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Ronald Ruskin TODD [1902-1980]

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Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2012-05-31 22:07
Names
Given: 
Ronald Ruskin
Family: 
Todd
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1902-03-23
Birthplace (town, state): 
Histon, Cambridgeshire
Birthplace (country): 
England
Death
Date: 
1980-04-05
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
Hong Kong Cadet
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Submitted by yolocor on Sat, 2019-02-23 18:22.

It seems that R.R. Todd should be Ronald Ruskin Todd (1902-1980), the deputy financial secretary at the time of occupation and later, the Chinese Affairs General from 1949 to 1955.

Submitted by annpake on Thu, 2019-03-28 22:42.

Born 23 March 1902 Histon Cambridgeshire

1945 arrived in Southampton from Hong Kong age 43 civil servant

22 August 1947 married Madge Winifred Griffiths at St. John's Cathedral Hong Kong

Madge Winifred Griffiths born Birkenhead Cheshire 8 November 1908 died 1981 Sevenoaks Kent

16 July 1948 birth of a son in Hong Kong

1946 Travelled from Southampton to Hong Kong with wife Madge Winifred Todd age 40 and son John David Todd age 1

Madge Winifred Griffiths age 22 travelled to Hong Kong with her  mother and sister in 1931 and returned to UK from Australia with her parents in 1945. Her father was a master mariner.

Submitted by annpake on Fri, 2019-03-08 00:06.

Death Sevenoaks Kent 5 April 1980 (from probate record)

Submitted by yolocor on Thu, 2019-03-21 08:15.

Todd arrived at Hong Kong in 1924 as a government cadet.

His posts include the chairman of the sanitary board, responsible for the hawker license, and also deputy financial secretary. During his tenure, he distributed 1 cent paper notes.

His final and the most important post should be the secretary of Chinese Affair. He retired in 1955