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==Commodores== Dates of appointment given: <div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Commodore in Charge at Hong Kong" nat="UK"> {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Digby Morant|nick=George Digby Morant|appt=before July, 1884{{NLJul84|p. 42}}|note={{Com2RN}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edmund John Church|nick=Edmund J. Church|appt=27 December, 1888{{NLMar91|p. 263}}|note={{Com2RN}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Henry St. Leger Bury Palliser|nick=Henry St. L. Bury Palliser|appt=29 December, 1891{{NLMar92|p. 356}}}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Thomas Henry Boyes|nick=George T. H. Boyes|appt=20 June, 1893{{NLApr94|p. 356''a''}}|note={{Com2RN}}}} {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Swinton Colthurst Holland|nick=Swinton C. Holland|appt=8 July, 1896<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 8 July, 1896. Issue '''34937''', col A, p. 12.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Powell|nick=Francis Powell|appt=5 January, 1899<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 4 January, 1899. Issue '''35717''', col D, p. 8.</ref>|note={{Com2RN}}}} {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Charles Grey Robinson|nick=Charles G. Robinson|appt=10 February, 1902<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Thursday, 16 January, 1902. Issue '''36666''', col A, p. 7.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Gauntlett Dicken|nick=Charles G. Dicken|appt=1 January, 1904<ref>''Visitations of England and Wales''. '''II'''. p. vii.</ref>|note={{Com2RN}}|end=11 November, 1905<ref>Dicken Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|}} f. 449.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Pigot Williams|nick=Hugh P. Williams|appt=17 July, 1905<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Thursday, 13 July, 1905. Issue '''37758''', col D, p. 10.</ref>|note={{Com2RN}}|end=5 March, 1907<ref>Williams Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39}}. f. 1409.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Robert Henry Simpson Stokes|nick=Robert H. S. Stokes|appt=5 March, 1907<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Friday, 8 February, 1907. Issue '''38251''', col C, p. 10.</ref>|note=as {{Com2RN}}|end=1908<ref>Either 15 January or 15 June ... illegible. Stokes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1251.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Lyon|nick=Herbert Lyon|appt=18 August, 1908<ref>Lyon Service Record at {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 446.</ref><ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Monday, 10 August, 1908. Issue '''38721''', col C, p. 7.</ref>|end=19 August, 1910<ref>Lyon Service Record at {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 446.</ref>|note=as {{Com2RN}}}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cresswell John Eyres|nick=Cresswell J. Eyres|appt=14 April, 1910<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Thursday, 21 April, 1910. Issue '''39252''', col C, p. 9.</ref>|note={{Com2RN}}|end=26 April, 1912<ref>Eyres Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 9.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Robert Hamilton Anstruther|nick=Robert H. Anstruther|appt=26 April, 1912<ref>Anstruther Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 96.</ref>|ass=12 July, 1912{{SMNLDec14|p. 7}}|end=18 May, 1916<ref>Anstruther Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 96.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry George Glas Sandeman|nick=Henry G. G. Sandeman|appt=18 May, 1916<ref>Sandeman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 4.</ref>|note={{Com2RN}}|end=4 March, 1918<ref>Sandeman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 4.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Victor Gallafent Gurner|nick=Victor G. Gurner|appt=4 Mar, 1918{{SMNLApr18|p. 8}}|ass=18 May, 1918{{SMNLJul19|p. 7}}|note={{Com2RN}}|end=1 April, 1920<ref>Gurner Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 97.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Anselan John Buchanan Stirling|nick=Anselan J. B. Stirling|appt=15 October, 1924<ref>Stirling Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/157.|D7602943}} f. 175.</ref>|end=December, 1926<ref>Stirling Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/157.|D7602943}} f. 175.</ref>|note=as {{Com2RN}}}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Lewis Pearson|nick=John L. Pearson|appt=22 October, 1926<ref>Pearson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 486.</ref>|end=December, 1928<ref>Pearson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 486.</ref>|ass=December, 1926<ref>Predecessor left that month. Stirling Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/157.|D7602943}} f. 175.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Augustus Sandys Hill|nick=Richard A. S. Hill|appt=December, 1928<ref>Hill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603394}} f. 146.</ref>|end=8 November, 1930<ref>Hill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603394}} f. 146.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Arthur Horace Walker|nick=Arthur T. Walker|appt=October, 1930<ref>Walker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>|ass=8 November, 1930<ref>Walker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>|end=August, 1932<ref>Walker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Hugh Richard Marrack|nick=Hugh R. Marrack|end=14 July, 1933<ref>Superseded that day. Elliott Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/30.}} f. 186.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Frank Elliott|nick=Frank Elliott|appt=14 July, 1933<ref>Elliott Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/30.}} f. 186.</ref>|end=April, 1935<ref>Elliott Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/30.}} f. 186.</ref>}} </div name=fredbot:office0> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} * [http://www.gwpda.org/naval/dkbkpl18.jpg Plan of Harbour & Kowloon Docks c. 1908 at GWPDA.org] * [http://www.gwpda.org/naval/dkbkpl12.jpg Plan of Naval Yard c. 1908 at GWPDA.org] * [http://www.gwpda.org/naval/dkbkpl19.jpg Plan of Taikoo Dockyard c. 1908 at GWPDA.org] {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} [[Category:Pages with Offices]]

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