John Francis Yaxley
John Francis Yaxley (born 13 November 1936) Birmingham, England, spent his career as a civil servant in the UK Colonial Office. He was the eldest son of Canon Robert William Yaxley and Dorothy (née Archer).[citation needed]
Yaxley served in Vanuatu (formerly The New Hebrides), the Solomon Islands (formerly The British Solomon Islands Protectorate) and Hong Kong. He carried out[citation needed] the first census of the New Hebrides with Norma MacArthur in 1967, and subsequently reported on it.[1]
He held the office of Deputy Financial Secretary to the Treasury Bureau under Colonial Hong Kong, 16 March 1987 -March 1989.[2] Also in his time in Hong Kong he acted as secretary for Trade and Industry[3] and Financial Secretary.[4][5]
He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours.[6]
Further reading
- Yaxley, John (1999). "In the western Pacific and Hong Kong, 1960-1990". In Smith, John. Administering empire: the British colonial service in retrospect. University of London Press. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
References
- ↑ MacArthur, Norma; Yaxley, J. F. (1968). Condominium of the New Hebrides: a report on the first census of the population 1967. New South Wales Government. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
- ↑ "List of Housing Authority full members and Committee members". Hong Kong Housing Society. 1987. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
- ↑ http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr83-84/english/lc_sitg/hansard/h840425.pdf
- ↑ http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr86-87/english/lc_sitg/hansard/h870513.pdf
- ↑ http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/bldho/legco/LegcoBL007.pdf
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 52173. p. 16. 15 June 1990. Retrieved 25 April 2011.