William Thomas Mercer
Deceased Person
1821 – 1879
Who was William Thomas Mercer?
William Thomas Mercer was a British colonial administrator who served as the Colonial Treasurer, Auditor General, Colonial Secretary, and Administrator, between 15 March 1865 to 11 March 1866. He was succeeded by Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell, who became the 6th Governor of Hong Kong.
Mercer married Mary Phillips Nind September 1862. Mary was born in Hargrave, Berkshire c 1836.
Mercer, arrived in Hong Kong in 1844 as Private Secretary to his uncle, Sir John Davis. Mercer is the nephew of John Francis Davis, the second Governor of Hong Kong.
Mercer became Colonial Secretary on 29 November 1854 and remained thereafter the chief executive officer of the Colony until retirement on pension in 1867.
In 1869 Mercer published the book "Under the Peak; or, Jottings in Verse".
lengthened residence in the Colony of Hong Kong
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