This is a list containing Cantonese translations of English names for foreign dignitaries, as translated by British or Hong Kong officials.
Most of the Cantonese translations in the list are those of British officials, which are made by the British Consulate General in Hong Kong. During the colonial period (until the Handover of Hong Kong in 1997), such translations were handled by government agencies including Official Languages Agency (superseding the Chinese Language Division of the Chief Secretary's Office) and British Trade Commission (predecessor of the Consulate General).
British politicians As remarked by the British officials, the translations are not definitive and it is possible that these may change over time or there may be alternative translations. EnglishCantoneseYear sinceSourceRemarksBLAIR, TonyPM, 1997BROWN, GordonPM, 2007BURNHAM, AndyPM, 2026CAMERON, David甘民樂PM, 2010卡梅倫 instead of the translated name is used (see the main article)JOHNSON, Boris莊漢生PM, 2019約翰遜 instead of the translated name is used (see the main article)MAY, TheresaPM, 2016MAJOR, JohnPM, 1990STARMER, KeirPM, 2024SUNAK, RishiPM, 2022THATCHER, Margaret (Mrs.)PM, 1979：「茲據民政署通知，英國女首相之中文名字爲「戴卓爾」 。本處今後發表新聞公報及其他新聞資料時均採用此中文譯名，並希傳播界合作採用，以資劃一。」 TRUSS, LizPM, 2022ADONIS, AndrewCabinet, 2009AINSWORTH, Bob艾思和Cabinet, 2009ALEXANDER, DouglasCabinet, 2003previously ALEXANDER, DannyCabinet, 2010ALEXANDER, HeidiCabinet, 2024ARGAR, EdwardCabinet, 2022ARMSTRONG, HilaryCabinet, 2001ASHTON, CatherineCabinet, 2007ATKINS, VictoriaCabinet, 2023BADENOCH, KemiCabinet, 2022or erroneously BALLS, EdCabinet, 2007BARCLAY, SteveCabinet, 2018BECKETT, MargaretCabinet, 1997BENN, HilaryCabinet, 2003BERRY, JakeCabinet, 2019BLEARS, HazelCabinet, 2006BLUNKETT, DavidCabinet, 1997BOTTOMLEY, Virginia (Mrs.)Cabinet, 1992BRADLEY, KarenCabinet, 2016BRADSHAW, BenCabinet, 2009BRAVERMAN, SuellaCabinet, 2020BROKENSHIRE, JamesCabinet, 2016BROWN, NickCabinet, 1997BROWNE, DesCabinet, 2005BRYANT, Chris柏懷恩Cabinet, 2026BUCKLAND, RobertCabinet, 2019BYRNE, LiamCabinet, 2008CABLE, VinceCabinet, 2010or CAIRNS, AlunCabinet, 2016CAMPBELL, AlanCabinet, 2024CARMICHAEL, Alistair甘文康Cabinet, 2013CHALK, AlexanderCabinet, 2021previously CHANNON, PaulCabinet, 1986CHAPMAN, JennyCabinet, 2025CLARK, GregCabinet, 2015CLARKE, CharlesCabinet, 2001CLARKE, KennethCabinet, 1987CLARKE, SimonCabinet, 2021CLEVERLY, JamesCabinet, 2019previously 祁維利COCKFIELD, ArthurCabinet, 1982COFFEY, ThérèseCabinet, 2019COOK, RobinCabinet, 1997COOPER, YvetteCabinet, 2008COUTINHO, ClaireCabinet, 2023COX, GeoffreyCabinet, 2018CRABB, StephenCabinet, 2014DARLING, AlistairCabinet, 1997DAVEY, EdCabinet, 2012DAVIES, David TCCabinet, 2022DAVIES, JohnCabinet, 1972DAVIS, DavidCabinet, 2016DENHAM, JohnCabinet, 2007DODDS, AnnelieseCabinet, 2024previously 杜安妮DORRIES, NadineCabinet, 2021DONELAN, MichelleCabinet, 