Richard Graves MacDonnell

Sir
Richard Graves MacDonnell
KCMG CB
Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell KCMG CB
6th Governor of Hong Kong
	In office; 11 March 1866 – 16 April 1872
Monarch	Victoria
Lieutenant	Sir Philip Guy; James Brunker; Henry Whitfield
Colonial Secretary	John Gardiner Austin
Preceded by	Sir Hercules Robinson
Succeeded by	Sir Arthur Kennedy
31st Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
	In office; 24 May 1864 – October 1865
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Preceded by	Sir Charles Hastings Doyle
Succeeded by	General Sir William Williams
6th Governor of South Australia
	In office; 8 June 1855 – 4 March 1862
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Premier	Boyle Travers Finniss; John Baker; Robert Torrens; Richard Hanson; Thomas Reynolds; George Waterhouse
Preceded by	Sir Henry Fox Young
Succeeded by	Sir Dominic Daly
Personal details
Born	3 September 1814; Dublin, Ireland
Died	5 February 1881 (aged 66); Hyères, France
Resting place	Kensal Green Cemetery, London, England
Spouse	Blanche Ann Skurray (m. 1847)
Alma mater	Trinity College Dublin (BA, MA, LLB, LLD)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	麥當奴
Simplified Chinese	麦当奴
Yale Romanization
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Maahk dōng nòuh
Jyutping	Maak6 dong1 nou4

Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell KCMG CB (Chinese: 麥當奴; 3 September 1814 – 5 February 1881) was an Anglo-Irish lawyer, judge and colonial governor. His posts as governor included Governor of the British Settlements in West Africa, Governor of Saint Vincent, Governor of South Australia, Governor of Nova Scotia and Governor of Hong Kong. Several places around the world are named for him, including MacDonnell Road in Hong Kong and the MacDonnell Ranges and Sir Richard Peninsula in Australia.

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