David Wilson

Administrator and diplomat from England · United Kingdom · On the map · Politicians · Born 1935 · age 91

David Clive Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn is a retired British administrator, diplomat and Sinologist. He was the penultimate Commander-in-Chief and 27th Governor of Hong Kong.

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2006Honorary Doctor of the University of Hong KongAward1996Honorary Doctor of the Chinese University of Hong KongAward1987Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St GeorgeAward1985Companion of the Order of St Michael and St GeorgeAward1935Born14 February 1935

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Wilson (right) in 1991 with John Yaxley

David and Natasha Wilson at Cambridge University, March 2013.

Lord Wilson's heraldic banner as Knight of the Order of the Thistle in St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh.

Awards

Honorary Doctor of the University of Hong Kong2006

Honorary Doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong1996

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George1987

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George1985

Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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He served as Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the British Monarch's representative to the Assembly, in 2010 and 2011. He is also one of two living former governors of Hong Kong, alongside Chris Patten. He retired from the House of Lords on 12 February 2021 after sitting as a crossbencher for more than 28 years.

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United Kingdom