Frederick Stewart (colonial administrator)

He was teaching in a temporary position at Stubbington House School[1] when a post was announced in the Aberdeen Journal on 7 August 1861 for the headmaster position of the newly established "Government Central School", known today as Queen's College.

Five months later, Stewart would accept the position, reaching Hong Kong at the age of 25 on 15 February 1862.

On 30 June 1865 Stewart became the first head of the "Government Education Department" in Hong Kong.

In 1879 his alma mater, the University of Aberdeen, awarded him the honorary degree of LL.D for furthering the interests of education in Hong Kong.

[2] He was also the dean of the "Faculty of Medicine", the precursor of the University of Hong Kong until his death in 1889.