Charles McIlvaine Messer

Charles McIlvaine Messer, OBE (11 October 1874 – 26 July 1938) was the Captain Superintendent of the Hong Kong Police Force from 1913 to 1918 and Colonial Treasurer of Hong Kong from 1918 to 1931.

He was born on 11 October 1874 in London to Josiah Messer. He was Captain Superintendent of the Hong Kong Police Force from 1913 to 1918.^[1] He was appointed Colonial Treasurer of Hong Kong in 1918. Before that he had acted as Colonial Treasurer for six occasions. He served as Colonial Treasurer until he retired in 1931.^[2]

He died on 26 Jul 1938 in Iffley, Oxford.^[3]

References

↑ "Heads of Police" (PDF). Hong Kong Police.
↑ "Database on Legislative Council Members".
↑ "William Wilson Chart" (PDF).

Police appointments
Preceded by Joseph Francis Badeley	Captain Superintendent of Police 1913–1918	Succeeded by Edward Dudley Corscaden Wolfe
Government offices
Preceded by Alexander MacDonald Thomson	Colonial Treasurer of Hong Kong 1918–1931	Succeeded by Edwin Taylor

Financial Secretary
Financial Secretary: Paul Chan
Subordinate departments	Economic Analysis and Business Facilitation Unit Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Previous office holders *	Martin Mercer Ricnaecker Forth C. C. Smith Russell Lister Mitchell-Innes T. S. Smith Thomson Messer Taylor Caine Butters Follows Clarke Cowperthwaite Haddon-Cave Bremridge Jacobs Macleod D. Tsang Leung Tang J. Tsang Chan
* Includes previous Colonial Treasurers

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