View source for David Mercer MacDougall

{{unsourced|date=January 2009}}
'''David Mercer MacDougall''' (Chinese: 麥道高; 1904-1991) was a [[Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong|Colonial Secretary]] of [[Hong Kong]] between 1945 and 1949.

In 1928 MacDougall as a Cadet Officer was seconded to the [[Colonial Office]] and sent to Hong Kong. By 1941 he was part of the [[Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Information (MoI)]] in Hong Kong. The [[Kuomintang|Chinese Nationalists]] had worked undercover with the British Police and Intelligence Services since the Japanese invasion of Southern China in 1938, running a network of Nationalist agents which [[Admiral Chan Chak]] had operated. These helped in keeping the local Chinese population on-side, controlling the Triad gangs and identifing Japanese sympathisers. During the [[Battle of Hong Kong]] he worked directly with Admiral Chan Chak who had been brought in to to assist in matters of the Chinese public morale and civil order within the British colony. After a 18-day defence Hong Kong fell on Christmas Day, 1941. In the final hours Chan Chak and MacDougall with sixty-five British, Chinese and Danish intelligence, naval and marine personnel made a dramatic breakout in five small torpedo boats from the invading army. Though wounded they succeeded in escaping through Japanese-occupied territory. They eventually made it to [[Chungking]] and travelled on to [[Burma]].

MacDougall arrived back in Hong Kong on 7th September 1945 as Brigadier Colonial Secretary with responsibilty for Civil Administration and witnessed the surrender to Admiral [[Cecil Harcourt|Harcourt]] in Government House on the 16th September. He served as acting Governor from May 1947 - 25 Jul 1947.

{{start box}}
{{s-gov}}
{{succession box 
  | title = [[Chief Secretary for Administration|Colonial Secretary]] of [[Hong Kong]]
  | years = 1945-1949
  | before = Sir [[Franklin Charles Gimson]]
  | after = Sir [[John Fearns Nicoll]]
}}
{{succession box 
  | title = [[Governor of Hong Kong]] (Administrator)
  | years = May 1947 - 25 July 1947
  | before = Sir [[Cecil Harcourt]]
  | after = Sir [[Alexander Grantham]]
}}
{{end box}}

{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
| NAME              =Macdougall, David Mercer
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION =
| DATE OF BIRTH     = 1904
| PLACE OF BIRTH    =
| DATE OF DEATH     = 1991
| PLACE OF DEATH    =
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Macdougall, David Mercer}}
[[Category:Chief Secretaries of Hong Kong]]
[[Category:1904 births]]
[[Category:1991 deaths]]


{{HongKong-bio-stub}}

[[zh:麥道高]]