:''This page is about Major-General Wilsone Black, who acted as Administrator of Hong Kong in the late
1800s. For the 23rd Governor of Hong Kong with the same last name, see
Robert Brown Black.
'Wilsone Black' (
1837–
1909) was a
British military officer and colonial administrator, who became an Acting Administrator in
Hong Kong for a period between February to November of
1898. He was eventually succeeded by Sir
Henry Arthur Blake, who became the 12th
Governor of Hong Kong. He was the
Major General of
China and Hong Kong from
1895 to 1898.
Wilsone Black had suggested the extension of Kowloon and the plan was realised in
Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory of 1898. The extension became
New Territories.