The governor of the Straits Settlements was appointed by the British East India Company until 1867, when the Straits Settlements became a Crown colony. Thereafter the governor was appointed by the Colonial Office. The position existed from 1826 to 1946. Between 1942 and 1945 the office was not filled, as the Straits Settlements was then under Japanese occupation. From the late 19th century onward, the governor of the Straits Settlements was usually also British High Commissioner in Malaya and Brunei and British Agent for Sarawak and British North Borneo.[1]
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The governor of the Straits Settlements was appointed by the British East India Company until 1867 when the Straits Settlements became a Crown colony Thereafter the governor was appointed by the Colonial Office The position existed from 1826 to 1946 Between 1942 and 1945 the office was not filled as the Straits Settlements was then under Japanese occupation From the late 19th century onward the governor of the Straits Settlements was usually also British High Commissioner in Malaya and Brunei and British Agent for Sarawak and British North Borneo 1 Contents 1 List of British governors 1826 1946 2 See also 3 References 4 Further readingList of British governors 1826 1946 edit nbsp British Straits Settlements nbsp No Portrait Name Born Died Term of office Origin Background orprevious appointment MonarchTook office Left office Duration1 nbsp Robert Fullerton 1773 1831 27 November 1826 12 November 1830 3 years 11 months Edinburgh Scotland Second Member of Council and President of the Board of Trade nbsp George IV nbsp William IV2 nbsp Robert Ibbetson 1789 1880 12 November 1830 7 December 1833 3 years 25 days England Resident Councillorof Prince of Wales Island3 Kenneth Murchison 1794 1854 7 December 1833 17 November 1836 2 years 11 months Scotland Resident Councillorof Straits Settlements4 nbsp Sir Samuel George Bonham 1803 1863 18 November 1836 January 1843 6 years 1 month Kent England Resident Councillorof Straits Settlements nbsp Victoria nbsp British East India Company nbsp 5 nbsp Major General William John Butterworth 1801 1856 August 1843 21 March 1855 11 years 9 months Unknown Lieutenant Colonelof the 38th Madras Regiment6 Edmund Augustus Blundell 1804 1868 21 March 1855 6 August 1859 4 years 4 months Somerset England Resident Councillor of Penang nbsp India Office nbsp 7 nbsp Major General Sir William Orfeur Cavenagh 1820 1891 6 August 1859 16 March 1867 7 years 7 months Kent England British Indian Army nbsp Colonial Office nbsp 8 nbsp Major General Sir Harry St George Ord 1819 1885 16 March 1867 4 March 1871 3 years 11 months Kent England Special Commissioner to West Africa nbsp Major General Edward Archibald Harbord Anson 1826 1925 1st time Acting 4 March 1871 22 March 1872 1 year and 18 days London England Lieutenant Governor of Penang8 nbsp Major General Sir Harry St George Ord 1819 1885 22 March 1872 3 November 1873 1 year 7 months Kent England Colonial administrator nbsp Major General Edward Archibald Harbord Anson 1826 1925 2nd time Acting 3 November 1873 4 November 1873 1 day London England Lieutenant Governor of Penang9 nbsp Sir Andrew Clarke 1824 1902 4 November 1873 8 May 1875 1 year 6 months Hampshire England Director of Works at the Admiralty10 nbsp Sir William Jervois 1821 1897 8 May 1875 3 April 1877 1 year 10 months Isle of Wight England Colonel of the Royal Engineers nbsp Major General Edward Archibald Harbord Anson 1826 1925 3rd time Acting 3 April 1877 August 1877 4 months London England Lieutenant Governor of Penang11 nbsp Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson 1834 1897 August 1877 10 February 1879 1 year 5 months County Westmeath Ireland Governor of Western Australia nbsp Major General Edward Archibald Harbord Anson 1826 1925 4th time Acting 10 February 1879 16 May 1880 1 year 3 months London England Lieutenant Governor of Penang12 nbsp Sir Frederick Weld 1823 1891 16 May 1880 17 October 1887 7 years 5 months Dorset England Governor of Tasmania13 nbsp Sir Cecil Clementi Smith 1840 1916 17 October 1887 30 August 1893 5 years 10 months London England Colonial Secretaryof Straits Settlements nbsp William Edward Maxwell 1846 1897 Acting 30 August 1893 1 February 1894 5 months and 2 days unknown Colonial Secretaryof Straits Settlements14 nbsp Sir Charles Mitchell 1836 1899 Died while in office 1 February 1894 7 December 1899 5 years 10 months London England Governor of Natal nbsp James Alexander Swettenham 1846 1933 Acting 7 December 1899 5 November 1901 1 year 10 months Derbyshire England Colonial Secretaryof Straits Settlements nbsp Edward VII15 nbsp Sir Frank Swettenham 1850 1946 5 November 1901 16 April 1904 2 years 5 months Derbyshire England Resident Generalof the Federated Malay States16 nbsp Sir John Anderson 1858 1918 16 April 1904 2 September 1911 7 years 4 months Aberdeenshire Scotland Colonial administrator nbsp George V17 nbsp Sir Arthur Henderson Young 1854 1938 2 September 1911 17 February 1920 8 years 5 months unknown Resident Generalof the Federated Malay States18 nbsp Sir Laurence Guillemard 1862 1951 17 February 1920 3 June 1927 7 years 3 months unknown Colonial administrator19 nbsp Sir Hugh Clifford 1866 1941 3 June 1927 21 October 1929 2 years 4 months London England Governor of British Ceylon Sir John Scott 1878 1946 Acting 21 October 1929 5 February 1930 3 months and 15 days unknown Colonial Secretaryof Straits Settlements20 nbsp Sir Cecil Clementi 1875 1947 5 February 1930 17 February 1934 4 years and 12 days Cawnpore British India Governor of Hong Kong nbsp Sir Andrew Caldecott 1884 1951 Acting 17 February 1934 9 November 1934 8 months and 23 days Kent England Colonial Secretaryof Straits Settlements nbsp Sir Shenton Thomas 1879 1962 9 November 1934 15 February 1942 7 years 3 months London England Governor of the Gold Coast21 nbsp Edward VIII nbsp George VI nbsp Japanese occupation of Singapore nbsp From 15 February 1942 to 12 September 1945 nbsp British Military Administration of the Straits Settlements nbsp From 12 September 1945 to 31 March 1946 nbsp George VI nbsp Lord Louis Mountbatten 1900 1979 British High Command 12 September 1945 31 March 1946 6 months and 19 days Berkshire England Supreme Allied Commanderof the Southeast Asia Theatre nbsp British Straits Settlements nbsp 21 nbsp Sir Shenton Thomas 1879 1962 12 September 1945 31 March 1946 6 months and 19 days London England Colonial administrator nbsp Singapore became a separate Crown Colony nbsp See also edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Governors of the 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