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Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs (Chinese Translated Name ?????????) (1876 - 1947) was a United Kingdom|British colonial governor, who was once the Governor of Hong Kong. Reginald Edward Stubbs was born on October 13th|13 October, 1876, the son of William Stubbs, a historian and bishop of Chester and Oxford, consecutively. He was educated at Radley and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He obtained first class honours in Classical Moderations in 1897 and first class honours in Literae Humaniores|Lit. Hum. in 1899. In that same year, Stubbs also received his B.A. . He entered Colonial Office in 1900 as a second-class clerk, eventually serving as acting first class clerk from 1907 to 1910, when he became a permanent 1st class clerk. In that same year, Stubbs was sent on a special mission to Malay Peninsula and Hong Kong. He was a member of West Afican Lands Committee in 1912, and became a colonial secretary of Ceylon in from 1913 to 1919. He was appointed Hong Kong Governor in 1919, a position he served until 1925. Beginning from his governorship, the Chinese translated names of British Governors are made to look more like real life Chinese names. During Stubb's tenure, strikes were frequent, thus harming the Hong Kong economy in the process. in 1922, seamen went on strike in Hong Kong, followed by a large strike that involved workers in Hong Kong and Guangzhou|Canton. The strikers demanded the annulment of the "Unequal Treaties" (Treaty of Nanking, Treaty of Peking, and New Territories Land Lease Agreement, which, altogether, allowed British control of Hong Kong). The striker also demanded better treatment of Chinese labourers on Hong Kong. At first, Stubbs tried to suppress the strikers with legal and forceful means, but the efforts backfired, and caused an exodus of more than 100,000 Chinese labourers to China. This further damaged the economy, and Stubbs left Hong Kong in 1925. On a much lighter note, Stubbs received a Master's degree|M.A. during his tenure, in 1920. After his stormy tenure as Governor of Hong Kong, Stubbs was made Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of Jamaica a year later, in 1926. He would hold this position until 1932, when he was appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Cyprus. He would serve in this position until 1933, when he was appointed to his last position in the Colonial Service: Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Ceylon. He would hold this position until 1937, and entered retirement afterwards. A year after his retirement, Stubbs became the vice-chairman of West India Royal Commission (until 1939) and Chairman of Northern Division Appellate Tribunal for Conscientious Objectors from 1941 to 1947. Stubbs married Lady Marjory Stubbs in 1909. The couple had two sons and one daughter. Stubbs himself died on December 7th|7 December, 1947.
Stubbs Road in the mid-levels on Hong Kong Island was named after him.
| border="2" align="center" |width="30%" align="center"|Preceded by:<br />Acting Administrator Claud Severn |width="40%" align="center"|16th Governor of Hong Kong<br />1919-1925 |width="30%" align="center"|Followed by:<br />Acting Administrator Claud Severn |- | border="2" align="center" |width="40%" align="center"|Preceded by:<br />Brig. Sir Samuel Herbert Wilson |width="30%" align="center"|Governor of Jamaica<br />1926-1932 |width="30%" align="center"|Followed by:<br />Sir Alexander Ransford Slater |- | border="2" align="center" |width="40%" align="center"|Preceded by:<br />Sir Ronald Storrs |width="30%" align="center"|Governor of Cyprus<br />1932-1933 |width="30%" align="center"|Followed by:<br />Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer |- | border="2" align="center" |width="30%" align="center"|Preceded by:<br />Sir Grame Thompson |width="40%" align="center"|Governor of Ceylon<br />1933-1937 |width="30%" align="center"|Followed by:<br />Sir Andrew Caldecott |- Category:Governors of Hong Kong|Stubbs, Reginald Edward Category:1876 births|Stubbs, Reginald Edward Category:1947 deaths|Stubbs, Reginald Edward zh:司徒拔 This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Reginald Edward Stubbs".
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