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Mr. C. M. MacLehose C.M.G., M.B.E.

Governor-designate Hong Kong

Biographical Note

Mr. MacLehose was born on 16 October, 1917, and

was educated at Rugby and Balliol. He was appointed to

the Colonial Service for service in Malaya in 1939 and

appointed Vice-Consul at Amoy in 1941. He was seconded

to the Royal Navy for service in China 1943 and in 1944

appointed Acting Consul at Foochow. In 1947 he transferred

to the Foreign Service and was appointed Acting Consul at

Hankow the same year. He returned to the Foreign Office

in 1950 and in 1951 was appointed First Secretary

(Commercial) at Prague. In 1954 he was seconded to the

Commonwealth Relations Office for service in Wellington

and in 1957 appointed First Secretary (Commercial) at

Paris. In 1959 he was promoted Counsellor and seconded to

the Colonial Office for service as Political Adviser,

Hong Kong. In 1963 he returned to the Foreign Office as

Head of Far Eastern Department and in July 1965 was

appointed Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary.

1967 he was appointed H.M. Ambassador at Saigon.

appointed H.M. Ambassador in Copenhagen in November 1969.

In 1947 he married Margaret Noel Dunlop. They

have twin daughters born in 1949.

In

He was

Mr. MacLehose was made a M.B.E. in 1945 and a

C.M.G. in 1964.