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Murray MacLehose was born in Glasgow, Scotland in October of 1917.
After his Governorship ended in 1982, MacLehose was made a life peer as Baron MacLehose of Beoch, of Maybole in the District of Kyle and Carrick and of Victoria in Hong Kong, later that year.
Life Peerage (1982), Barony of MacLehose of Beoch, of Maybole in the District of Kyle and Carrick and of Victoria in Hong Kong.
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 Crawford Murray MacLehose of Beoch
Lord Crawford Murray MacLehose of Beoch (October 16, 1917 - May 27, 2000) was the 25th Governor of Hong Kong, from 1971 to 1982.
In 1974, MacLehose founded ICAC, the Independent Commission Against Corruption.
In 1979, MacLehose raised the question of Britain's 99-year lease of the New Territories, north of Hong Kong island, with Deng Xiaoping.
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Crawford Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch KT, GBE, KCMG, KCVO, PC, HonLLD, MA (October 16, 1917 – May 27, 2000) was the 25th Governor of Hong Kong, from 1971 to 1982.
In 1979, MacLehose raised the question of Britain's 99-year lease of the New Territories, north of Hong Kong island, with Deng Xiaoping.
He was knighted in 1983, having been made a life peer as Baron MacLehose of Beoch of Maybole in the District of Kyle and Carrick and of Victoria in Hong Kong in 1982.
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 thePeerage.com - Sir Crawford Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch and others
     Sir Crawford Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch was born on 16 October 1917.
He was the son of Hamish A. Maclehose and Margaret Bruce Black.
He was created Baron MacLehose of Beoch, of Maybole in the District of Kyle and Carrick, and of Victoria in Hong Kong [U.K. Life Peer] on 21 May 1982.
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Crawford Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch KT, GBE, KCMG, KCVO, PC, HonLLD, MA (October 16, 1917 - May 27, 2000) was the 25th Governor of Hong Kong, from 1971 to 1982.
He returned to Hong Kong to attend the handover ceremony.
He was knighted in 1983, having been made a life peer as Baron MacLehose of Beoch of Maybole in the District of Kyle and Carrick and of Victoria in Hong Kong in 1982.
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 Scotsman.com Heritage & Culture - Great Scots - A to Z - Lord MacLehose of Beoch (Crawford Murray MacLehose)
LORD MacLehose was a colonial governer who had the task of preparing Hong Kong for Chinese rule.
MacLehose was appointed as our ambassador in Saigon in 1967, at the height of the Vietnam war, and he successfully maintained the resident Americans' goodwill.
MacLehose found that the city's industry and agriculture was slow and corruption was rife.
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After the Hong Kong government brought down the labour movement, the communists' web in Hong Kong was completely broken and the Hongkongers' view of the communists turned into negative.
In 1974, MacLehose of Beoch[?] founded ICAC, the Independent Commission Against Corruption.
A mass petition by policemen against prosecutions was an example how bad the situation was.
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 Overview of Sir (Crawford) Murray MacLehose   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
He began the process of preparing the Territory for Chinese rule, yet won the confidence of the population by introducing social policies, initiating the building of public-housing schemes and taking on corruption, particularly in the police force.
He retired in 1982, having become Hong Kong's longest-serving Governor, and returned to Scotland where he farmed sheep at Beoch (north of Maybole, South Ayrshire).
He died in Ayrshire and is remembered by the MacLehose Trail, a walking route in Hong Kong, together with several social facilities in the former colony, including the MacLehose Medical Rehabilitation Centre (opened 1984).
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 Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This was done to combat the then-prevalent corruption which existed in the Civil Service and, especially in the police force.
Introduction of a Ten-year Housing Programme in 1972 to alleviate housing problems.
He was widely and affectionately known as "Jock the Sock", in reference both to his heritage and to his name.
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In the first few years of the decade, Murray MacLehose began to visit Beijing, talking about the future of Hong Kong with leaders of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Their names have been seared into the memories of the older generations, their stories adapted into several popular movies in the 1990s, such as To be Number One (跛豪) of 1991.
In 1974, Hong Kong Governor MacLehose of BeochLord MacLehose of Beoch, realizing the seriousness of the problem, founded the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Hong Kong)Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).
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My Lords, I am in agreement with the noble Lord, Lord MacLehose, this evening that it is difficult to add to the expertise that we have heard this evening.
They correctly point out that China's modern dynamic economy is paralleled by a very unmodern, static attitude to human rights which is sometimes inappropriate for a member of the United Nations.
They have indicated that policy towards China will not be one of economic exclusion or cultural isolation, as these options will not be the best way to influence China politically, as the noble Lord, Lord MacLehose, stated in his intervention.
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 Crawford Murray MacLehose of Beoch - Definition, explanation
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MacLehose returned to Hong Kong to attend the handover ceremony.
Life Peerage, MacLehose Barony of Maybole in the district of Kile and Carrick and of Victoria in Hong Kong
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 Crawford Murray MacLehose of Beoch - China-related Topics CQ-CT - China-Related Topics
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In 1974, MacLehose founded Independent Commission Against Corruption of Hong KongICAC, the Independent Commission Against Corruption.
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