍾逸傑; 14 April 1927 – 30 September 2019) was a British colonial administrator. He was the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong from 1985 to 1987, and was briefly acting Governor of Hong Kong after the untimely death of Sir Edward Youde.

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