Alexander MacDonald Thomson

The Hon. Alexander MacDonald Thomson was Colonial Treasurer of Hong Kong from 1899 to 1918.

Thomson first appeared in colonial service in 1887 in a lowly capacity. By July 1898, he was Acting Colonial Treasurer and Collector of Stamp Revenue and he stood in for a few months as Acting Colonial Secretary for Sir Henry May in 1909, then twice more in 1910 and 1912. When Thomson retired in 1918, on a pension of HK$4,200, he was Colonial Treasurer.

Thomson Road, Hong Kong is named after him.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Hong Kong Government Gazette
↑ "Street Names and Their Origins" Hong Kong volume 1 by Frena Bloomfield

Financial Secretary

Financial Secretary: John Tsang

Subordinate departments	Economic Analysis and Business Facilitation Unit Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Previous office holders *	Martin Mercer Ricnaecker Forth Russell Lister Wodehouse May (acting) Mitchell-Innes Thomson (acting) Smith Thomson Messer Taylors Caine Butters Follows Clarke Cowperthwaite Haddon-Cave Bremridge Jacobs Macleod D. Tsang Leung Tang J. Tsang

* Includes previous Colonial Treasurers

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