Sir William Robinson | |||||||
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11th Governor of Hong Kong | |||||||
In office 10 December 1891 – 25 November 1898 | |||||||
Monarch | Victoria | ||||||
Lieutenant Governor | MG Sir George Barker MG Sir Wilsone Black | ||||||
Colonial Secretary | Francis Fleming G.T.M. O'Brien Sir Stewart Lockhart | ||||||
Preceded by | Sir William Des Vœux | ||||||
Succeeded by | Sir Henry Arthur Blake | ||||||
Personal details | |||||||
Born | 9 February 1836 Wetherden, Suffolk, England | ||||||
Died | 1 December 1912 28 Evelyn Mansions, Carlisle Place, London, England | (aged 76)||||||
Spouses | Juliana Sophia Dampier
(m. 1862; died 1881)Felicia Ida Helen Rattray
(m. 1884; died 1894) | ||||||
Profession | Colonial administrator | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 羅便臣 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 罗便臣 | ||||||
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Sir William Robinson GCMG (Chinese: 羅便臣; 9 February 1836 – 1 December 1912)[1] was a British colonial governor who was the last Governor of Trinidad and the first Governor of the merged colony of Trinidad and Tobago. He was also the 11th Governor of Hong Kong.[2]