Robert Thomas Mitchell Henry

Robert Thomas Mitchell Henry
CBE LVO MStJ QPM CPM
Commissioner of Police of the Royal Hong Kong Police
In office
1979 - 1985
Appointed bySir Murray MacLehose
Preceded byBrian Slevin
Succeeded byRaymon Anning
Commissioner of Police of the Fiji Police
In office
1967 - 1973
Commissioner of Police of the Sarawak Constabulary
In office
1964 - 1967
Military service
Branch/serviceBritish Army
Years of service1946-1948
RankSecond Lieutenant
Chinese name
Chinese韓義理
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationhon4 yi6 lei5

Robert Thomas Mitchell Henry CBE LVO MStJ QPM CPM (known as Roy Henry; Chinese: 韓義理) was a British Army officer and senior British colonial police administrator in multiple former British colonies, which being the Federation of Malaya, Sarawak, Fiji, and Hong Kong.[1]

Early military career

After leaving school at 18, Roy followed his family tradition by joining the British Army after the Second World War. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Corps of Royal Engineers in December 1946 and was posted to Mandatory Palestine.[1][2]

Colonial police career

Roy left the army in 1948 and joined the Colonial Police Service as an Assistant Superintendent in the Federation of Malaya Police Force during the Malayan Emergency. Roy was awarded the Colonial Police Medal in 1954 for his services during the Emergency.[1][3][4]

In 1956, Roy was promoted to Deputy Superintendent and was transferred to the Sarawak Constabulary in Sarawak on the island of Borneo. He was awarded the Queen's Police Medal as a Senior Superintendent and promoted to Commissioner of Police in 1964.[1][5][6]

Roy stayed in the new Malaysia following its separation from Britain as an independent country. Roy was then made a Datuk for his services, the Malaysian equivalent of a Knighthood. In 1967, Roy left Malaysia and was made Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He was appointed as the Commissioner of Police of the Fiji Police in Fiji, where he served until 1973. [1][5]

After leaving Fiji, Roy was posted to the Royal Hong Kong Police as Director of Operations in the rank of Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police in the same year, and was promoted to Deputy Commissioner of Police in the following year. On 25 March 1979, he was promoted to Commissioner of Police.[1][5] Roy was later promoted to Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1983 for his services to the Royal Hong Kong Police.[7] Roy retired in 1985 and was succeeded by Raymon Anning.

Roy was made a Serving Brother of the Order of St John in 1991.[8]

Personal life

Roy was never married. He passed away in Surrey in May 1998.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Off Beat". www.police.gov.hk. Retrieved 2025-12-26.
  2. ^ "No. 37894". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 3 March 1947. p. 1033.
  3. ^ "A fortunate life for a career cop". South China Morning Post. 1998-05-12. Retrieved 2025-12-26.
  4. ^ "No. 40053". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 29 December 1954. p. 36.
  5. ^ a b c Daily Information Bulletin. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government Information Services. 28 November 1978. p. 2.
  6. ^ "No. 43200". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 31 December 1963. p. 31.
  7. ^ "No. 49375". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 10 June 1983. p. 17.
  8. ^ "No. 52590". The London Gazette. 1 July 1991. pp. 10029–10030.
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