The Resident of Singapore ruled the British colony that is today the Republic of Singapore. The persons on this position governed Singapore from 1819 to 1826, on behalf of the British East India Company.
The Governor of Singapore governs Singapore. The persons on this position governed the Colony of Singapore from 1946 to 1959, on behalf of the Colonial Office until Singapore gained self-governance in 1959 in which the Office of the Governor was abolished.
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The governors of Singapore were the political leaders of Singapore during its pre independence phase in the history of Singapore 1 Contents 1 Residents of Singapore 1819 1826 2 Governors of the Straits Settlements 1826 1942 3 Japanese occupation 1942 to 1945 4 Governors of the Straits Settlements 1945 1946 5 Governors of Singapore 1946 1959 6 See also 7 References 8 Further readingResidents of Singapore 1819 1826 EditThe Resident of Singapore ruled the British colony that is today the Republic of Singapore The persons on this position governed Singapore from 1819 to 1826 on behalf of the British East India Company British East India Company Portrait Name Born Died Term of office Origin Background orprevious appointment MonarchTook office Left office Duration1 Major General William Farquhar 1774 1839 6 February 1819 1 May 1823 4 years 2 months Aberdeenshire Scotland Resident of Malacca Chief Engineer George III George IV2 Dr John Crawfurd 1783 1868 27 May 1823 15 August 1826 3 years 2 months Argyll Scotland Surgeon DiplomatGovernors of the Straits Settlements 1826 1942 EditMain article List of governors of the Straits Settlements The Governor of the Straits Settlements ruled the Straits Settlements The persons on this position governed the Straits Settlements from 1826 to 1946 on behalf of the British East India Company 1826 1858 the India Office 1858 1867 and the Colonial Office 1867 1946 respectively British Straits Settlements Portrait Name Born Died Term of office Origin Background orprevious appointment MonarchTook office Left office Duration1 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 George IV William IV2 Robert Ibbetson 1789 1880 12 November 1830 7 December 1833 3 years 25 days England Resident Councillorof the Prince of Wales Island3 Kenneth Murchison 1794 1854 7 December 1833 17 November 1836 2 years 11 months Scotland Resident Councillorof the Straits Settlements4 Sir Samuel George Bonham 1803 1863 18 November 1836 January 1843 6 years 1 month Kent England Resident Councillorof the Straits Settlements Victoria British East India Company 5 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 India Office 7 Major General Sir Orfeur Cavenagh 1820 1891 6 August 1859 16 March 1867 7 years 7 months Kent England British Indian Army Colonial Office 8 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 Major General Edward Archibald Harbord Anson 1826 1925 acting 4 March 1871 22 March 1872 1 year and 18 days London England Lieutenant Governor of Penang8 Major General Sir Harry St George Ord 1819 1885 22 March 1872 3 November 1873 1 year 7 months Kent England Colonial administrator Major General Edward Archibald Harbord Anson 1826 1925 acting 3 November 1873 4 November 1873 1 day London England Lieutenant Governor of Penang9 Sir Andrew Clarke 1824 1902 4 November 1873 8 May 1875 1 year 6 months Hampshire England Director of Works at the Admiralty10 Sir William Jervois 1821 1897 8 May 1875 3 April 1877 1 year 10 months Isle of Wight England Colonel of the Royal Engineers Major General Edward Archibald Harbord Anson 1826 1925 acting 3 April 1877 August 1877 4 months London England Lieutenant Governor of Penang11 Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson 1834 1897 August 1877 10 February 1879 1 year 5 months County Westmeath Ireland Governor of Western Australia Major General Edward Archibald Harbord Anson 1826 1925 acting 10 February 1879 16 May 1880 1 year 3 months London England Lieutenant Governor of Penang12 Sir Frederick Weld 1823 1891 16 May 1880 17 October 1887 7 years 5 months Dorset England Governor of Tasmania13 Sir Cecil Clementi Smith 1840 1916 17 October 1887 30 August 1893 5 years 10 months London England Colonial Secretaryof the Straits Settlements William Edward Maxwell 1846 1897 acting 30 August 1893 1 February 1894 5 months and 2 days unknown Colonial Secretaryof the Straits Settlements14 Sir Charles Mitchell 1836 1899 Died while in office 1 February 1894 7 December 1899 5 years 10 months London England Governor of Natal James Alexander Swettenham 1846 1933 acting 7 December 1899 5 November 1901 1 year 10 months Derbyshire England Colonial Secretaryof the Straits Settlements Edward VII15 Sir Frank Swettenham 1850 1946 5 November 1901 16 April 1904 2 years 5 months Derbyshire England Resident Generalof the Federated Malay States16 Sir John Anderson 1858 1918 