David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn

David Clive Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn, KT, GCMG, PRSE (born 14 February 1935) is a retired British administrator, diplomat and Sinologist. Lord Wilson of Tillyorn was the second to last Commander-in-Chief and 27th Governor of Hong Kong (from 1987 to 1992). Wilson was born in Scotland and was educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond, Keble College, Oxford (1955-58, Master of Arts), and the School of Oriental and African Studies, University o... more

David Clive Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn, KT, GCMG, PRSE (born 14 February 1935) is a retired British administrator, diplomat and Sinologist. Lord Wilson of Tillyorn was the second to last Commander-in-Chief and 27th Governor of Hong Kong (from 1987 to 1992). Wilson was born in Scotland and was educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond, Keble College, Oxford (1955-58, Master of Arts), and the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London ( Ph.D. in contemporary Chinese history). He studied Chinese at the University of Hong Kong from 1960 to 1962 and then served in the British Mission in Beijing. In 1968 Wilson resigned from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to edit The China Quarterly at the School of Oriental and African Studies. After rejoining the Diplomatic Service in 1974 he worked in the Cabinet Office and then, from 1977 to 1981, as Political Adviser to Sir Murray MacLehose, then Governor of Hong Kong. Following that he became Head of Southern European... less