The resident councillor of Singapore was a high ranking government civil position in colonial Singapore during the Straits Settlements era. It was second only to the governor of the Straits Settlements in the colonial government.
№ | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) |
Term of office | Origin | Background or previous appointment |
Governor (From–To) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | ||||||
1 | John Prince (1772-1848) |
15 August 1826 | 18 November 1827 | — | — |
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Robert Fullerton | |
2 |
Kenneth Murchison (1794–1854) |
29 November 1827 | 6 December 1833 | Scotland | Employee at East India Company | ||
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Robert Ibbetson | |||||||
3 |
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Sir Samuel George Bonham (1803–1863) |
7 December 1833 | 18 November 1836 | Kent, England | Employee at East India Company |
Kenneth Murchison (1833-1836) |
4 |
Thomas Church (1798–1860) |
4 March 1837 | 20 September 1856 | Somerset, England | Assistant Resident of Pinang |
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Samuel George Bonham | |
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William John Butterworth | |||||||
Edmund Augustus Blundell (1855-1859) | |||||||
5 | Henry Somerset MacKenzie (1826–1904) [1] [2] |
22 September 1856 | 13 July 1859 [3] |
— | — | ||
![]() William Orfeur Cavenagh (1859-1867) | |||||||
— |
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Colonel
Ronald MacPherson (1817–1869) |
10 March 1859 — 7 October 1860 As acting Resident Councillor |
Island of Skye, Scotland | Resident Councillor of Malacca | ||
6 | 8 October 1860 | 31 March 1867 |
№ | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) |
Term of office | Origin | Background or previous appointment |
Governor (From–To) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | ||||||
1 |
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Colonel
Ronald MacPherson (1817–1869) |
1 April 1867 | 6 December 1869 (Died in office) |
Island of Skye, Scotland | Resident Councillor of Singapore |
![]() Sir Harry St. George Ord (1867-1871) |
— | E W Shaw Acting [4] |
7 December 1869 | 5 June 1870 | — | Colonial administrator | ||
2 |
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James Wheeler Woodford Birch (1826–1875) |
6 June 1870 | 4 November 1874 | — | Colonial administrator | |
![]() Edward Anson (1871-1872) 1st time Acting | |||||||
![]() Sir Harry St. George Ord (1872-1873) | |||||||
![]() Edward Anson (1873) 2nd time Acting | |||||||
![]() Sir
Andrew Clarke | |||||||
— |
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Thomas Braddell (1823–1891) Acting |
4 November 1874 | 17 February 1876 | County Wicklow, Ireland | Attorney-General of Singapore | |
William Willans (d. 1905) [5] Acting |
— | Colonial Treasurer of Straits Settlements | |||||
![]() Sir
William Jervois | |||||||
Charles John Irving (1831–1917) Acting |
London, England | Auditor-General of Straits Settlements | |||||
3 | Sir
John Douglas (1836–1885) |
17 February 1876 | 17 August 1878 | Limerick, Ireland | Accountant General and Controller of Revenue | ||
![]() Edward Anson (1877) 3rd time Acting | |||||||
![]() Sir
William Cleaver Francis Robinson | |||||||
4 |
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Sir
Cecil Clementi Smith (1840–1916) |
3 September 1878 | 17 November 1885 | London, England | Colonial Treasurer of Hong Kong | |
![]() Edward Anson (1879-1880) 4th time Acting | |||||||
![]() Sir
Frederick Weld | |||||||
5 |
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Sir
John Frederick Dickson (1835–1891) |
17 November 1885 [6] |
31 August 1891 [7] [8] |
— | Colonial administrator | |
![]() Sir
Cecil Clementi Smith | |||||||
— | Arthur Philip Talbot (b. 18?? – d. 19 December 1898) [9] Acting |
31 August 1891 [7] [8] |
9 March 1892 [10] |
— | Colonial administrator | ||
6 |
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William Edward Maxwell (1846–1897) |
9 March 1892 [10] |
11 February 1895 | — | British Resident of Selangor | |
![]() William Edward Maxwell (1893-1894) Acting | |||||||
![]() Sir
Charles Mitchell | |||||||
7 |
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James Alexander Swettenham (1846–1933) |
11 February 1895 | 7 December 1899 | Derbyshire, England | Accountant General and Controller of Revenue | |
— |
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Sir
