predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name occupation
'' -lrb- none -rrb- '' william mercer 6 september 1868 county tyrone , ireland sutton , surrey , england colonial treasurer of hong kong circa 1801 january 1844 robert montgomery martin
 july 1845 robert montgomery martin author , civil servant
robert montgomery martin

robert montgomery martin -lrb- c. 1801 -- 6 september 1868 -rrb- was an anglo-irish author and civil servant .
he was the first colonial treasurer of hong kong from 1844 to 1845 .
he was a founding member of the statistical society of london -lrb- 1834 -rrb- , the colonial society -lrb- 1837 -rrb- , and the east india association -lrb- 1867 -rrb- .
