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and therefore Gimson was soon replaced by a chief civil affairs officer and his team sent from London on 7 September. Gimson himself was in fact in poor health as a result of more than three years of internment. For health reasons, he left for the United Kingdom on 16 September. On the day before his
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as acting assistant government agent in February 1922. In February 1924, he was promoted to the Customs Department as landing surveyor and acted as acting deputy controller from March to May in 1928. Gimson left the Customs in March 1929 and was appointed as an additional assistant to the Director of
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on 15 August 1945. Immediately after the unconditional surrender was made, the Japanese authority had to continue to maintain the order of Hong Kong as the Allies were still on the way to take over. However, all the prohibitions and regulations set by the Japanese were entirely lifted and abolished
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A second legislative council election was held in 1951 with the number of elected seats increased to nine, but the colonial administration was still dominant. Gimson retired from the colonial service the following year and left Singapore on the P&O Liner
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In April 1950, Gimson was the target of an unsuccessful assassination attempt in Singapore: as he left a boxing event at which he had been presenting prizes, a grenade was thrown at him which bounced off his leg and exploded harmlessly some distance away.
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by London, Gimson transferred the power to him and the military government was officially formed on 1 September. Harcourt himself became the head of the military government and Gimson was appointed
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in June 1936 but was eventually given the post of Controller of Labour in 1937. Gimson held this office until 1941 and he gained the rank of class one officer in 1938.
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in November 1914. In the beginning he was attached to the Office of the Naval Intelligence Officer in addition to his own duties. Later on he became an additional
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for the second time in March 1920 and was promoted to the post of 4th assistant colonial secretary in September 1920. Subsequently, he was sent to
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After retirement from civil service, Gimson spent his time back in the United Kingdom in retirement. He died in his house, "Applegarth", in
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from 1946 to 1952 and reinstalled the civil administration in Singapore. During his governorship, he witnessed the establishment of the
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Gimson assumed the post of the Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong in December 1941. However, his appointment was interrupted by the
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broke out, and the British imposed harsh measures to control left-wing groups in both Singapore and Malaya; the controversial
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initiated its unexpected and sudden large-scale invasion to Hong Kong. The defence forces of Hong Kong soon lost in the
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in 1947. His governorship was also marked by the increasingly unstable political situation which was provoked by the
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departure, he commented in a radio programme that Hong Kong should undergo political reform in the future.
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colony came to an end on 1 April 1946. He abolished the military government which had been set up by
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by him. Yet, the creation of the office of lieutenant governor was deemed unsuitable by the
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for services during a malaria epidemic in Ceylon. The couple had two daughters.
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Education. Later in July 1931 he became secretary to the Minister of Education.
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After spending some time recovering in the United Kingdom, Gimson became
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in 1941 and arrived at the colony on 7 December, just the day before the
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instantly. On the other hand, on the eve of the surrender of Japan, the
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and returned to the colonial administration as an additional assistant
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In February 1932, Gimson was appointed assistant government agent of
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Gimson married Margaret Dorothy Ward in 1922. She was appointed
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on Christmas Day 1941. After spending more than three years in
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on 20 March 1952. He was succeeded in the post of governor by
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and in December 1933, appointed assistant government agent of
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established the military government following in September.
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Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
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as an internee, Gimson was freed in August 1945, upon the
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in July 1919. Two months later he was transferred to
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Index

Franklin Charles Gimson
KCMG
KStJ

Governor of Singapore
George VI
Elizabeth II
John Fearns Nicoll
Governor of Hong Kong
George VI
Hisakazu Tanaka
Cecil Harcourt
Barrow-on-Soar
Pickering, North Yorkshire
KCMG
KStJ
Governor of Singapore
Battle of Hong Kong
prisoner of war
Governor
Sir Mark Young
Imperial Japanese Army
Stanley Internment Camp
Liberation of Hong Kong
Rear Admiral
Cecil Harcourt
Governor of Singapore
legislative council
executive council
Malayan Emergency

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