Governors and Chief Executives of Hong Kong By maggiechk Jun 1, 1843 Sir Henry Pottinger May 1, 1844 Sir John Francis Davis Mar 1, 1848 Sir George Bonham Apr 1, 1854 Sir John Bowring Sep 1, 1859 Sir Hercules Robinson Mar 22, 1866 Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell Apr 1, 1872 Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy Apr 1, 1877 Sir John Pope Hennessy Mar 1, 1883 Sir George Ferguson Bowen Oct 22, 1887 Sir George William Des Vœux Dec 22, 1891 Sir William Robinson Nov 1, 1898 Sir Henry Arthur Blake Jul 22, 1904 Sir Matthew Nathan Jul 1, 1907 Sir Frederick Lugard Jul 1, 1912 Sir Francis Henry May Sep 1, 1919 Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs Nov 22, 1925 Sir Cecil Clementi May 22, 1930 Sir William Peel Dec 22, 1935 Sir Andrew Caldecott Nov 22, 1937 Sir Geoffrey Northcote Sep 22, 1941 Sir Mark Aitchison Young May 22, 1946 Sir Mark Aitchison Young Jul 22, 1947 Sir Alexander Grantham Jan 22, 1958 Sir Robert Brown Black Apr 1, 1964 Sir David Clive Crosbie Trench Nov 1, 1971 Sir Murray MacLehose May 1, 1982 Sir Edward Youde Apr 1, 1987 Sir David Wilson Jul 1, 1992 The Rt. Hon. Christopher Francis Patten Jul 1, 1997 CE Tung Chee Hwa Mar 13, 2005 CE Sir Donald Tsang May 25, 2005 CE Henry Tang Jun 25, 2005 CE Sir Donald Tsang