Walter Egerton (1858–1947) Acting |
7 December 1899 | 5 July 1901 | — | Colonial administrator |
![]() James Alexander Swettenham (1899-1901) Acting |
Charles Walter Sneyd-Kynnersley (1849-1904) Acting |
— | Colonial administrator | |||||
8 | Sir
William Thomas Taylor (1848–1931) |
5 July 1901 | 31 December 1904 | — | Accountant General and Controller of Revenue |
![]() Sir Frank Swettenham (1901-1904) | |
![]() Sir
John Anderson | |||||||
9 |
Frederick George Penney (c. 1856–1928) |
1 January 1905 | 13 April 1905 | — | Resident Councillor of Malacca | ||
— |
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Edward Lewis Brockman (1865–1943) Acting |
13 April 1905 | 29 June 1906 | — | Assistant Colonial Secretary of Straits Settlements | |
10 |
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Sir
Arthur Young (1854–1938) |
29 June 1906 | 31 January 1911 [11] |
— | Colonial administrator Navy officer | |
11 |
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Edward Lewis Brockman (1865–1943) |
1 February 1911 [11] |
4 September 1911 [12] |
— | Resident of Pahang | |
12 |
Richard James Wilkinson (1867–1941) |
4 September 1911 [12] [13] |
February 1916 | Salonika, Greece | British Resident at Negeri Sembilan |
![]() Sir Arthur Young (1911-1920) | |
— |
William George Maxwell (1871–1959) Acting |
February 1916 [14] |
April 1916 | Malacca, Straits Settlements | British Adviser for Kedah | ||
13 | Sir
Frederick Seton James (1870–1934) |
April 1916 | 19 March 1924 | UK | Colonial administrator | ||
![]() Sir
Laurence Guillemard | |||||||
— |
George Hemmant (1880–1964) Acting 1st time Acting |
19 March 1924 | 2 April 1924 | — | Colonial administrator | ||
14 |
Edward Shaw Hose (1871–1946) |
2 April 1924 | 21 November 1925 | Surrey, England | British Resident of Negri Sembilan | ||
15 | Sir
Hayes Marriott (1873–1929) |
21 November 1925 | 16 December 1928 | — | General Adviser to Johore | ||
![]() Sir
Hugh Clifford | |||||||
— |
George Hemmant (1880–1964) 2nd time Acting |
16 December 1928 | 12 February 1929 | — | Colonial administrator | ||
16 | Sir
John Scott (1878–1946) |
12 February 1929 | 23 May 1933 | — | Chief Secretary of Tanganyika Territory | ||
Sir John Scott | |||||||
![]() Sir
Cecil Clementi | |||||||
17 |
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Sir
Andrew Caldecott (1884–1951) |
23 May 1933 | 7 December 1935 | Kent, England | Chief Secretary of Federated Malaya States (FMS) | |
![]() Sir
Shenton Thomas | |||||||
18 | Sir
Alexander Sym Small (1887–1944) |
7 December 1935 | 19 January 1940 | North Lanarkshire, Scotland | Treasurer of Straits Settlements | ||
19 |
Stanley Wilson Jones (1888–1962) |
19 January 1940 | 27 January 1942 | — | British Resident of Selangor | ||
— |
Hugh Fraser (1891–1944) Acting |
27 January 1942 | 15 February 1942 | — | Colonial administrator |
№ | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) |
Term of office | Origin | Background or previous appointment |
Governor (From–To) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | ||||||
1 | Sir
Patrick Alexander Bruce McKerron (1896–1964) |
1 April 1946 | 29 April 1950 | Aberdeen, Scotland | Deputy Chief Civil Affairs Officer |
![]() Sir Franklin Charles Gimson (1946-1952) | |
— | J D M Smith Acting |
29 April 1950 [15] |
30 June 1950 [16] [17] |
— | Colonial administrator | ||
Wilfred Lawson Blythe (1896–1975) |
30 June 1950 | 30 July 1953 | — | Colonial administrator | |||
2 | |||||||
Wilfred Lawson Blythe (1952) Acting | |||||||
![]() Sir John Fearns Nicoll (1952-1955) | |||||||
3 |
William Allmond Codrington Goode (1907–1986) |
30 July 1953 | February 1955 | Middlesex, England | Colonial administrator |
№ | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) |
Term of office | Origin | Background or previous appointment |
Governor (From–To) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | ||||||
1 |
William Allmond Codrington Goode (1907–1986) |
February 1955 | 9 December 1957 | Middlesex, England | Colonial Secretary of Singapore |
William Goode (1955) Acting | |
Sir
Robert Brown Black (1955-1957) | |||||||
William Goode (1957-1959) | |||||||
2 |
Edgeworth Beresford David (1908–1965) |
29 January 1958 [18] | 2 June 1959 | London, England | Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong |
The resident councillor of Singapore was a high ranking government civil position in colonial Singapore during the Straits Settlements era. It was second only to the governor of the Straits Settlements in the colonial government.
№ | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) |
Term of office | Origin | Background or previous appointment |
Governor (From–To) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | ||||||
1 | John Prince (1772-1848) |
15 August 1826 | 18 November 1827 | — | — |
![]()
Robert Fullerton | |
2 |
Kenneth Murchison (1794–1854) |
29 November 1827 | 6 December 1833 | Scotland | Employee at East India Company | ||
![]()
Robert Ibbetson | |||||||
3 |
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Sir Samuel George Bonham (1803–1863) |
7 December 1833 | 18 November 1836 | Kent, England | Employee at East India Company |
Kenneth Murchison (1833-1836) |
4 |
Thomas Church (1798–1860) |
4 March 1837 | 20 September 1856 | Somerset, England | Assistant Resident of Pinang |
![]()
Samuel George Bonham | |
![]()
William John Butterworth | |||||||
Edmund Augustus Blundell (1855-1859) | |||||||
5 | Henry Somerset MacKenzie (1826–1904) [1] [2] |
22 September 1856 | 13 July 1859 [3] |
— | — | ||
![]() William Orfeur Cavenagh (1859-1867) | |||||||
— |
![]() |
Colonel
Ronald MacPherson (1817–1869) |
10 March 1859 — 7 October 1860 As acting Resident Councillor |
Island of Skye, Scotland | Resident Councillor of Malacca | ||
6 | 8 October 1860 | 31 March 1867 |
№ | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) |
Term of office | Origin | Background or previous appointment |
Governor (From–To) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | ||||||
1 |
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Colonel
Ronald MacPherson (1817–1869) |
1 April 1867 | 6 December 1869 (Died in office) |
Island of Skye, Scotland | Resident Councillor of Singapore |
![]() Sir Harry St. George Ord (1867-1871) |
— | E W Shaw Acting [4] |
7 December 1869 | 5 June 1870 | — | Colonial administrator | ||
2 |
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James Wheeler Woodford Birch (1826–1875) |
6 June 1870 | 4 November 1874 | — | Colonial administrator | |
![]() Edward Anson (1871-1872) 1st time Acting | |||||||
![]() Sir Harry St. George Ord (1872-1873) | |||||||
![]() Edward Anson (1873) 2nd time Acting | |||||||
![]() Sir
Andrew Clarke | |||||||
— |
![]() |
Thomas Braddell (1823–1891) Acting |
4 November 1874 | 17 February 1876 | County Wicklow, Ireland | Attorney-General of Singapore | |
William Willans (d. 1905) [5] Acting |
— | Colonial Treasurer of Straits Settlements | |||||
![]() Sir
William Jervois | |||||||
Charles John Irving (1831–1917) Acting |
London, England | Auditor-General of Straits Settlements | |||||
3 | Sir
John Douglas (1836–1885) |
17 February 1876 | 17 August 1878 | Limerick, Ireland | Accountant General and Controller of Revenue | ||
![]() Edward Anson (1877) 3rd time Acting | |||||||
![]() Sir
William Cleaver Francis Robinson | |||||||
4 |
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Sir
Cecil Clementi Smith (1840–1916) |
3 September 1878 | 17 November 1885 | London, England | Colonial Treasurer of Hong Kong | |
![]() Edward Anson (1879-1880) 4th time Acting | |||||||
![]() Sir
Frederick Weld | |||||||
5 |
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Sir
John Frederick Dickson (1835–1891) |
17 November 1885 [6] |
31 August 1891 [7] [8] |
— | Colonial administrator | |
![]() Sir
Cecil Clementi Smith | |||||||
— | Arthur Philip Talbot (b. 18?? – d. 19 December 1898) [9] Acting |
31 August 1891 [7] [8] |
9 March 1892 [10] |
— | Colonial administrator | ||
6 |
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William Edward Maxwell (1846–1897) |
9 March 1892 [10] |
11 February 1895 | — | British Resident of Selangor | |
![]() William Edward Maxwell (1893-1894) Acting | |||||||
![]() Sir
Charles Mitchell | |||||||
7 |
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James Alexander Swettenham (1846–1933) |
11 February 1895 | 7 December 1899 | Derbyshire, England | Accountant General and Controller of Revenue | |
— |
![]() |
Sir
Walter Egerton (1858–1947) Acting |
7 December 1899 | 5 July 1901 | — | Colonial administrator |
![]() James Alexander Swettenham (1899-1901) Acting |
