See also MALAYA
ANGLICAN CHURCH IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS
ROMAN CATHOLIC HIERARCHY IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS 1871 - 1945
BRITISH COLONY OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS
British presence in the Malaya peninsula started in 1786 when the HEIC (Honorable
East India Company) acquired the island Pinang (Penang) from the Sultan of Kedah.
British direct rule was later also imposed on some other territories of the region
and by 1942 these possessions - forming since 1826 the dependency of the Straits
Settlements - included :
- Labuan (as part of Singapore 1907 - 1912, then as a separate settlement)
- Malacca (since 1826)
- Pinang (since 1826)
- Singapore (since 1826)
- Two dependencies :
- Christmas Island (since 1889, part of Singapore since 1900)
- the Cocos or Keeling Islands (since 1886, part of Singapore 1903 - 1942)
At first subordinated to British India, the Straits Settlements became a British
colony of their own in 1867.
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BRITISH CHIEF ADMINISTRATORS
Governors
(Also High Commissioners for the Federated Malay States and Agents to Sabah and
Sarawak)
1867 - 1874 Col. Harry St. George Ord 1819 - 1885
1873 - 1875 MajGen. Andrew Clarke 1825 - 1902
1875 - 1877 MajGen. William Francis Drummond Jervois 1821 - 1897
1877 Edward Archibald Harbord Anson* 1826 - 1925
1877 - 1878 William Cleaver Francis Robinson 1834 - 1897
1878 - 1880 Edward Archibald Harbord Anson* (2x)
1880 - 1887 Sir Frederic Aloysius Weld 1823 - 1891
1887 - 1893 Sir Cecil Clementi Smith 1840 - 1916
1893 - 1894 William Edward Maxwell* 1846 - 1897
1894 - 1899 Sir Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell 1836 - 1899
1899 - 1901 James Alexander Swettenham* 1846 - 1933
1901 - 1904 Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham 1850 - 1946
1904 - 1911 Sir John Anderson 1858 - 1918
1911 - 1920 Sir Arthur Henderson Young 1854 - 1938
1920 - 1927 Sir Laurence Nunns Guillemard 1862 - 1951
1927 - 1930 Sir Hugh Charles Clifford 1866 - 1941
1930 - 1934 Sir Cecil Clementi 1875 - 1947
1934 - 1942 Sir Thomas Shenton Whitelegge Thomas 1879 - 1962
In 1942 the colony was occupied by Japanese troops.
It was not re-established at the return of the British in 1945.
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