Claude Bramall Burgess CMG OBE (Chinese: 白嘉時, 25 February 1910 – 2 November 1998)^{[citation needed]} was the Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1958 to 1963.^[1]

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On 9 October 1935, he was appointed Second Assistant Superintendent of Imports and Exports.^[2] From 1939 to 1941, he was the Deputy Clerk of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and he became the Acting Clerk of the Legislative Council at 1946.^{[citation needed]}

In 1952, Burgess married his wife Margaret. They divorced in 1965.^[1]