Robert Brown Black

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Sir Robert Brown "Robin" Black, GCMG, OBE (Chinese: 柏立基; 3 June 1906 – 19 October 1999) was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Singapore from 1955 to 1957, and Governor of Hong Kong from 1958 to 1964. Born in Edinburgh and educated at George Watson's College and the University of Edinburgh, he would spend three decades overseas and return to Britain in the 1960s. Entering the Colonial Administration Service in 1930, Black served in numerous postings in Asia until becoming assistant colonial secretary of Trinidad. He became the secretary of Malayan Foreign Exchange Control in 1940. During his posting in North Borneo, Black was commissioned into the Intelligence Corps and involved in guerilla resistance against the Japanese. He was captured in 1942 and spent the remainder of World War II in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp. After the war ended, he returned to the colonial service and served as deputy chief secretary in North Borneo until 1952. He then became the colonial secretary of Hong Kong before moving on to Singapore as Governor in 1955. Subsequently, he became Governor of Hong Kong from 1958 to 1964. During his governorship, Hong Kong became increasingly prosperous.