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Sir Andrew Caldecott (Chinese Translated Name 郝德傑) ( 1884 - 1951 ) was a British colonial administrator. EARLY LIFE, EDUCATION Sir Andrew Caldecott was born on 26 October , 1884 in Kent , England . His father was a cleric. Caldecott was educated at Uppingham , and Exeter College, Oxford , where he became an Honorary Fellow in 1948 . COLONIAL SERVICES CAREER Between 1907 and 1935 , he held various appointments in the Malayan Civil Service, including:
Later in his time in Malaya, Caldecott served as:
Through his experience in the Malayan administration, Caldecott was famous for his ability to settle quarrels between different ethnic groups. GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG In 1935 , Caldecott was appointed Governor Of Hong Kong . His tenure was the shortest in Hong Kong colonial history, for he was appointed the second last Governor Of Ceylon a little more than a year later to handle the threat to the British administration caused by the overwhelming national liberation movement in Ceylon . When arriving in Hong Kong to assume the Governorship, Caldecott, unusually, elected to wear civilian dress, something that would not happen again until the arrival, in 1992, of the last colonial Governor, Chris Patten . It was during Caldecott's tenure that Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport received its first regular arrival, the "Dorado" and the Queen Mary Hospital opened as an adjunct hospital to the Hong Kong University (the hospital is now under the control of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority). His tenure also saw the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War , with more than 100,000 refugees from the Chinese Mainland flooding into Hong Kong to escape the conflict. PERSONAL LIFE Caldecott married Olive Mary in 1918 . They had one son and one daughter. After Olive Mary's death in 1943 , Caldecott married again 1946 to Evelyn May. Caldecott died on 14 July , 1951 . AWARDS AND HONOURS
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