歷任港督 / Governor

寶雲

George Bowen

1883年–1887年

領域:政治人物

繁體中文

寶雲(George Bowen,1821—1899),愛爾蘭裔英國殖民地官員,第九任香港總督。他生於愛爾蘭多尼戈爾郡,畢業於牛津大學三一學院,原習法律,早年曾在愛奧尼亞群島政府出任首席秘書,其後轉入殖民地部,來港前已先後出任昆士蘭首任總督、紐西蘭第五任總督、維多利亞第五任總督及毛里裘斯第十三任總督,並以善於調解與撰寫報告著稱,著有《三十年殖民地管治》一書。他在昆士蘭任內推動當地農業與移民發展,其妻迪亞曼蒂娜的名字更被用作昆士蘭多處地名的由來。1883年3月30日,他出任第九任香港總督。他延續前任方向,支持在立法局設立華人議席;1880年首位華人非官守議員伍廷芳(伍才)任滿前請辭後,寶雲支持華人議席的原則,並於1884年正式委任黃勝為立法局華人非官守議員,令華人聲音進一步制度化地進入立法機關。同年中法戰爭爆發,香港碼頭及船塢工人拒絕為法國船隻工作,法國船主入稟法院,十四名工人被判罰款,引發全體碼頭工人罷工與示威,港府出動警察及軍隊並拘捕部分華人,事件令殖民政府正視華人勞工的集體力量。他任內亦促成香港天文台成立,並推動銅鑼灣避風塘、政府醫院等建設,同時關注公共衛生與教育事務。他任內適逢香港人口增長、華人社會地位上升,殖民政府亦開始更重視華人輿情。他因健康欠佳於1887年離任返英,1899年2月逝世。灣仔的寶雲道以他命名,該道於1888年落成,部分路段以棧道形式敷設食水管,至今仍是港島半山的主要幹道之一。

English

Sir George Ferguson Bowen (1821–1899) was an Anglo-Irish British colonial administrator and the ninth Governor of Hong Kong. Educated at Trinity College, Oxford, he read law and early served as chief secretary in the government of the Ionian Islands before moving to the Colonial Office; before coming to Hong Kong he had been the first Governor of Queensland, the fifth Governor of New Zealand, the fifth Governor of Victoria and the thirteenth Governor of Mauritius. On 30 March 1883 he became Governor of Hong Kong. Continuing his predecessor's approach, he supported Chinese representation; after NG Choy, the first Chinese unofficial member, resigned in 1882, Bowen upheld the principle of a Chinese seat and in 1884 appointed Wong Shing as a Chinese unofficial member of the Legislative Council, entrenching a Chinese voice in the chamber. In 1884, during the Sino-French War, Hong Kong dock workers and shipyard hands refused to work on French ships; after fourteen of them were fined in court, the whole waterfront struck and demonstrated, and the government called in police and troops and arrested a number of Chinese residents — an episode that forced the colonial administration to reckon with the collective strength of Chinese labour. In office he also helped establish the Hong Kong Observatory and promoted the Causeway Bay typhoon shelter and a government hospital. In poor health, he left the colony in 1887 and died in February 1899. Bowen Road in Wan Chai, completed in 1888, is named after him.

人物小檔 Profile

職業Occupation

殖民地行政官員、第九任香港總督

年期Active period

1883年–1887年

代表作Notable works

委任黃勝為立法局華人非官守議員;促成香港天文台成立

資料整理日期 / Compiled: 2026-09-13

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主要成就 Key Achievements

1883

出任第九任香港總督。

Became the ninth Governor of Hong Kong.

1884

委任黃勝為立法局華人非官守議員。

Appointed Wong Shing as a Chinese unofficial member of the Legislative Council.

1887

因健康欠佳離任返英。

Left office and returned to Britain because of ill health.

影響與傳承 Impact & Legacy

繁體中文

寶雲任內把立法局華人議席進一步制度化,並在中法戰爭期間見證碼頭工人罷工,令殖民政府開始正視華人勞工的力量;他推動成立的天文台及避風塘等設施,長遠影響香港的城市管治。

English

During his term Bowen further institutionalised Chinese representation on the Legislative Council and, when dock workers struck during the Sino-French War, forced the colonial administration to reckon with the strength of Chinese labour. The observatory and typhoon shelter he helped bring about had a lasting effect on Hong Kong's urban governance.

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