Duncan Macintosh Explained

Honorific Prefix:	Sir
Duncan Macintosh
Honorific Suffix:	CMG, OBE
Birth Date:	5 May 1904
Predecessor:	Charles Henry Sansom
Successor:	James Arthur Maxwell

Sir Duncan William Macintosh CMG OBE (; 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.

Honours

• Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
• Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Anecdotes

• Macintosh Forts is named after by him, the forts is located in the boundary of Hong Kong and China.
• The formal wear of the bagpipe band in the Hong Kong Police Band is part of Macintosh's Scottish family ancestry.

Notes and References

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.).