List of Governors of the Straits Settlements

This is a List of Governors of the Straits Settlements. 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 onwards, the Governor of the Straits Settlements was usually also High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States.

Robert Fullerton (1826 – November 12, 1830)
Robert Ibbetson (1830 – 1833)
Kenneth Murchison (1833 – 1837)
Sir George Bonham (1837 – 1843)
William John Butterworth (1843 – 1855)
Edmund Augustus Blundell (1855 – 1859)
William Orfeur Cavenagh (1859 – 1867)
Harry St. George Ord (April 1, 1867 – November 4, 1873)
Sir Andrew Clarke (administrator) (November 4, 1873 – May, 1875)
Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois (May, 1875 – 1877)
Edward Archibald Harbord Anson (1877 – July, 1877) (acting)
Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson (July, 1877 – December, 1878)
Edward Anson (2nd time) (December, 1878 – March 17, 1880) (acting)
Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld (March 17, 1880 – 1887)
Sir Cecil Clementi Smith (1887 – 1893)
William Edward Maxwell (1893 – 1894) (acting)
Sir Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell (1894 – 1899)
James Alexander Swettenham (1899 – November 5, 1901) (acting)
Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham (November 5, 1901 – April 16, 1904)
Sir John Anderson (April 16, 1904 – September 2, 1911)
Sir Arthur Henderson Young (September 2, 1911 – February 17, 1920)
Sir Laurence Nunns Guillemard (February 17, 1920 – June 3, 1927)
Sir Hugh Charles Clifford (June 3, 1927 – February 5, 1930)
Sir Cecil Clementi (February 5, 1930 – November 9, 1934)
Sir Shenton Whitelegge Thomas (November 9, 1934 – February 15, 1942)
Sir Shenton Whitelegge Thomas (September 12, 1945 – April 1, 1946)

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