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General George Alexander Malcolm, CB (21 January 1810 – 2 June 1888), was a British Army officer. He served in the First Opium War and became the first Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong in 1843. Career. Malcolm was born in Bombay, India, on 21 January 1810. His father, Major-General Sir John Malcolm, was Governor of Bombay.
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General George Alexander Malcolm, CB (21 January 1810 – 2 June 1888), was a British Army officer. He served in the First Anglo-Chinese War and became the first Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong in 1843.
Malcolm was born in Bombay, India, on 21 January 1810. His father, Major-General Sir John Malcolm, was Governor of Bombay. His mother, Isabella Charlotte, was daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Campbell.
In 1841, Malcolm sailed to China as Secretary of Legation with Plenipotentiary Henry Pottinger during the First Anglo-Chinese War. On 29 August 1842, British and Chinese officials signed the Treaty of Nanking, which ended the war and ceded Hong Kong to Britain. After ratification of the treaty by the Daoguang Emperor arrived in Nanking on 15 September, Malcolm sailed for London the next morning on board the steamer Auckland with a copy for ratification by Queen Victoria. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 24 December. After Pottinger became the first Governor of Hong Kong, he appointed Malcolm as the first Colonial Secretary on 27 June 1843. Malcolm was also a justice of the peace and served there until November 1843.
Malcolm's promotions:
•Ensign, unattached, 31 December 1825
•Ensign, 6th Foot, 26 March 1827
•Lieutenant, 3rd Foot, 7 June 1827
•Captain, 3rd Foot, 30 December 1831
•Captain, 60th Foot, 20 April 1832
George Alexander Malcolm. George Malcolm (1872-1933; WWW), colonel in the London Scottish regiment during the First World War, 1914-18; DSO, 1918; TD. Journal references: 1. 11 Aug 1911.
May 28, 2016 · Georgiana Vernon-Harcourt was the daughter of Most Rev. and Rt. Hon. Edward Vernon-Harcourt and Lady Anne Leveson-Gower. 3 She married General George Alexander Malcolm, son of General Sir John Malcolm and Isabella Charlotte Campbell, on 4 December 1845. 1 She died on 29 October 1886, without issue. 3
Sep 17, 2021 · In November 1979, a white woman was raped at gunpoint in the bathroom of an antique store in Gretna, La. Four months later, police arrested then-20-year-old Malcolm after a white woman with whom he’d had consensual sex asked him for money and then accused him of sexual assault.
George Alexander Malcolm (21 Jan 1810 - certain 2 Jun 1888) 0 references . Sitelinks. Wikipedia (2 entries) edit. enwiki George Alexander Malcolm; zhwiki ...
Portrait of George Alexander Malcolm, NZ423903 (2014). © NZIPP Photograph by Tracey Grant 1273-7438 …