2020DOWDEN, OliverCabinet, 2019EAGLE, AngelaCabinet, 2026ELLIS, MichaelCabinet, 2021EUSTICE, GeorgeCabinet, 2020EVANS, NatalieCabinet, 2016FAHNBULLEH, Miatta方寶妮Cabinet, 2026FALCONER, CharlesCabinet, 2003FALLON, MichaelCabinet, 2014FLINT, Caroline費嘉琳Cabinet, 2008FORD, Vicky霍慧琪Cabinet, 2022FOX, LiamCabinet, 2010FRAZER, LucyCabinet, 2023FROST, DavidCabinet, 2021GAUKE, DavidCabinet, 2016GILLAN, CherylCabinet, 2010GLEN, JohnCabinet, 2022GOLDSMITH, PeterCabinet, 2001GOVE, MichaelCabinet, 2010GRAYLING, ChrisCabinet, 2012GREEN, DamianCabinet, 2016GREENING, JustineCabinet, 2011GRIEVE, DominicCabinet, 2010HAGUE, WilliamCabinet, 2010HAIGH, LouiseCabinet, 2024HAIN, PeterCabinet, 2002HAMMOND, PhilipCabinet, 2010HANCOCK, MatthewCabinet, 2015HANDS, GregCabinet, 2015HARMAN, HarrietCabinet, 2007HARPER, MarkCabinet, 2015HART, SimonCabinet, 2019HAVERS, MichaelCabinet, 1987 HEALEY, JohnCabinet, 2024HEAPPEY, JamesCabinet, 2022HEATON-HARRIS, ChrisCabinet, 2022HERMER, RichardCabinet, 2024HESELTINE, MichaelCabinet, 1983HEWITT, PatriciaCabinet, 2001HAILSHAM (Lord)(勳爵)Cabinet, 1957HINDS, DamianCabinet, 2018HOLDEN, Richard何禮澤Cabinet, 2023HOON, GeoffreyCabinet, 2007HOWARD, MichaelCabinet, 1990HOWE, GeoffreyCabinet, 1979HOWELL, DavidCabinet, 1979HUGHES, CledwynCabinet, 1968 HUHNE, ChrisCabinet, 2010HUNT, JeremyCabinet, 2010HUTTON, JohnCabinet, 2005 or 夏頓HURD, DouglasCabinet, 1984IRVINE, DerryCabinet, 1997JACK, AlisterCabinet, 2019JAVID, SajidCabinet, 2014JAYAWARDENA, RanilCabinet, 2022JENKIN, PatrickCabinet, 1972 JENKINS, RoyCabinet, 1965JENRICK, RobertCabinet, 2019JOHNSON, AlanCabinet, 2004JOHNSON, Jo—Cabinet, 2019約翰森 is used as Boris Johnson is named 約翰遜 JONES, DarrenCabinet, 2024JONES, DavidCabinet, 2012JOSEPH, KeithCabinet, 1970 JOWELL, TessaCabinet, 2001KEEGAN, GillianCabinet, 2022KELLY, RuthCabinet, 2002KENDALL, LizCabinet, 2024KINNOCK, Stephen祁世勳Cabinet, 2026KWARTENG, KwasiCabinet, 2021KYLE, PeterCabinet, 2024LAMMY, DavidCabinet, 2024LAMONT, NormanCabinet, 1989LANG, IanCabinet, 1990LANSLEY, AndrewCabinet, 2010LAWS, DavidCabinet, 2010LAWSON, NigelCabinet, 1981LEADSOM, AndreaCabinet, 2016LEE, FrederickCabinet, 1964 LETWIN, OliverCabinet, 2014LEWIS, BrandonCabinet, 2018LIDDELL, HelenCabinet, 2001LIDINGTON, DavidCabinet, 2016MAHMOOD, ShabanaCabinet, 2024MALTHOUSE, KitCabinet, 2022MANDELSON, PeterCabinet, 1997McCARTNEY, IanCabinet, 2003McFADDEN, PatrickCabinet, 2024McLOUGHLIN, PatrickCabinet, 2010McVEY, EstherCabinet, 2018MERCER, JohnnyCabinet, 2022MIDGLEY, Anneliese文安妮Cabinet, 2026MILBURN, AlanCabinet, 1998MILIBAND, DavidCabinet, 2006MILIBAND, EdCabinet, 2007MILLER, MariaCabinet, 2012MILLING, AmandaCabinet, 2020MITCHELL, AndrewCabinet, 2010MORDAUNT, PennyCabinet, 2017MORGAN, NickyCabinet, 2014MORTON, WendyCabinet, 2022MOWLAM, MoCabinet, 1997MUNDELL, DavidCabinet, 2015MURPHY, PaulCabinet, 1999MURPHY, JimCabinet, 