John Rawling Todd

John Rawling Todd (Chinese: 杜迪) CVO OBE JP (15 February 1929 – 18 July 2002) was a British colonial civil servant.

[1] He completed his national service in the Royal Artillery, and was made 2nd Lieutenant on 14 February 1953, with the appointment gazetted on 24 March 1953.

[2] After leaving the military, Todd pursued a career in the Colonial Service and took up his first appointment as an Administrator Officer in the Gambia in 1955.

This was a busy period in his career, as the land issue (concerning leasing and property rights) was among the most contentious topics discussed in the negotiations that led to the Joint Declaration.

As chairman, Todd published a report in March 1992 that did not recommend providing compensation to landowners whose development rights were affected by rezoning.