David Trench

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Sir David Trench GCMG MC DL
24th Governor of Hong Kong
In office 14 April 1964 – 19 October 1971
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Colonial Secretary	Edmund Brinsley Teesdale Michael Gass Hugh Norman-Walker
Preceded by	Robert Brown Black
Succeeded by	Murray MacLehose
3rd Governor of the Solomon Islands
In office 4 March 1961 – 16 June 1964
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	John Gutch
Succeeded by	Robert Sidney Foster
19th High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
In office 4 March 1961 – 16 June 1964
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	John Gutch
Succeeded by	Robert Sidney Foster
Personal details
Born	David Clive Crosbie Trench (1915-06-02)2 June 1915 Quetta, British Raj
Died	4 December 1988(1988-12-04) (aged 73) Shillingstone, England
Spouse(s)	Margaret Gould, Lady Trench
Children	1
Alma mater	Jesus College, Cambridge
Profession	soldier, colonial administrator
Chinese name
Chinese	戴麟趾
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dài Línzhǐ Yue: Cantonese Jyutping daai3 leon4 zi2

Sir David Clive Crosbie Trench GCMG MC DL (Chinese: 戴麟趾; 2 June 1915 – 4 December 1988) was a British Army officer and colonial governor who served as the Governor of Hong Kong from April 15, 1964 to October 19, 1971 and was High Commissioner for the Western Pacific.