Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch

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The Right Honourable The Lord MacLehose of Beoch KT GBE KCMG KCVO DL
25th Governor of Hong Kong
In office 19 November 1971 – 8 May 1982
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Colonial Secretary	Hugh Norman-Walker Denys Roberts
Chief Secretary	Denys Roberts Jack Cater Philip Haddon-Cave
Preceded by	David Trench
Succeeded by	Edward Youde
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 21 May 1982 – 27 May 2000 Life Peerage
Diplomatic positions British Ambassador to Denmark In office 1969–1971 Preceded by Oliver Wright Succeeded by Andrew Stark British Ambassador to Vietnam In office 1967–1969 Preceded by Peter Wilkinson Succeeded by John Moreton
Personal details
Born	(1917-10-16)16 October 1917 Glasgow, Scotland
Died	27 May 2000(2000-05-27) (aged 82) Ayrshire, Scotland
Resting place	Alloway Parish Church, Scotland
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford
Profession	Diplomat, colonial administrator
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	麥理浩
Simplified Chinese	麦理浩
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Mài Lǐhào Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Mahk Léih houh Jyutping Mak6 Lei5 hou6

Crawford Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch, KT, GBE, KCMG, KCVO, DL (Chinese: 麥理浩; 16 October 1917 – 27 May 2000), was a British politician, diplomat and colonial official who served as the 25th Governor of Hong Kong, from 1971 to 1982. He was the longest-serving governor of the colony, with four successive terms in office. He previously worked for the British Council in China and was the British Ambassador to South Vietnam and Denmark.^[1]

Although MacLehose came from a diplomatic background and lacked colonial administrative experience, he was generally regarded as one of the most successful and popular governors of Hong Kong due to the number of social reforms enacted during his time and for Hong Kong's economic success during his time in office. Although his tenure as governor finished before formal British-Sino negotiations over Hong Kong commenced, he sought to improve diplomatic relations with China and held talks with Deng Xiaoping.^[2][3][4][5]