Charles McIlvaine Messer

Charles McIlvaine Messer (January 1, 1908)

Charles McIlvaine Messer, OBE (11 October 1874 – 26 July 1938) was the Captain Superintendent of the Hong Kong Police Force from 1913 to 1918 and Colonial Treasurer of Hong Kong from 1918 to 1931.

He was born on 11 October 1874 in London to Josiah Messer. He was Captain Superintendent of the Hong Kong Police Force from 1913 to 1918.[1] He was appointed Colonial Treasurer of Hong Kong in 1918. Before that he had acted as Colonial Treasurer for six occasions. He served as Colonial Treasurer until he retired in 1931.[2]

He died on 26 Jul 1938 in Iffley, Oxford.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Heads of Police" (PDF). Hong Kong Police. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
2. ^ "Database on Legislative Council Members". Archived from the original on 2018-12-31. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
3. ^ "William Wilson Chart" (PDF).

Police appointments

Preceded by

Joseph Francis Badeley

|  Captain Superintendent of Police
1913–1918  | Succeeded by

Edward Dudley Corscaden Wolfe

Government offices
Preceded by

Alexander MacDonald Thomson

|  Colonial Treasurer of Hong Kong
1918–1931  | Succeeded by

Edwin Taylor

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Financial Secretary of Hong Kong

Financial Secretary: Paul Chan

Subordinate departments|

* Office of the Government Economist
* Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Previous office holders *|

* Martin
* Mercer
* Ricnaecker
* Forth
* C. C. Smith
* Russell
* Lister
* Mitchell-Innes
* T. S. Smith
* Thomson
* Messer
* Taylor
* Caine
* Butters
* Follows
* Clarke
* Cowperthwaite
* Haddon-Cave
* Bremridge
* Jacobs
* Macleod
* D. Tsang
* Leung
* Tang
* J. Tsang
* Chan

* Includes previous Colonial Treasurers
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