List of British representatives in the Raj of Sarawak

This article lists the British representatives in the Raj of Sarawak from 1888 to 1946. They were responsible for representing British interests in the Raj of Sarawak during the period of a British protectorate (from 14 June 1888 to 1 July 1946), until the country was ceded to the United Kingdom and became the Crown Colony of Sarawak.

List

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

No. Portrait Name Term Notes Agents for Sarawak and North Borneo1The governors of the Straits Settlements14 June 1888 – 25 December 1941Based in Singapore Liaison Officer to Sarawak and North Borneo2 Walter Evelyn Pepys1940 – 25 December 1941Japanese prisoner December 1941 – 1945 during the Japanese occupation of British Borneo Vacant25 December 1941 – 1946 Resident3John Coleraine Hanbury Barcroft1946 Representative4 Christopher William Dawson1946 – 1 July 1946

See also White Rajahs List of heads of government of the Raj of Sarawak History of Sarawak

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