Governor of North Borneo

The Governor of North Borneo was the appointed head of the government of North Borneo, and later of the Crown Colony of North Borneo.

Originally the Governor was appointed by the North Borneo Chartered Company, which was responsible for the administration of the protectorate. Upon North Borneo becoming a Crown colony in 1946, in the aftermath of the Second World War, the Governor of British North Borneo became an appointee of the Crown (i.e. of the Government of the United Kingdom).

List of governors appointed by the Company

British North Borneo No.PortraitNameTenureMonarch From To1William Hood Treacher 1881 1887VictoriaHouse of Hanover(20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901)–William Maunder Crocker 1887 18882Charles Vandeleur Creagh 1888 18953Leicester Paul Beaufort 1895 18994Hugh Charles Clifford 1900 19015Ernest Woodford Birch 1901 1903Edward VIIHouse of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha(22 January 1901 – 6 May 1910)6Edward Peregrine Gueritz 1904 1907–Alexander Cook190719077Edward Peregrine Gueritz19071910–Aylmer Cavendish Pearson19101911George VHouse of Windsor(6 May 1910 – 20 January 1936)8Francis Robert Ellis 1911 1912–Frederick William Fraser191219129 James Scott Mason 1912 1912–Frederick William Fraser19121913–Joseph West Ridgeway1913191310Cecil William Chase Parr 1913 191511Aylmer Cavendish Pearson 1915 1915–Frederick William Fraser1915191612Aylmer Cavendish Pearson19161919–Frederick William Fraser1919191913Aylmer Cavendish Pearson19191922–Henry William Lisbrian Bunbury19221922–Frederick William Fraser1922192214William Henry Rycroft 1922 1924–Frederick William Fraser1924192415William Henry Rycroft1924192516Frederick William Fraser1925192517Aylmer Cavendish Pearson 1925 1926–Frederick William Fraser1926192618John Lisseter Humphreys 1926 1928–Douglas Rider Maxwell1928192919John Lisseter Humphreys1929193020Arthur Frederick Richards 1930 193321Douglas James Jardine19341937Edward VIIIHouse of Windsor(20 January 1936 – 11 December 1936)George VIHouse of Windsor(11 December 1936 – 1 April 1942)22Charles Robert Smith 1937 1942 Japanese Occupation of British Borneo From 1 April 1942 to 10 June 1945.

British Military Administration

British Military Administration of Borneo (1945-1946) Monarch23Charles Robert Smith 1945 1946George VIHouse of Windsor(10 June 1945 – 6 February 1952)

List of Governors appointed by the British Crown

Crown Colony of North Borneo George VIHouse of Windsor(10 June 1945 – 6 February 1952)24Edward Francis Twining19465 May 194825James Calder Officer Administering the Colony5 May 194810 January 194926Sir Ralph Hone10 January 19491954Elizabeth IIHouse of Windsor(6 February 1952 – 16 September 1963)27Sir Roland Turnbull1954195928Sir William Goode19601963

Sources List of North Borneo Governors on World Statesmen

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