| 词条 | William Caine (Hong Kong) |
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William Hull Caine (1799–1871) was the Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1854 to 1859. He attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel prior to his secretary appointment. Caine was also the acting Governor of Hong Kong between May and September 1859. BiographyCaptain Caine was born in England in 1799 and served in the British Army's 26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot during the Peninsular War against Napoleon in Spain. His regiment was later transferred to Hong Kong and he began his long association with the colony.[1] Caine was Chief Magistrate, the head of pre-Hong Kong Police Force from 1841 to 1844. The then Major Caine was appointed Colonial Secretary and Auditor General[2] from 1846 to 1854.[3] His role was considerably diminished after the arrival in 1849 of the new governor Sir John Bowring who stamped his authority on Hong Kong after his power struggle with Caine went all the way to the Colonial Office for resolution.[4] He was the Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1854 to 1859. He was the acting Governor of Hong Kong between May and September 1859. Caine had four sons, Charles Henry Fearon Caine, Henry Monteith Caine, George Whittingham Caine (in 1855, a junior clerk in the Plenipotentiary's Department)[5]{{rp|353}}, William Hull Caine. Caine retired and left Hong Kong in 1859 and died in 1871.[6] MemorialCaine Road on Mid-levels was named after him.[7] A 29 floor L-shaped building called Caine House, part of the Hong Kong Police Headquarters, was named after him and completed in 1987.[8]See also
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.blogthetalk.com/2005/10/captain-caine-big-man-of-hong-kong.html|title=Captain Caine, the "Big Man" of Hong Kong|publisher=}} 2. ^{{London Gazette |issue=20709 |date=26 February 1847 |page=834 }} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.aud.gov.hk/eng/aboutus/about_history.htm|title=About us - History of the Audit Commission|website=www.aud.gov.hk}} 4. ^{{cite book|title=Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography|editors=May Holdsworth & Christopher Munn|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|date=2012|last=Munn|first=Christopher Munn|isbn=9789888083664}} 5. ^{{cite book|title=History of the Laws and Courts of Hong Kong|last=Norton-Kyshe|first=James William|date=1898|publisher=T Fisher Unwin|place=London}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://gwulo.com/node/15764|title=William CAINE [1799-1871] - Gwulo: Old Hong Kong|website=gwulo.com}} 7. ^{{cite book |title= Streets: exploring Hong Kong Island|last= Wordie|first= Jason|authorlink= |coauthors= |year= 2002|publisher= Hong Kong University Press|location= |isbn= 978-962-209-563-2|page= |pages= 16|url= |accessdate=}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/building/cainebuilding-hongkong-china|title=Caine Building, Hong Kong - 152272 - EMPORIS|first=Emporis|last=GmbH|website=www.emporis.com}} Further reading
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