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Malcolm Struan Tonnochy

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and Walter Meredith Deane, the three of them comprising the first appointments on merit in a service that was beginning to modernise. Tonnochy worked his way up to hold many posts including Coroner, Assistant Harbour Master, Police Magistrate, acting
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Tsang, Steve. Governing Hong Kong: Administrative Officers from the 19th Century to the Hand-over to China, 1862-1997. London: I.B. Tauris, 2007.
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Unlike most colonial officials in Hong Kong at the time, Tonnochy was never honoured with any titles. The only place that bears his name is
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Tonnochy was unmarried and died aged 41 after serving as acting Administrator of Hong Kong in early 1882. Tonnochy is buried at
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from 1879 to 1882). He was acting Administrator (i.e. Governor) for two short periods, in 1881 during the absence of
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It seems that Tonnochy did not complete his studies at Cambridge, choosing instead to try for a new cadetship in the
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Civil Service, by competitive examination in 1862. In this he was successful, along with fellow candidates
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Obituary: The London and China Telegraph, January 22, 1883, p74.
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from 1879 to 1882. From 1876 to 1882 he was Superintendent of
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in December 1841 to Thomas Tonnochy (a colonial collector in
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Index

Queen Victoria
John Pope Hennessy
William Henry Marsh
Acting Colonial Treasurer
Acting Colonial Secretary
Victoria Gaol
Bengal
British India
Hong Kong
British
Hong Kong
Chinese:
British India
Hong Kong
Governor of Hong Kong
Bengal, India
Bulundshahr
Scottish
Indian
Scot
Bengal Army
Sergeant Major
Thomas Tonnochie
Blackheath Proprietary School
Trinity College, Cambridge
Hong Kong
Cecil Clementi Smith
Colonial Treasurer
James Russell
Colonial Secretary

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