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JOHN CALVERT GRIFFITHS QC
Attorney General
Born in 1931. Educated in United Kingdom. Called to Bar 1956.
Appointed QC 1972. Served in the Judiciary in England before joining the Hong Kong Government as Attorney General in May
1979.
Married to Jessamy, three daughters.
SIR DENYS TUDOR EMIL ROBERTS KBE
Chief Justice
Born in 1923. Educated in the United Kingdom. Served as
Attorney General in Gibraltar in 1960 and appointed as QC in the
same year. Joined the Hong Kong Civil Service in 1962 as
Solicitor General and became Attorney General in 1966.
Appointed Chief Secretary in 1973, holding the post until 1978
when assuming the present office.
Divorced, two children.
MAJOR GENERAL DEREK BOORMAN
Commander British Forces, Hong Kong
Born in 1931. Educated in UK.
Joined North Staffordshire
regiment in 1950. Promoted to Brigadier and assumed command of
51 Infantry Brigade in Hong Kong in 1974. Director of Public
Relations (Army) 1978. Director of Military Operations 1980-82.
ROBIN JOHN TAYLOR MCLAREN CMG
Political Adviser
Born 1934. Served in the Royal Navy from 1953 to 1955.
Subsequently served in various posts in the Foreign Office
including Hong Kong, Beijing, Rome and Copenhagen. Was Assistant Political Adviser in Hong Kong from 1968 to 1970. He became Head of the Hong Kong and General Department in 1978, of
the Far Eastern Department in 1979, and has held his present
post since October 1981.
Married to Sue, three children.
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