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Frederick Stewart born in Buchan Aberdeenshire Scotland was the first headmaster of the HK Govt Central School for Boys now Queens College and second Inspector of Schools He was considered by contemporaries as the Founder of Hong Kong Government Education At the Central School his consistent policy was to educate pupils in Western knowledge while preserving their Chinese identity and he insisted on equal time for Chinese and English studies A career change was forced by the intervention of Governor John Pope Hennessy who wished the teaching of English to be given prominence Subsequently Stewart a modest and unassuming man popular within Hong Kong and also at the Colonial Office became Police Magistrate Registrar General then Colonial Secretary acting as Governor of Hong Kong on several occasions By the end of his life Stewarts intimate knowledge of Hong Kong was considered unequalled among nonChinese in Hong Kong at the time