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Duncan Macintosh

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Sir
Duncan Macintosh
Born(1904-05-05)5 May 1904
Died14 September 1966(1966-09-14) (aged 62)
PredecessorCharles Henry Sansom
SuccessorJames Arthur Maxwell

Sir Duncan William Macintosh CMG OBE (Chinese: 麥景陶; Scotland,[1] 5 May 1904 - 14 September 1966) He was the first Commissioner of Police in Hong Kong after World War II, in office from 1946 to 1954. Before arrived in Hong Kong in 1946, he previously served in Irish and Colonial Malayan Police Forces, and was the Commissioner of Singapore Police Force before World War II. During World War II, he became a prisoner of war and was held in a concentration camp in Singapore by the Imperial Japanese Army.

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  1. ^ "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24KG-VMH : 2 March 2021), Duncan William Macintosh, 1937; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).