Alexander Grantham

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Sir Alexander Grantham GCMG
22nd Governor of Hong Kong
In office 25 July 1947 – 31 December 1957
Monarchs	George VI Elizabeth II
Colonial Secretary	David Mercer MacDougall John Fearns Nicoll Sir Robert Brown Black Edgeworth Beresford David
Preceded by	Sir Mark Aitchison Young
Succeeded by	Sir Robert Brown Black
17th Governor of Fiji
In office 1 January 1945 – 1947
Monarch	George VI
Preceded by	Sir Philip Mitchell
Succeeded by	Sir Brian Freeston
15th High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
In office 1 January 1945 – 1947
Monarch	George VI
Preceded by	(vacant)
Succeeded by	Sir Brian Freeston
Personal details
Born	Alexander William George Herder Grantham (1899-03-15)15 March 1899 London, England
Died	4 October 1978(1978-10-04) (aged 79) London, England
Spouses	Maurine Samson, Lady Grantham ​ ​ (m. 1925; died 1970)​ M. E. Lumley, Lady Grantham ​ ​ (m. 1972)​
Relations	Warren de la Rue Thomas de la Rue Sir William Grantham
Alma mater	Royal Military College, Sandhurst Pembroke College, Cambridge Imperial Defence College
Occupation	Soldier, Colonial administrator
Chinese name
Chinese	葛量洪
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gě Liànghóng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping got3 loeng4 hung4

Sir Alexander William George Herder Grantham, GCMG (Chinese: 葛量洪; 15 March 1899 – 4 October 1978) was a British colonial administrator who governed Hong Kong and Fiji.