This article lists the heads of government of the Raj of Sarawak from 1843 to 1946, when the Raj of Sarawak was ceded to the United Kingdom and became the Crown Colony of Sarawak.
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(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
No. Portrait Name Term Notes Chief Minister1 Thomas Williamson1843–1846 Resident2 Arthur Chichester Crookshank1863–1873 Chairman of the Committee of Administration3 William Maunder Crocker1875–18804 Francis Richard Ord Maxwell1881–1895Sarawak was made a British protectorate in 18885 Charles Agar Bampfylde1896–19036 Henry FitzGibbon Deshon1903–19047 Sir Percy Francis Cunynghame1904–19098 Harry Robert Arbuthnot Day1909–19109 Ivone Kirkpatrick-Caldecott1910–191510 Arthur Bartlett Ward1915–1923 Chief Secretary and Chairman of the Committee of Administration11 John Coney Moulton1923–192612 Harold Brooke Crocker1927–192813Charles Vyner Brooke1928–19301st time. Simultaneously reigned as the White Rajah14 Francis Farrington Boult1930 James Colin Swayne19301st time, acting(13)Charles Vyner Brooke1930–19312nd time. Simultaneously reigned as the White Rajah James Colin Swayne1931–19322nd time, acting15Charles Macaskie1932–1934Government secretary(13)Charles Vyner Brooke1934–19373rd time. Simultaneously reigned as the White Rajah16 Edward Parnell1937–193917 John Beville Archer1939–19411st time18Cyril Drummond Le Gros ClarkMay 1941 – 25 December 1941On 31 March 1941, Le Gros Clark announced the decision of the White Rajah, Charles Vyner Brooke, to introduce a democratic constitution. Japanese prisoner December 1941 – 6 July 1945 during the Japanese occupation of British Borneo, executed two months before the Surrender of Japan Vacant25 December 1941 – 1946(17) John Beville Archer1946 – 1 July 19462nd time. Japanese prisoner December 1941 – 1945 during the Japanese occupation of British Borneo. The first and only officeholder following the Borneo campaign
See also White Rajahs List of British representatives in the Raj of Sarawak History of Sarawak
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