Resident councillors of Singapore (1826-1867) 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.
No.PortraitNameTerm of officeBackground orprevious appointmentGovernor Took office Left office1John Prince15 August 182618 November 1827—Robert Fullerton2Kenneth Murchison29 November 18276 December 1833Employee atEast India CompanyRobert Ibbetson3Sir Samuel George Bonham7 December 183318 November 1836Employee atEast India CompanyKenneth Murchison4Thomas Church4 March 183720 September 1856Assistant Resident of PinangGeorge BonhamWilliam John ButterworthEdmund Augustus Blundell5Henry Somerset MacKenzie22 September 185613 July 1859—William Orfeur Cavenagh—Colonel Ronald MacPherson10 March 1859 — 7 October 1860Resident Councillor of Malacca68 October 186031 March 1867
Colonial secretaries of the Straits Settlements (1867–1942)
No.PortraitNameTerm of officeOriginBackground orprevious appointmentGovernor Took office Left office1Colonel Ronald MacPherson1 April 18676 December 1869Island of Skye, ScotlandResident Councillor of SingaporeSir Harry Ord—E W Shaw7 December 18695 June 1870—Colonial administrator2James Wheeler Woodford Birch6 June 18704 November 1874—Colonial administratorEdward AnsonSir Harry OrdEdward AnsonSir Andrew Clarke—Thomas Braddell4 November 187417 February 1876County Wicklow, IrelandAttorney-General of SingaporeWilliam WillansActing—Colonial Treasurer of Straits SettlementsSir William JervoisCharles John IrvingLondon, EnglandAuditor-General of Straits Settlements3Sir John Douglas17 February 187617 August 1878Limerick, IrelandAccountant General and Controller of RevenueEdward AnsonSir William Cleaver Francis Robinson4Sir Cecil Clementi Smith3 September 187817 November 1885London, EnglandColonial Treasurer of Hong KongEdward AnsonSir Frederick Weld5Sir John Frederick Dickson17 November 188531 August 1891—Colonial administratorSir Cecil Clementi Smith—Arthur Philip TalbotActing31 August 18919 March 1892—Colonial administrator6William Edward Maxwell9 March 189211 February 1895—British Resident of SelangorWilliam Edward MaxwellSir Charles Mitchell7James Alexander Swettenham11 February 18957 December 1899Derbyshire, EnglandAccountant General and Controller of Revenue—Sir Walter Egerton7 December 18995 July 1901—Colonial administratorJames Alexander SwettenhamCharles Walter Sneyd-KynnersleyActing—Colonial administrator8Sir William Thomas Taylor5 July 190131 December 1904—Accountant General and Controller of RevenueSir Frank SwettenhamSir John Anderson9Frederick George Penney1 January 190513 April 1905—Resident Councillor of Malacca—Edward Lewis BrockmanActing13 April 190529 June 1906—Assistant Colonial Secretary of Straits Settlements10Sir Arthur Young29 June 190631 January 1911—Colonial administrator Navy officer11Edward Lewis Brockman1 February 19114 September 1911—Resident of Pahang12Richard James Wilkinson4 September 1911February 1916Salonika, GreeceBritish Resident at Negeri SembilanSir Arthur Young—William George MaxwellActingFebruary 1916April 1916Malacca, Straits SettlementsBritish Adviser for Kedah13Sir Frederick Seton JamesApril 191619 March 1924UKColonial administratorSir Laurence Guillemard—George Hemmant19 March 19242 April 1924—Colonial administrator14Edward Shaw Hose2 April 192421 November 1925Surrey, EnglandBritish Resident of Negri Sembilan15Sir Hayes Marriott21 November 192516 December 1928—General Adviser to JohoreSir Hugh Clifford—George Hemmant16 December 192812 February 1929—Colonial administrator16Sir John Scott12 February 192923 May 1933—Chief Secretary of Tanganyika TerritorySir John ScottActingSir Cecil Clementi17Sir Andrew Caldecott23 May 19337 December 1935Kent, EnglandChief Secretary of Federated Malaya States (FMS)Sir Shenton Thomas18Sir Alexander Sym Small7 December 193519 January 1940North Lanarkshire, ScotlandTreasurer of Straits Settlements19Stanley Wilson Jones19 January 194027 January 1942—British Resident of Selangor—Hugh FraserActing27 January 194215 February 1942—Colonial administrator
Colonial secretaries of Singapore (1946-1955)
No.PortraitNameTerm of officeBackground orprevious appointmentGovernor Took office Left office1Sir Patrick McKerron1 April 194629 April 1950Deputy Chief Civil Affairs OfficerSir Franklin Charles Gimson— James David Maxwell Smith29 April 195030 June 1950Financial SecretaryWilfred Lawson Blythe30 June 195030 July 1953Colonial administrator2Wilfred Lawson BlytheSir John Fearns Nicoll3William Allmond Codrington Goode30 July 1953February 1955Colonial administrator
Chief secretaries of Singapore (1955-1959)
No.PortraitNameTerm of officeBackground orprevious appointmentGovernor Took office Left office1William GoodeFebruary 19559 December 1957Colonial Secretary of SingaporeWilliam GoodeSir Robert Brown BlackWilliam Goode2Edgeworth Beresford David29 January 19582 June 1959Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong
References
External links WorldStatesmen - Singapore Historical Dictionary of Singapore (Justin Corfield) Past and present leaders of Singapore