W. C. G. Knowles
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W. C. G. Knowles CBE, MA, LLD, JP |
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| Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong | |
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In office 18 June 1963 – 1 July 1965 |
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| Preceded by | Hugh Barton |
| Succeeded by | Sidney Gordon |
| Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
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In office 19 July 1961 – 17 June 1964 |
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| Preceded by | G. M. Goldsack |
| Succeeded by | G. R. Ross |
| Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong | |
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In office 19 November 1964 – 30 June 1965 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Lindsay Ride |
| Succeeded by | Professor A. J. S. McFadzean |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
12 January 1908 Bombay, British India |
| Died | 13 January 1969 (aged 61) Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Alma mater |
Christ's Hospital Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Dr. William Charles Goddard Knowles, CBE, MA, LLD, JP (Chinese: 鈕魯詩; 12 January 1908 – 13 January 1969) was a British businessman in Hong Kong. He was general manager of the Butterfield and Swire, chairman of the Cathay Pacific Airways, member of the Legislative Council and the Executive Council and vice-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong.
Knowles was born in Bombay, British India on 12 January 1908. He was educated at the Christ's Hospital, Sussex, and the Trinity College, Cambridge. After he graduated he joined the Butterfield and Swire and its parent company in London. From 1929 to 39, he worked in different Chinese cities including Yangtze ports, Hong Kong, Tientsin and Shanghai.
He served in the Indian Army during the Second World War and resumed to his office at Butterfield and Swire in Shanghai after the war ended. He moved to Hong Kong in 1947 and appointed general manager of the company in 1957. He was also chairman of the associated companies such as Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Co. Ltd., Taikoo, Sugar Refining Co. Ltd., Duro Paint Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Swire and MacLaine, Ltd., Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. and the Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. Ltd. He was also a director and later the chairman of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and a director of the Hong Kong Land Investment and Agency Co. Ltd. and the Union Insurance Society of Canton.
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