David Clive Crosbie Trench
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir David Clive Crosbie Trench (戴麟趾 1915 - 1988) was a British soldier and colonial governor.
Contents |
[edit] Early life
Trench was born on 2 June, 1915. He was educated in 1925 at Tonbridge School, Tonbridge, Kent, England and graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge, England with the degree of Master of Arts (M.A.).
[edit] War service
In 1938, Trench entered the Colonial Service as a cadet in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate and was seconded to the Western Pacific High Commission in 1941. From 1939 to 1945, he fought in the Second World War and served in the British Solomon Islands Defence Force from 1942 to 1946. For this, Trench was awarded the decoration of the Military Cross and the US Legion of Merit in 1944. He attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1947 and studied at the Joint Services Command and Staff College in Swindon, Wiltshire, England in 1949.
[edit] Colonial administration career
In 1950, Trench became Assistant Secretary to the Deputy Defence Secretary for Hong Kong. He eventually held the office of Deputy Financial Secretary in 1956 and Commissioner of Labour and Mines in 1957. In 1958, Trench studied at the Imperial Defence College in London, England.
Trench served as Deputy Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong between 1959 and 1960. He left Hong Kong to take up the office of High Commissioner for the British Western Pacific Territories between 1961 and 1964, only to be appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Hong Kong between 1964 and 1971.
[edit] Personal life
Trench married Margaret Gould on 18 August, 1944. The couple had one daughter, Katherine Elizabeth. Trench was also a distant kinsman of the Barons Ashtown, and one of his distant relatives, Sir Nigel Clive Cosby Trench, also worked in the Foreign Service and succeeded to the Barony of Ashtown in 1990.
Trench died on 4 December 1988.
[edit] Offices and Honors
- C.M.G., 1960
- K.C.M.G., 1962
- K.St.J., 1964
- Honorary LL.D. degree from Hong Kong University, 1968.
- G.C.M.G., 1969
- Governor of Hong Kong, 1964 to 1971
- President of St. John Ambulance Brigade and Association in Dorset since 1972.
- Chairman, Dorset Area Health Authority from 1973 to 1982.
- Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset, 1977
- The Trench Methadone Clinic and the David Trench Rehabilitation Clinic, both in Hong Kong, are named after him.
- Ching Cheung Road in Kwai Chung in Kowloon,Hong Kong was named after him.
[edit] See also
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Robert Brown Black |
Governor of Hong Kong 14 April 1964 - October 1971 |
Succeeded by Lord MacLehose of Beoch |