16 April 1904 2 September 1911 7 years 4 months Aberdeenshire Scotland Colonial administrator George V17 Sir Arthur Henderson Young 1854 1938 2 September 1911 17 February 1920 8 years 5 months unknown Resident Generalof the Federated Malay States18 Sir Laurence Guillemard 1862 1951 17 February 1920 3 June 1927 7 years 3 months unknown Colonial administrator19 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 the Straits Settlements20 Sir Cecil Clementi 1875 1947 5 February 1930 17 February 1934 4 years and 12 days Cawnpore British India Governor of Hong Kong Sir Andrew Caldecott 1884 1951 acting 17 February 1934 9 November 1934 8 months and 23 days Kent England Colonial Secretaryof the Straits Settlements Sir Shenton Thomas 1879 1962 9 November 1934 15 February 1942 7 years 3 months London England Governor of the Gold Coast21 Edward VIII George VI Japanese occupation of Singapore Japanese occupation 1942 to 1945 EditDuring the Japanese occupation of Singapore there were two Mayors 2 and five Military Administrators appointed to Syonan to Mayor of Syonan to 昭南島 Shōnan tō Portrait Name Born Died Term of office Origin Background orprevious appointment MonarchTook office Left office Duration1 Odate Shigeo 1892 1955 7 March 1942 8 July 1943 1 year 4 months Hamada Shimane Bureaucrat in the Home Ministry Emperor Shōwa2 Naito Kanichi 1897 19 19 July 1943 12 September 1945 2 years 1 month Ehime Chief Military Administrator 2 End of Japanese occupation of Singapore Military Administrator of Syonan to 昭南島 Shōnan tō Portrait Name Born Died Term of office Origin Background orprevious appointment MonarchTook office Left office1 Yamashita Tomoyuki 1888 1946 15 February 1942 1 July 1942 Ōtoyo Kōchi Commanding Officerof the Japanese 25th Army Emperor Shōwa2 Yaheita Saito 1885 1953 1 July 1942 8 April 1943 Kagawa3 Terauchi Hisaichi 1879 1946 8 April 1943 22 March 1944 Tokyo Commanding Officerof the Southern Expeditionary Army Group4 Doihara Kenji 1883 1948 22 March 1944 7 April 1945 Okayama Commanding Officerof the Japanese 7th Area Army5 Itagaki Seishiro 1885 1948 7 April 1945 12 September 1945 Morioka Iwate End of Japanese occupation of Singapore Governors of the Straits Settlements 1945 1946 Edit British Straits Settlements Portrait Name Born Died Term of office Origin Background orprevious appointment MonarchTook office Left office Duration British Military Administration of the Straits Settlements From 12 September 1945 to 31 March 1946 George VI 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 British Straits Settlements 21 Sir Shenton Thomas 1879 1962 12 September 1945 31 March 1946 6 months and 19 days London England Colonial administrator Singapore became a separate Crown Colony Governors of Singapore 1946 1959 EditThe Governor of Singapore governs Singapore The persons on this position governed the Colony of Singapore from 1946 to 1959 on behalf of the Colonial Office until Singapore gained self governance in 1959 in which the Office of the Governor was abolished Crown Colony of Singapore Portrait Name Born Died Term of office Origin Background orprevious appointment MonarchTook office Left office Duration1 Sir Franklin Charles Gimson 1890 1975 1 April 1946 20 March 1952 5 years 11 months Leicestershire England Colonial Secretaryof Hong Kong George VI Elizabeth II Wilfred Lawson Blythe 1896 1975 acting 20 March 1952 21 April 1952 1 month and 1 day unknown Colonial Secretaryof Singapore2 Sir John Fearns Nicoll 1899 1981 21 April 1952 2 June 1955 3 years 1 month London England Colonial Secretaryof Hong Kong Sir William Allmond Codrington Goode 1907 1986 acting 2 June 1955 30 June 1955 28 days Middlesex England Colonial Secretaryof Singapore3 Sir Robert Brown Black 1906 1999 30 June 1955 9 December 1957 2 years 5 months Edinburgh Scotland Colonial Secretaryof Hong Kong4 Sir William Allmond Codrington Goode 1907 1986 9 December 1957 2 June 1959 1 year 5 months Middlesex England Chief Secretaryof Singapore Singapore is granted self governance in 1959 within the British Empire See also EditChief Secretary Singapore Governor of North Borneo History of Malaysia History of Singapore Legislative Council of Singapore Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements List of Chief Secretaries of Singapore President of Singapore Prime Minister of Singapore Yang di Pertuan NegaraReferences Edit Past and present leaders of Singapore Singapore National Library Board a b Kanichi Naito Named Mayor Of Syonan Syonan Shimbun 20 July 1943 p 1 Further reading EditSingapore The Encyclopedia Singapore EDM 2006 ISBN 981 4155 63 2 Countries Se So Rulers org Retrieved 17 April 2008 WorldStatesmen Singapore Historical Dictionary of Singapore Justin Corfield ISBN 9780810873872 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of governors of Singapore amp oldid 1170552373, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
