Former and Present Heads
(Date of Appointment)
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Chief Magistrate (Also in charge of the Gaol)
Captain William Caine30 April 1841 -
Governor of the GaolJoseph Scott25 August 1858Superintendent of Victoria GaolFrancis Douglas4 August 1863Alfred Lister28 June 1874Malcolm Struan Tonnochy10 February 1875Major General
Alexander Herman Adam Gordon28 March 1885Henry Bridgeman Henderson Lethbridge1892
Francis Henry May, GCMG30 March 1897Francis Joseph Badeley23 April 1902Charles Mcllvaine Messer, OBE19 April 1913Superintendent of PrisonsJohn William Franks, OBE31 December 1920Commissioner of PrisonsMajor James Lugard Willcocks,
DSO, MC17 June 1938William Shillingford22 May 1947John Tunstall Burdett28 May 1951
Cuthbert James Norman, CBE26 February 1953
Gilbert Roy Pickett, ISO26 February 1968
Thomas Gerad Garner, CBE, JP27 January 1972Commissioner of Correctional Services
Thomas Gerad Garner, CBE, JP1 February 1982
Chan Wa-shek, ISO, JP1 July 1985
Frederic Samuel McCosh,
OBE, QPM, CPM, JP26 November 1990
Lai Ming-kee,
SBS, MBE, JP20 February 1995
Ng Ching-kwok,
SBS, MBE, QPM, CPM, JP1 May 1999
Pang Sung-yuen,
SBS, CSDSM, JP1 January 2003
Kwok Leung-ming,
SBS, CSDSM23 July 2006
Sin Yat-kin,
SBS, CSDSM20 September 2010
Yau Chi-chiu,
SBS, CSDSM26 December 2014
Lam Kwok-leung,
SBS, CSDSM21 August 2017
Woo Ying-ming,
SBS, CSDSM25 November 2018
Wong Kwok-hing,
CSDSM24 March 2022