2008MURRAY, IanCabinet, 2024MURRAY, JamesCabinet, 2024NANDY, LisaCabinet, 2024NEWTON, TonyCabinet, 1988 NOKES, CarolineCabinet, 2018NORRIS, Alex洛傲山Cabinet, 2026OSBORNE, GeorgeCabinet, 2010PARKINSON, CecilCabinet, 1981PATEL, PritiCabinet, 2016PATERSON, OwenCabinet, 2010PATTEN, ChrisCabinet, 1989PERRY, ClaireCabinet, 2017PHILIP, ChrisCabinet, 2022PHILLIPSON, BridgetCabinet, 2024PICKLES, EricCabinet, 2010POWELL, EnochCabinet, 1962POWELL, LucyCabinet, 2024PRENTIS, VictoriaCabinet, 2022PRESCOTT, JohnCabinet, 1997PURNELL, JamesCabinet, 2007QUIN, JeremyCabinet, 2022RAAB, DominicCabinet, 2018RAYNER, AngelaCabinet, 2024REED, SteveCabinet, 2024REES, PeterCabinet, 1983REES-MOOG, JacobCabinet, 2019REEVES, RachelCabinet, 2024REID, JohnCabinet, 2003RENTON, TimCabinet, 1989REYNOLDS, EmmaCabinet, 2025REYNOLDS, JonathanCabinet, 2024RIFKIND, MalcolmCabinet, 1986RIPPON, GeoffreyCabinet, 1970ROBERTSON, GeorgeCabinet, 1997RUDD, AmberCabinet, 2015St JOHN-STEVAS, NormanCabinet, 1979 SCOTLAND, PatriciaCabinet, 2007SHACKLETON, EdwardCabinet, 1968 SHAPPS, GrantCabinet, 2019SHARMA, AlokCabinet, 2019SHEPHERD, MalcolmCabinet, 1974SHORE, PeterCabinet, 1967 SHORT, ClareCabinet, 1997SMITH, Angela施安琳Cabinet, 2024or ?SMITH, ChloeCabinet, 2022SMITH, ChrisCabinet, 1997SMITH, Iain DuncanCabinet, 2010SMITH, JacquiCabinet, 2006previously 施卓琪SMITH, JohnCabinet, 1978 SMITH, JulianCabinet, 2017SOAMES, ChristopherCabinet, 1958SPELMAN, CarolineCabinet, 2010SPENCER, MarkCabinet, 2019STEVENS, JoCabinet, 2024STEWART, RoryCabinet, 2019STOWELL, TinaCabinet, 2014STRAW, JackCabinet, 1997STRATHCLYDE (Lord)Cabinet, 2010STREETING, WesleyCabinet, 2024STRIDE, MelCabinet, 2019STUART, GrahamCabinet, 2022TEBBIT, NormanCabinet, 1981THORNEYCROFT, PeterCabinet, 1951TIMMS, StephenCabinet, 2006TREVELYAN, Anne-MarieCabinet, 2020TROTT, Laura卓諾華Cabinet, 2023TRUE, NicholasCabinet, 2022TUGENDHAT, TomCabinet, 2022TURLEY, AnnaCabinet, 2025VILLIERS, TheresaCabinet, 2012WALLACE, BenCabinet, 2019WARSI, SayeedaCabinet, 2010WHITELAW, WilliamCabinet, 1979WHITTINGDALE, JohnCabinet, 2015WILLIAMS, GarethCabinet, 1999WILLIAMSON, GavinCabinet, 2016WOODWARD, Shaun伍劭恩Cabinet, 2007WRIGHT, JeremyCabinet, 2014YOUNG, GeorgeCabinet, 1995ZAHAWI, NadhimCabinet, 2021BOOTHROYD, BettySpeaker, 1992BERCOW, JohnSpeaker, 2009previously 白高漢HOYLE, LindsaySpeaker, 2019AP IORWERTH, Rhun楊偉思FM, 2026DRAKEFORD, MarkFM, 2018previously 查克佛GETHING, Vaughan FM, 2024FOSTER, ArleneFM, 2016MORGAN, ElunedFM, 2024 O'NEILL, MichelleFM, 2024STURGEON, NicolaFM, 2014SWINNEY, JohnFM, 2024 ABBOTT, DianeMPAMESS, DavidMPANCRAM, MichaelMPALEXANDER, DouglasMPALLIN-KHAN, RosenaMPASHDOWN, PaddyMPBATTLE, JohnMPBEBB, GutoMPBLACKFORD, IanMPBROWNE, JeremyMPCABORN, RichardMPCORBYN, JeremyMPDOUGHTY, StephenMPELMORE, ChrisMPEVANS, NigelMPFALCONER, HamishMPFATCHETT, DerekMPFIELD, MarkMPGAPES, MikeMPGIBB, NickMPJARVIS, DanMPKEETCH, PaulMPKHAN, SadiqMPLAING, EleanorMPLAWRENCE, IvanMPLONG-BAILEY, RebeccaMPMacSHANE, DenisMPMAUDE, FrancisMPMALHOTRA, SeemaMPMcDONNELL, JohnMPMcMAHON, JimMPNARAYAN, Kanishka藍偉恩MPPEARSON, IanMPPENNYCOOK, MatthewMPRAMMELL, BillMPREEVES, EllieMPSKINNER, DennisMPSMITH, OwenMPSOURBY, AnnaMP