Claude Bramall Burgess (Chinese: 白嘉時, 25 February 1910 – 2 November 1998) was the Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1958 to 1963. On 9 October 1935, he was appointed Second Assistant Superintendent of Imports and Exports. From 1939 to 1941, he was the Deputy Clerk of the

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and he became the Acting Clerk of the Legislative Council at 1946.

Personal life

In 1952, Burgess married his wife Margaret. They divorced in 1965.

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Chief secretaries of Hong Kong Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Officers of the Order of the British Empire 1910 births 1998 deaths People from Cheshire West and Chester {{UK-gov-bio-stub