David Ford (civil servant)

Sir David Ford KBE LVO
Chief Secretary of Hong Kong
In office 12 February 1987[1] – 28 November 1993
Governor	Sir David Wilson Chris Patten
Preceded by	Sir David Akers-Jones
Succeeded by	Anson Chan
Secretary for the Civil Service
In office August 1985 – December 1986
Governor	Sir Edward Youde
Preceded by	John Martin Rowlands
Succeeded by	Harnam Singh Grewal
Personal details
Born	(1935-02-22)22 February 1935
Died	10 September 2017(2017-09-10) (aged 82) London, England, United Kingdom
Spouses	Elspbeth Anne Mucker ​ ​ (m. 1958; div. 1987)​ Gillian Petersen ​ (m. 1987)​
Children	4
Alma mater	Royal College of Defence Studies
Occupation	Army officer, civil servant

Sir David Robert Ford, KBE, LVO (Chinese: 霍德; 22 February 1935 – 10 September 2017) was the fifth and the last non-ethnic Chinese Chief Secretary of Hong Kong and Deputy Governor of Hong Kong from 1987 to 1993 and was Hong Kong Commissioner in London from 1980 to 1981 and again from 1994 until 1997.