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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1988

EULOGY FOR SIR DAVID TRENCH

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THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE EULOGY DELIVERED

BY THE HON LYDIA DUNN, SENIOR MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, AT THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR SIR DAVID TRENCH AT ST JOHN'S CATHEDRAL TODAY

(SATURDAY):

WE HAVE COME TOGETHER THIS MORNING TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF SIR DAVID TRENCH, GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF HONG KONG FROM 1964 TO 1971.

HE DEVOTED HIS LIFE'S WORK TO THE WELFARE OF PEOPLES IN BRITAIN'S OVERSEAS TERRITORIES.

DAVID TRENCH WAS BORN ON 2 JUNE 1915 IN QUETTA, IN THE COUNTRY THAT IS NOW PAKISTAN.

HE WAS THE YOUNGEST SON OF WILLIAM TRENCH OF THE INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE, THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE SIND PROVINCE.

HE WAS EDUCATED AT

COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE.

TONBRIDGE SCHOOL IN ENGLAND AND JESUS

IN 1938 HE JOINED THE COLONIAL SERVICE AS A CADET ADMINISTRATOR AND WAS POSTED то THE BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE TO BEGIN HIS DISTINGUISHED CAREER.

IN THOSE EARLY DAYS HE WAS ALREADY DEMONSTRATING THAT RARE

ABOVE BLEND OF TACT, FIRMNESS, IMPERTURBALITY IN A CRISIS AND,

ALL, HUMANITY THAT MARKED HIM OUT FOR HIGH OFFICE.

WHEN WAR CAME ΤΟ THE PACIFIC IN 1942, HE SERVED WITH

SOLOMON DISTINCTION IN THE BRITISH

ISLANDS DEFENCE FORCE AND WAS AWARDED THE MILITARY CROSS AND THE UNITED STATES LEGION OF ACTS OF CONSPICUOUS COURAGE.

MERIT

FOR

DAVID TRENCH FIRST CAME TO HONG KONG IN 1950.

HE HELD A SERIES OF INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT POSTS IN AND WAS APPOINTED DEPUTY COLONIAL SECRETARY IN 1959.

GOVERNMENT

COMMISSIONER

TO THE

IN 1951 HE LEFT HONG KONG TO BECOME HIGH PACIFIC TERRITORIES, BUT HE RETURNED IN 1964 AS GOVERNOR.

WHEN HE TOOK UP HIS APPOINTMENT, HE SAID THAT

DECADES: REMAIN WHAT IT HAD BEEN FOR

A HAVEN OF STABILITY AND HOPE.

HONG ORDER,

KONG MUST PROGRESS,

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