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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Alfred Claud Hollis, Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore, Arthur Havelock, Charles Elliot, Cornelius Alfred Moloney, Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright, Dominick Daly, Edward Beetham, Frederick Barlee, Frederick Broome, Frederick Philipse Robinson, George Harris, 3rd Baron Harris, George Le Hunte, Hector William Munro, Henry Darling, Henry Moore Jackson, Horace Byatt, Hubert Jerningham, Hubert Rance, Hubert Winthrop Young, James Robert Longden, John Chancellor (British administrator), John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury, Jose Maria Chacon, Lewis Grant (colonial administrator), List of Governors of Tobago, List of Governors of Trinidad, List of Governors of Trinidad and Tobago, Maurice Henry Dorman, Philibert Francois Rouxel de Blanchelande, Ralph Abercromby, Robert William Harley, Robert William Keate, Samuel Herbert Wilson, Sir Lionel Smith, 1st Baronet, Sir William Young, 2nd Baronet, Solomon Hochoy, William Cairns, William Robinson (governor), Willoughby Shortland. Excerpt: Sir Charles Elliot, KCB (1801 - 9 September 1875), was a British naval officer, diplomat, and colonial administrator. He became the first administrator of Hong Kong in 1841 while serving as both Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China. He was a key founder in the establishment of Hong Kong as a British colony. Born in Dresden, Saxony, Elliot joined the Royal Navy in 1815 and served as a midshipman in the bombardment of Algiers against Barbary pirates the following year. After serving in the East Indies Station for four years, he joined the Home Station in 1820. He joined the West Africa Squadron and became a lieutenant in 1822. After serving in the West Indies Station, he was promoted to captain in 1828. He met Clara Windsor in Haiti and they married in 1828. After retiring from active military service, Elliot followed a career in the Foreign Office. From 1830 to 1833, he was Protector of Slaves in Guiana. In 1834, he went to China as Master Attendant to the staff of Chief Superintendent Lord Napier. He became Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent from 1836 to 1841. From 1842 to 1846, Elliot was charge d'affaires and consul general in the Republic of Texas. He served as Governor of Bermuda (1846-54), Governor of Trinidad (1854-56), and Governor of Saint Helena (1863-69). He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1856. Elliot was born in Dresden, Saxony, in 1801 to Margaret and Hugh Elliot. He was one of nine children. His uncle was Scottish diplomat Gilbert Elliott, 1st Earl of Minto while Gilbert Elliott, 2nd Earl of Minto and George Eden were cousins. He was educated in Reading, Berkshire, England. On 26 March 1815, Elliot joined the Royal Navy as a first-class volunteer on board HMS Leviathan, which served in the Mediterranean Station. In July 1816, he became a midshipman on board HMS Minden, in which he served in the bombardment of Algiers against Barbary pirates in August 1816. He then served in the East Indies Sta
