Douglas Clague
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| Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
| In office 1956–1960 | |
| Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong | |
| In office 1961–1974 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 June 1917 South Rhodesia |
| Died | 11 March 1981 (aged 63) Berkshire, England |
Sir John Douglas Clague (13 June 1917 – 11 March 1981) was a British Hong Kong soldier and entrepreneur who spent most of his life in Hong Kong.[1]
Early years
Born in
PoW camp.[3] He later escaped, and joined the British Army Aid Group in free China.[1] On the ending of the war, he famously took the surrender of Japanese forces in Bangkok more or less single-handedly.[4]
Business career
After the war, he became the
Cheung Kong in 1979.[5]
Clague was also one of the commandants of the
Legislative Councils of Hong Kong, when he succeeded Cedric Blaker on 21 March 1958. From 1950 to 1951 he was President of the Gunners Roll of Hong Kong.[6]
Clague owned a lodge at Kam Tsin in the northern New Territories alongside many other wealthy people.[7]
He was also a
Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club; it was under his tenure that the Sha Tin Racecourse was developed. The Clague Garden Estate in Tsuen Wan is named for him,[8] as he was also one of the longest serving chairmen of the Hong Kong Housing Society
.
Personal
Clague was married to Lady Margaret Isolin Clague (née Cowley); they had three children (Jonathan, Penny and Isolin).[9]
Sir John Douglas Clague died of cancer aged 64, in 1981.[10] Lady Clague died in 2011.[9]
References
- ^ a b "The dawn of the Golden Age (mainly about money...)". gwulo.com. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ "Hong Kong's ties with Zimbabwe: The past and the present EJINSIGHT - ejinsight.com". EJINSIGHT.
- Time magazine, 20 October 1975
- ^ "China's Business Newspaper". The Standard. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
- Time Magazine, 6 August 2005.
- ^ "Documents". Gunners Roll. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
- ^ "Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force : Silver Jubilee 1959-1984" (PDF). Ebook.lib.hku.hk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
- ^ "Clague Garden Estate - Hong Kong Housing Society". hkhs.com.
- ^ a b "CLAGUE, Lady Margaret : Death notice". The Irish Times. 10 February 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "John Douglas CLAGUE (aka Duggie) [1917-1981] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong". gwulo.com.