or 蘇愛琳SWINSON, JoMPSWIRE, HugoMPTHOMAS-SYMONDS, NickMPTHORNBERRY, EmilyMPWARNER, NormanMPWEST, CatherineMPWILLETTS, DavidMPBOSWELL, TimLordCOLLINS, RayLordDAVIDSON, RuthLordMAIR, RobertLordTIMPSON, JamesLordWILLOUGHBYDE BROKE (Lord)LordVALLANCE, PatrickLord
British Diplomatic Service This include British Consuls General and Deputy Consuls General to Hong Kong. English CantoneseSourceBLYTHE, Esther BRADLEY, Stephen 柏聖文BROWN, Stuart BURNS, Robert Andrew CORNISH, Francis DAVIDSON, BrianDOREY, Greg HEATH, Tamsin HEYN, Andrew HODGE, James LINDSAY, IainLYNCH, PaulRAYNER, BobROBINSON, Sarah Elizabeth SEATON, Andrew WILSON, Caroline WOODWARD, Christopher Peter
Judges from Anglosphere
Cantonese names are assigned to overseas judges serving in Hong Kong judiciary as non-permanent judges in the Court of Final Appeal, including British judges. The translations are provided by the judiciary.
Hong Kong colonial officials The list include all Governors of Hong Kong as well as Chief Secretaries (known as Colonial Secretaries before 1976) since the governorship of Edward Stubbs. English CantoneseRemarksAKERS-JONES, David鍾逸傑 BLACK, Robert 23rd Governor BLAKE, Henry Arthur 12th Governor BONHAM, George 3rd Governor; or BOWEN, George 9th Governor BOWRING, John 4th Governor; or BURGESS, Claude Bramall白嘉時 CALDECOTT, Andrew 19th GovernorCATER, Jack姬達 CLEMENTI, Cecil 17th GovernorDAVID, Edgeworth戴維德 DAVIS, John Francis 2nd Goveneror; or or DES VOEUX, William 10th GovernorFORD, David霍德GASS, Michael David Irving祈濟時 GIMSON, Franklin GRANTHAM, Alexander 22nd GovernorHADDON-CAVE, Philip夏鼎基 HARCOURT, Cecil HENNESSY, John Pope 8th Governor KENNEDY, Arthur 7th Governor LUGARD, Frederick 14th Governor; or MacDONNELL, Richard Graves 6th GovernorMacDOUGALL, David Mercer麥道高 MacLEHOSE, Murray 25th GovernorMARSH, William Henry馬師or 馬殊 or 孖庶 MAY, Francis Henry 15th Governor NATHAN, Matthew 13th GovernorNICOLL, John列誥NORMAN-WALKER, Hugh羅樂民 NORTHCOTE, Geoffry 20th Governor PATTEN, Chris 28th Governor PEEL, William 18th Governor POTTINGER, Henry 1st Governor; or (see also the main article for more information)ROBERTS, Denys羅弼時 ROBINSON, Hercules;later Lord Rosmead later 5th Governor; or ; refers to Lord ROBINSON, William 羅便臣11th GovernorSMITH, Norman Lockhart史美SOUTHORN, Thomas修頓 STUBBS, Edward 16th GovernorTEESDALE, Edmund戴斯德 TRENCH, David 24th Governor WILSON, David 27th Governor; previously (see the description in his entry for explanation) YOUDE, Edward 26th Governor YOUNG, Mark Aitchison 21st Governor
Other foreign dignitaries