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Sir Francis Henry May (Chinese Translated Name ?????????) (1860 - 1922) was a United Kingdom|British colonial administrator who became Governor of Hong Kong. May was born in Dublin, Ireland on March 14th|14 March, 1860. He was the 4th son of Rt. Son. G. A. C. May, Lord Chief-Justice of Ireland. May was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Dublin, where a few of his predecessors to the Governorship of Hong Kong attended school. May received the 1st Honourman and Prizeman Classics and Modern Languages and B.A. in 1881. In 1881, May was appointed to a Hong Kong Cadetship after a competitive examination. In 1886, he became the Assistant Protector of Chinese and private secretary to Governor Sir George William Des Voeux|George William Des V??ux. He was also the private secretary to Accting Administrator Digby Barker from 1889 to 1891. May would hold the office of Assistant Colonial Secretary in 1891 and Acting Colonial Treasurer in 1892. He was made a member of the Legislative Council in 1895. From 1893 to 1902, Blake was the Captain Superintendent of the Hong Kong Police Force, and Superintendent Victoria Gaol and Fire Brigade for Hong Kong between 1896 and 1902. He held the position of Colonial Secretary for Hong Kong in 1902-1910, and became an acting administrator of Hong Kong in 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907, and 1910. In 1910, May was appointed Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner Western Pacific, a position he would hold until 1912. In 1912, Blake was appointed Governor of Hong Kong, a position he occupied in his own right until 1919. It was also his last post in the Colonial Service. May was the only Hong Kong Governor to be a target in an assassination attempt. When he arrived in Hong Kong from Fiji, he rode in a sedan, and was fired upon. May was not injured. Since that incident, May used an automobile as his daily method of transportation. In 1919, May was allowed to retire, due to ill health. May married Helena Barker in 1891. She was the daughter of Acting Administrator Major-General Digby Barker. They had four daughters. May died on February 6th|6 February, 1922 in Canada.
May Road, a roadway in the Mid-Levels District in Hong Kong Island, and May Hall was named after him. Also, the Helana May Foundation was named after his wife.
start box |width="25%" align="center"|Preceded by:<br />James Haldane Stewart-Lockhart |width="25%" align="center"|Chief Secretary|Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong<br/>1902-1910 |width="25%" align="center"|Followed by:<br />Sir Claud Severn |- |width="25%" align="center"|Preceded by:<br />Sir Henry Arthur Blake |width="25%" align="center"|Governor of Hong Kong (Administrator)<br/>November 1903-July 1904 |width="25%" align="center"|Followed by:<br />Sir Matthew Nathan |- |width="25%" align="center"|Preceded by:<br />Sir Everard F. im Thurn |width="25%" align="center"|Governor of Fiji<br/>1910-1912 |width="25%" align="center"|Followed by:<br />Sir Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott |- |width="25%" align="center"|Preceded by:<br />Acting Administrator Claud Severn |width="25%" align="center"|15th Governor of Hong Kong<br />1912-1919 |width="25%" align="center"|Followed by:<br />Acting Administrator Claud Severn | category:Chief Secretaries of Hong Kong|May, Francis Henry Category:Governors of Hong Kong|May, Francis Henry Category:1860 births|May, Francis Henry Category:1922 deaths|May, Francis Henry zh:梅含理 This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Francis Henry May".
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