Robert Brown Black Politician

Sir Robert Brown Black GCMG OBE (Chinese: 柏立基, 3 June 1906 – 29 October 1999) was a British colonial administrator. Born in Edinburgh and educated at George Watson's College and the University of Edinburgh, he would spend three decades overseas and return to Britain in the 1960s. He was Governor of Hong Kong from 23 January 1958 to 1 April 1964, having been Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1952 – 1955. He served as Governor of Singapore from 1955 to 1957.

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Birth dateJune 03, 1906
Date of deathOctober 29, 1999

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Politician

officeGovernor of Singapore
successor
William Allmond Codrington Goode

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