William Thomas Mercer ^836,975

  General Notes:

William Thomas Mercer was a British Colonial Secretary, Chief
Secretary for Administration in Hong Kong from 1854 to 1868. He ruled
Hong Kong for nearly three years, between July 1862 to 11 February
1864, and March 1865 to March 1866. Mercer was the nephew of John
Francis Davis, the second Governor of Hong Kong (1844 - 1848) and went
out with him to be his private secretary. Mercer Street in Sheung Wan
is named after him. Colonial Treasurer, Hong Kong (1851).

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He appeared on the census in 1851 in 14 Moray Place, Edinburgh.

2. Census UK 1871: 1871, The Grove, Reading Road, Shinfield, Berkshire.

3. Resided: 23 May 1879, Reading, Berkshire. ¹³

4. He had an estate probated on 13 June 1879 in Oxford. ¹³

William married Mary Phillips Nind in September 1862. (Mary Phillips Nind was born in 1836 in Hargrave, Berkshire.)