Thomas Hart

Thomas Mure Hart, CMG (1 March 1909 – 16 January 2001) was a Scottish cricketer and rugby union player. He played twice for the Scotland national rugby union team and twice for the Scotland national cricket team as a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler. Hart was also a civil servant who served as the Financial Secretary of Singapore between 1954 and 1959.

Whilst attending Oxford University, Hart played for the university cricket team, playing ten first-class matches in 1931 and 1932, gaining his blue in both years. He made his debut for Scotland in 1933, playing against Ireland. He played a second match against Australia the following year. He subsequently joined the Malayan Civil Service in 1936. During World War II, he was captured by the Japanese in Malaya and interned as a civilian detainee for the duration of the conflict.

Following the war, he was appointed Director of Commerce and Industry in Singapore in 1953, and the following year became the Financial Secretary to Singapore, serving under the cabinets of David Marshall from 1955 and subsequently Lim Yew Hock. The office of Financial Secretary was abolished after the 1959 Singaporean general election, when Singapore attained full internal self-government. It was replaced by the office of Minister of Finance, with Goh Keng Swee as his successor.

Awards Appointed a Companion of St Michael and St George, 1957.