Duncan Macintosh

Sir
Duncan Macintosh
CMG, OBE
Born(1904-05-05)5 May 1904
 Scotland
Died14 September 1966(1966-09-14) (aged 62)
PredecessorCharles Henry Sansom
SuccessorJames Arthur Maxwell

Sir Duncan William Macintosh CMG OBE (Chinese: 麥景陶; Scotland,[1] 5 May 1904 - 14 September 1966) He was the first Commissioner of Police in Hong Kong after World War II, in office from 1946 to 1954. Before arrived in Hong Kong in 1946, he previously served in Irish and Colonial Malayan Police Forces, and was the Commissioner of Singapore Police Force before World War II. During World War II, he became a prisoner of war and was held in a concentration camp in Singapore by the Imperial Japanese Army.

Honours

Anecdotes

  • Macintosh Forts is named after by him, the forts is located in the boundary of Hong Kong and China.
  • The formal wear of the bagpipe band in the Hong Kong Police Band is part of Macintosh's Scottish family ancestry.

References

  1. ^ "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24KG-VMH : 2 March 2021), Duncan William Macintosh, 1937; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).