10 Facts About Cecil Harcourt

Cecil Harcourt was the de facto governor of Hong Kong as commander-in-chief and head of the military administration from September 1945 to May 1946.

Cecil Harcourt was called by the Chinese name "Ha Kok", a reference to the fourth-century Chinese nobleman Chung Kok.

Cecil Harcourt was educated at Fonthill, East Grinstead, and later at the Royal Naval College at Osborne and Dartmouth.

Cecil Harcourt had a distinguished career in the Royal Navy, which he entered on 15 September 1904, at the age of 12.

In 1939, Cecil Harcourt was appointed Director of the Admiralty's Operations Division.

Cecil Harcourt commanded Task Group 111.2 for the reoccupation of Hong Kong with his carriers, three cruisers, four destroyers, a submarine, and mine-sweeping flotillas.

Cecil Harcourt ordered his carriers' planes to destroy a small number of Japanese suicide motor boats near Hong Kong.

Cecil Harcourt was the de facto governor of Hong Kong as commander-in-chief and head of the military administration until May 1946.

In 1947, Cecil Harcourt became Flag Officer and Second in Command Mediterranean Fleet.

Cecil Harcourt died en route to St Stephen's Hospital, Chelsea, London, on 19 December 1959.