歷任港督 / Governor

郝德傑

Andrew Caldecott

1884–1951(1935–1937年在任港督)

領域:政治人物

繁體中文

郝德傑(Andrew Caldecott,1884–1951)係英國殖民地官員,1884年10月26日喺英格蘭肯特郡出生,畢業於牛津大學埃克塞特學院,1907年獲古典學學士學位,同年11月加入殖民地部並前赴馬來亞,喺森美蘭出任見習官,長期喺馬來亞同海峽殖民地任職,歷任區域官員至海峽殖民地輔政司(1933至1935年),以善於排難解紛同調和種族關係見稱,並曾出任馬來亞足球總會首任會長。1934年2月至11月,佢一度署理海峽殖民地總督。1935年12月12日,佢抵港就任第十九任香港總督,上任時罕有地穿著便服。任內佢帶領港府推行多項革新:1936年1月1日,原有潔淨局正式改組為市政局;啟德機場喺佢任內首度有定期航班升降,銀禧水塘同瑪麗醫院亦相繼落成啟用。隨着中國局勢動盪,佢多次同國民政府官員會面,1936年9月更喺廣州宴請蔣介石。同期香港成為內地資金、人才同難民嘅避風港,逾十萬難民湧入,人口同工商活動明顯上升;佢任內亦處理防空、防務同衞生問題,並主張擢升華人公務員。1937年4月16日,佢因錫蘭民族運動高漲、局勢不穩而匆匆卸任,離任時社會普遍惋惜,曾有市民向英國外相艾登請願挽留,惜未成功;其後佢調任錫蘭總督至1944年9月。晚年佢居於英國,曾任殖民地服務任命委員會委員,並出版《似鬼非鬼》(1947)同《藍火》(1948)兩本靈異故事集。1951年7月14日,佢喺英格蘭蘇塞克斯逝世。九龍塘郝德傑道以佢命名。

English

Sir Andrew Caldecott (1884–1951) was a British colonial administrator, born on 26 October 1884 at Boxley in Kent and educated at Uppingham School and Exeter College, Oxford, where he took a BA in Classics in 1907. He joined the Colonial Office in November 1907 and was posted to Malaya, serving in Negeri Sembilan, and over nearly three decades held posts from district officer to Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements (1933–1935), briefly acting as Governor of the Straits Settlements in 1934 and gaining a name for conciliation and good race relations; he was also the first president of the Football Association of Malaysia. On 12 December 1935 he arrived in Hong Kong as its nineteenth Governor, unusually electing to wear civilian dress. His tenure brought a run of reforms: on 1 January 1936 the old Sanitary Board was reconstituted as the Urban Council, Kai Tak saw its first regular flights and Queen Mary Hospital opened as an adjunct to the University of Hong Kong, while the Jubilee Reservoir was also completed. As conditions in China worsened he met Nationalist officials repeatedly, hosting Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in Canton in September 1936, and more than 100,000 refugees from the mainland flooded into the colony, while he advocated promoting Chinese civil servants. Hong Kong became a haven for mainland capital, talent and refugees and its population and business activity rose sharply; he also dealt with air-raid precautions, defence and sanitation and expanded schools and medical facilities. On 16 April 1937 he left Hong Kong to govern Ceylon, a posting prompted by the national liberation movement there; his departure dismayed the community, and locals petitioned Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden to keep him, to no avail. He served as Governor of Ceylon from 16 October 1937 to 19 September 1944. In retirement he published two collections of supernatural fiction, Not Exactly Ghosts (1947) and Fires Burn Blue (1948), and he also composed the melody of the Negeri Sembilan state anthem. He died at Itchenor, Sussex, on 14 July 1951. Caldecott Road in Kowloon Tong, and Caldecott Hill and Caldecott MRT station in Singapore, are named after him.

人物小檔 Profile

職業Occupation

殖民地行政官員、第十九任香港總督

年期Active period

1884–1951(1935–1937年在任港督)

代表作Notable works

任內改組市政局、建成銀禧水塘同瑪麗醫院、應對中日戰爭前夕嘅動盪

獎項及榮譽Awards & honours

G.C.M.G.(聖米迦勒及聖喬治爵級大十字勳章)、C.B.

資料整理日期 / Compiled: 2026-09-13

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主要成就 Key Achievements

1907

加入馬來聯邦政府,展開殖民地服務生涯,其後長期任職於馬來亞同海峽殖民地

Joined the Federated Malay States government, beginning a long colonial service career in Malaya and the Straits Settlements

1935

12月12日抵港就任第十九任香港總督

Arrived in Hong Kong on 12 December to become the nineteenth Governor

1936

1月1日將潔淨局改組為市政局;同年9月喺廣州宴請蔣介石

Reconstituted the Sanitary Board as the Urban Council on 1 January and hosted Chiang Kai-shek in Canton in September

影響與傳承 Impact & Legacy

繁體中文

郝德傑任內嘅市政局改組,令香港市政管理由衞生主導轉向更廣泛嘅市政服務,奠定戰後市政局嘅架構。佢面對內地戰亂同難民湧入,喺防務、衞生同教育醫療上均有擴充,亦係最後一批喺日佔前較完整規劃香港發展嘅戰前港督之一。

English

Caldecott's reconstitution of the Sanitary Board as the Urban Council turned Hong Kong's municipal management from a sanitation-led body into a broader civic service and shaped the postwar council. Facing war in China and an influx of refugees, he expanded defence, sanitation, schooling and medical facilities, and was among the last prewar governors able to plan the city's development in relative order.

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