Murray MacLehose (right), who was widely known as “Jock the Sock”, is sworn in as governor of Hong Kong on November 19, 1971. Photo: SCMP
Murray MacLehose: the ‘lanky Scotsman’ who became governor of Hong Kong
- The BBC pipped the colonial government to the post when it came to announcing MacLehose’s appointment
- ‘The new Governor is a man who has seen the inside of a Japanese prison camp [and] China’s communist revolution,’ the Post reported
Murray MacLehose (right), who was widely known as “Jock the Sock”, is sworn in as governor of Hong Kong on November 19, 1971. Photo: SCMP
