Sir Sydney Caine KCMG (27 June 1902 – 2 January 1991) was an educator and economist.
Sydney Caine | |
|---|---|
 Caine, circa before 1964 | |
| Financial Secretary of Hong Kong | |
| In office 9 March 1938 – 16 November 1939 | |
| Preceded by | Edwin Taylor |
| Succeeded by | Henry R. Butters |
| Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya | |
| In office 1952–1957 | |
| Preceded by | Sir George Allen |
| Succeeded by | Sir Alexander Oppenheim |
| Director of the London School of Economics | |
| In office 1957–1967 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders |
| Succeeded by | Sir Walter Adams |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 June 1902 Hendon, London, England |
| Died | 2 January 1991 (aged 88) Hindhead, Surrey, England |
| Spouses |
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| Children | Michael Harris Caine |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics |
Early life
editOn 27 June 1902, Caine was born. Caine's father was Harry Caine, a railway clerk. Caine's mother was Jane. Caine attended Harrow County School in London, England.[1]
Education
editIn 1922, Caine graduated with a first class degree, specialising in Economic History from London School of Economics.[1]
Career
editCaine started his career as an assistant inspector of taxes. In 1926, Caine joined the Colonial Office, where he served as secretary to the West Indian Sugar Commission and to the UK Sugar Industry Commission.[1]
In 1937, Caine was appointed as the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong, until 1940.[1] He proposed the imposition of new water charging system amid the construction of Shing Mun Reservoir and income tax.[2]
Between 1952 and 1957 he was the vice-chancellor of the University of Malaya in Singapore.
Caine was appointed the director of the LSE between 1957 and 1967. He was an alumnus of the LSE, and, before his appointment as director of the school, he was a well-known economist who had acted as a consultant for the World Bank for a period of time and had worked as a diplomat, being appointed minister at the British Embassy in Washington, US.
Between 1963 and 1970 he was the chairman of the governing board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning.
Personal life
editIn 1925, Caine married Muriel Ann Harris. Their son, Michael, was born in 1927. His wife died in 1962.[1][3]
Caine married secondly, in 1965, Doris Winifred Folkard (died 1973). He married, thirdly, in 1975, Elizabeth Bowyer (died 1996).[1]
On 2 January 1991, aged 88, Sir Sydney Caine died.[1]
Legacy
edit- Hong Kong One Dollar note with Caine's printed signature.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g Donnelly, Sue (11 August 2017). "No Major New Developments - Sir Sydney Caine, LSE Director (1957-1967)". blogs.lse.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ Miners, Norman (2010). "Sir Sydney Caine: Hong Kong's First Financial Secretary". Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 50: 375. ISSN 1991-7295.
- ^ Niven, Alastair (23 March 1999). "Sir Michael Caine obituary". theguardian.com. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ "Government Notes". hkmemory.hk. 1939. Retrieved 30 May 2020.