Sir Alexander Grantham

Sir Alexander William George Herder Grantham (葛亮洪 1899–1978) was a British colonial governor who governed Hong Kong. Image File history File links Alexander Grantham, 22nd Governor of Hong Kong. ... Image File history File links Alexander Grantham, 22nd Governor of Hong Kong. ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

Early life, colonial administration career

Grantham was born on 15 March 1899 and was educated at Wellington, Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and Pembroke College, Cambridge. March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Wellington College, Berkshire, the national monument to the Duke of Wellington, is an English public school, which was granted its royal charter in 1853. ... The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (commonly known as Sandhurst) is the British Army officer initial training centre. ... Full name Pembroke College Motto - Named after Countess of Pembroke, Mary de St Pol Previous names Marie Valence Hall (1347), Pembroke Hall (?), Pembroke College (1856) Established 1347 Sister College(s) Queens College Master Sir Richard Dearlove Location Pembroke Street Undergraduates ~420 Postgraduates 194 Homepage Boatclub Pembroke College is a...

He was gazetted in the 18th Hussars in 1917 and joined the Colonial Administrative Service in Hong Kong in 1922. He was called to Bar, Inner Temple in 1934 and attended Imperial Defence College that year. 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

A year later, Grantham became the Colonial Secretary of Bermuda from 1935 to 1938, and of Jamaica from 1938 to 1941. He then served as the Chief Secretary of Nigeria from 1941 to 1944 and became the Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner for Western Pacific from a year later, until 1947. 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... -1... -1... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Fiji was a British Crown Colony from 1874 to 1970, and an independent dominion in the British Commonwealth from 1970 to 1987. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Immediately after his tenure as High Commissioner ended, he became Governor of Hong Kong, until 1957. The Governor of Hong Kong (香港總督) was a British official who ruled Hong Kong during the colonial period between 1841 and 1997 and was ex officio Commander-in-Chief and Vice-Admiral of Hong Kong. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Legacy as Hong Kong Governor

His tenure marked the beginning of a unitary housing policy by the Hong Kong Government. In December 1953, a fire burned down a large slum area in Shek Kip Mei Kowloon, killing hundreds and leaving many homeless. It was under Grantham's administration that the government began to build settlement houses for the homeless. From that point on, the government was deeply involved in low-cost public housing programmes that allowed many Hong Kong people who could not afford to own a flat to live in government-owned housing estates at relatively low cost. The housing programme eventually evolved over time to allow people to buy low-cost housing and receive favourable loans to buy their own houses. 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Location within China In modern day Hong Kong, Kowloon (九龍; Cantonese IPA:; Jyutping: gau2 lung4; Mandarin Pinyin: Jiǔlóng; lit. ...

Honors

• Honorary Fellow, Pembroke College, Cambridge
• Honorary LL.D. degree, Hong Kong University
• C.M.G., 1941
• K.C.M.G., 1945
• G.C.M.G., 1951

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Personal life

Grantham was married twice. His first marriage, in 1925, was to Maurine Samson, who died in 1970 and after whom the Gubernatorial yacht, the Lady Maurine, was named. He then married Mrs M. E. Lumley in 1972. Grantham died on 4 October 1978. 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in Leap years). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

Places named after him

The Grantham Hospital in Aberdeen, Hong Kong, as well as the Grantham Teacher's College in Hong Kong, were named after him. Aberdeen gate in Hong Kong Aberdeen Harbour (香港仔) is a harbour at the south side of Hong Kong Island, located in the Southern District of Hong Kong. ...

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Bibliography

• Alexander Grantham (1965). Via ports, from Hong Kong to Hong Kong., Hong Kong University Press.

See also

• History of Hong Kong