Sir Henry Arthur Blake "of Government House, Colombo, Ceylon, and Myrtle Grove, Youghal, County Cork" CMG KCMG KGCMG, DL (Chinese name: 卜力; 8/18 January 1840 – 23 February 1918) was a British colonial administrator, Governor-General of Hong Kong from 1898 to 1903.
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