Charles Walter Sneyd-Kynnersley (1849-1904) Acting |
— | Colonial administrator | |||||
8 | Sir
William Thomas Taylor (1848–1931) |
5 July 1901 | 31 December 1904 | — | Accountant General and Controller of Revenue |
![]() Sir Frank Swettenham (1901-1904) | |
![]() Sir
John Anderson | |||||||
9 |
Frederick George Penney (c. 1856–1928) |
1 January 1905 | 13 April 1905 | — | Resident Councillor of Malacca | ||
— |
![]() |
Edward Lewis Brockman (1865–1943) Acting |
13 April 1905 | 29 June 1906 | — | Assistant Colonial Secretary of Straits Settlements | |
10 |
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Sir
Arthur Young (1854–1938) |
29 June 1906 | 31 January 1911 [11] |
— | Colonial administrator Navy officer | |
11 |
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Edward Lewis Brockman (1865–1943) |
1 February 1911 [11] |
4 September 1911 [12] |
— | Resident of Pahang | |
12 |
Richard James Wilkinson (1867–1941) |
4 September 1911 [12] [13] |
February 1916 | Salonika, Greece | British Resident at Negeri Sembilan |
![]() Sir Arthur Young (1911-1920) | |
— |
William George Maxwell (1871–1959) Acting |
February 1916 [14] |
April 1916 | Malacca, Straits Settlements | British Adviser for Kedah | ||
13 | Sir
Frederick Seton James (1870–1934) |
April 1916 | 19 March 1924 | UK | Colonial administrator | ||
![]() Sir
Laurence Guillemard | |||||||
— |
George Hemmant (1880–1964) Acting 1st time Acting |
19 March 1924 | 2 April 1924 | — | Colonial administrator | ||
14 |
Edward Shaw Hose (1871–1946) |
2 April 1924 | 21 November 1925 | Surrey, England | British Resident of Negri Sembilan | ||
15 | Sir
Hayes Marriott (1873–1929) |
21 November 1925 | 16 December 1928 | — | General Adviser to Johore | ||
![]() Sir
Hugh Clifford | |||||||
— |
George Hemmant (1880–1964) 2nd time Acting |
16 December 1928 | 12 February 1929 | — | Colonial administrator | ||
16 | Sir
John Scott (1878–1946) |
12 February 1929 | 23 May 1933 | — | Chief Secretary of Tanganyika Territory | ||
Sir John Scott | |||||||
![]() Sir
Cecil Clementi | |||||||
17 |
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Sir
Andrew Caldecott (1884–1951) |
23 May 1933 | 7 December 1935 | Kent, England | Chief Secretary of Federated Malaya States (FMS) | |
![]() Sir
Shenton Thomas | |||||||
18 | Sir
Alexander Sym Small (1887–1944) |
7 December 1935 | 19 January 1940 | North Lanarkshire, Scotland | Treasurer of Straits Settlements | ||
19 |
Stanley Wilson Jones (1888–1962) |
19 January 1940 | 27 January 1942 | — | British Resident of Selangor | ||
— |
Hugh Fraser (1891–1944) Acting |
27 January 1942 | 15 February 1942 | — | Colonial administrator |
№ | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) |
Term of office | Origin | Background or previous appointment |
Governor (From–To) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | ||||||
1 | Sir
Patrick Alexander Bruce McKerron (1896–1964) |
1 April 1946 | 29 April 1950 | Aberdeen, Scotland | Deputy Chief Civil Affairs Officer |
![]() Sir Franklin Charles Gimson (1946-1952) | |
— | J D M Smith Acting |
29 April 1950 [15] |
30 June 1950 [16] [17] |
— | Colonial administrator | ||
Wilfred Lawson Blythe (1896–1975) |
30 June 1950 | 30 July 1953 | — | Colonial administrator | |||
2 | |||||||
Wilfred Lawson Blythe (1952) Acting | |||||||
![]() Sir John Fearns Nicoll (1952-1955) | |||||||
3 |
William Allmond Codrington Goode (1907–1986) |
30 July 1953 | February 1955 | Middlesex, England | Colonial administrator |
№ | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) |
Term of office | Origin | Background or previous appointment |
Governor (From–To) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | ||||||
1 |
William Allmond Codrington Goode (1907–1986) |
February 1955 | 9 December 1957 | Middlesex, England | Colonial Secretary of Singapore |
William Goode (1955) Acting | |
Sir
Robert Brown Black (1955-1957) | |||||||
William Goode (1957-1959) | |||||||
2 |
Edgeworth Beresford David (1908–1965) |
29 January 1958 [18] | 2 June 1959 | London, England | Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong |