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 byEdwin Taylor
Succeeded byHenry R. Butters
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya
In office
1952–1957
Preceded bySir George Allen
Succeeded bySir Alexander Oppenheim
Director of the London School of Economics
In office
1957–1967
Preceded bySir Alexander Carr-Saunders
Succeeded bySir Walter Adams
Personal details
Born(1902-06-27)27 June 1902
Hendon, London, England
Died2 January 1991(1991-01-02) (aged 88)
Hindhead, Surrey, England
Spouses
  • Muriel Harris
    (m. 1927; died 1962)
  • Doris Winifred
    (m. 1965; died 1973)
  • Elizabeth Bowyer
    (m. 1975)
ChildrenMichael Harris Caine
Alma materLondon School of Economics

Early life

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On 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

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In 1922, Caine graduated with a first class degree, specialising in Economic History from London School of Economics.[1]

Career

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Caine 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

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In 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

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  • Hong Kong One Dollar note with Caine's printed signature.[4]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Niven, Alastair (23 March 1999). "Sir Michael Caine obituary". theguardian.com. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Government Notes". hkmemory.hk. 1939. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
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Government offices
Preceded byas Colonial Treasurer Financial Secretary of Hong Kong
1938–1939
Succeeded by
Academic offices
Preceded by Vice-Chancellor University of Malaya
1952–1957
Succeeded by
Preceded by Director of the London School of Economics
1957–1967
Succeeded by