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List of chief secretaries of Singapore

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.

№ Portrait Name
(Born–Died) 		Term of office Origin Background or
previous appointment 		Governor
(From–To)
Took office Left office
1 John Prince
(1772-1848) 		15 August 1826 18 November 1827 — —

Robert Fullerton
(1826-1830)

2 Kenneth Murchison
(1794–1854) 		29 November 1827 6 December 1833 Scotland Employee at
East India Company

Robert Ibbetson
(1830-1833)

3 Sir Samuel George Bonham
(1803–1863) 		7 December 1833 18 November 1836 Kent, England Employee at
East India Company
Kenneth Murchison
(1833-1836)
4 Thomas Church
(1798–1860) 		4 March 1837 20 September 1856 Somerset, England Assistant Resident of Pinang

Samuel George Bonham
(1836-1843)

William John Butterworth
(1843-1855)

Edmund Augustus Blundell
(1855-1859)
5 Henry Somerset MacKenzie
(1826–1904)
[1][2] 		22 September 1856 13 July 1859
[3] 		— —

William Orfeur Cavenagh
(1859-1867)
— Colonel Ronald MacPherson
(1817–1869) 		10 March 1859 — 7 October 1860
As acting Resident Councillor 		Island of Skye, Scotland Resident Councillor of Malacca
6 8 October 1860 31 March 1867

Colonial secretaries of the Straits Settlements (1867–1942)

№ Portrait Name
(Born–Died) 		Term of office Origin Background or
previous appointment 		Governor
(From–To)
Took office Left office
1 Colonel Ronald MacPherson
(1817–1869) 		1 April 1867 6 December 1869
(Died in office) 		Island of Skye, Scotland Resident Councillor of Singapore
Sir Harry St. George Ord
(1867-1871)
— E W Shaw
Acting[4] 		7 December 1869 5 June 1870 — Colonial administrator
2 James Wheeler Woodford Birch
(1826–1875) 		6 June 1870 4 November 1874 — Colonial administrator

Edward Anson
(1871-1872)
1st time Acting

Sir Harry St. George Ord
(1872-1873)

Edward Anson
(1873)
2nd time Acting

Sir Andrew Clarke
(1873-1875)

— Thomas Braddell
(1823–1891)
Acting 		4 November 1874 17 February 1876 County Wicklow, Ireland Attorney-General of Singapore
William Willans
(d. 1905)[5]
Acting 		— Colonial Treasurer of Straits Settlements

Sir William Jervois
(1875-1877)

Charles John Irving
(1831–1917)
Acting 		London, England Auditor-General of Straits Settlements
3 Sir John Douglas
(1836–1885) 		17 February 1876 17 August 1878 Limerick, Ireland Accountant General and Controller of Revenue

Edward Anson
(1877)
3rd time Acting

Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson
(1877-1879)

4 Sir Cecil Clementi Smith
(1840–1916) 		3 September 1878 17 November 1885 London, England Colonial Treasurer of Hong Kong

Edward Anson
(1879-1880)
4th time Acting

Sir Frederick Weld
(1880-1887)

5 Sir John Frederick Dickson
(1835–1891) 		17 November 1885
[6] 		31 August 1891
[7][8] 		— Colonial administrator

Sir Cecil Clementi Smith
(1887-1893)

— Arthur Philip Talbot
(b. 18?? – d. 19 December 1898)[9]
Acting 		31 August 1891
[7][8] 		9 March 1892
[10] 		— Colonial administrator
6 William Edward Maxwell
(1846–1897) 		9 March 1892
[10] 		11 February 1895 — British Resident of Selangor

William Edward Maxwell
(1893-1894)
Acting

Sir Charles Mitchell
(1894-1899)

7 James Alexander Swettenham
(1846–1933) 		11 February 1895 7 December 1899 Derbyshire, England Accountant General and Controller of Revenue
— Sir Walter Egerton
(1858–1947)
Acting 		7 December 1899 5 July 1901 — Colonial administrator
James Alexander Swettenham
(1899-1901)
Acting
Charles Walter Sneyd-Kynnersley
(1849-1904)
Acting 		— Colonial administrator
8 Sir William Thomas Taylor
(1848–1931) 		5 July 1901 31 December 1904 — Accountant General and Controller of Revenue
Sir Frank Swettenham
(1901-1904)

Sir John Anderson
(1904-1911)

9 Frederick George Penney
(c. 1856–1928) 		1 January 1905 13 April 1905 — Resident Councillor of Malacca
— Edward Lewis Brockman
(1865–1943)
Acting 		13 April 1905 29 June 1906 — Assistant Colonial Secretary of Straits Settlements
10 Sir Arthur Young
(1854–1938) 		29 June 1906 31 January 1911
[11] 		— Colonial administrator
Navy officer
11 Edward Lewis Brockman
(1865–1943) 		1 February 1911
[11] 		4 September 1911
[12] 		— Resident of Pahang
12 Richard James Wilkinson
(1867–1941) 		4 September 1911
[12][13] 		February 1916 Salonika, Greece British Resident at Negeri Sembilan
Sir Arthur Young
(1911-1920)
— William George Maxwell
(1871–1959)
Acting 		February 1916
[14] 		April 1916 Malacca, Straits Settlements British Adviser for Kedah
13 Sir Frederick Seton James
(1870–1934) 		April 1916 19 March 1924 UK Colonial administrator

Sir Laurence Guillemard
(1920-1927)

— George Hemmant
(1880–1964)
Acting
1st time Acting 		19 March 1924 2 April 1924 — Colonial administrator
14 Edward Shaw Hose
(1871–1946) 		2 April 1924 21 November 1925 Surrey, England British Resident of Negri Sembilan
15 Sir Hayes Marriott
(1873–1929) 		21 November 1925 16 December 1928 — General Adviser to Johore

Sir Hugh Clifford
(1927-1929)

— George Hemmant
(1880–1964)
2nd time Acting 		16 December 1928 12 February 1929 — Colonial administrator
16 Sir John Scott
(1878–1946) 		12 February 1929 23 May 1933 — Chief Secretary of Tanganyika Territory

Sir John Scott
(1929-1930)
Acting

Sir Cecil Clementi
(1930-1934)

17 Sir Andrew Caldecott
(1884–1951) 		23 May 1933 7 December 1935 Kent, England Chief Secretary of Federated Malaya States (FMS)

Sir Shenton Thomas
(1934-1942) & (1945-1946)

18 Sir Alexander Sym Small
(1887–1944) 		7 December 1935 19 January 1940 North Lanarkshire, Scotland Treasurer of Straits Settlements
19 Stanley Wilson Jones
(1888–1962) 		19 January 1940 27 January 1942 — British Resident of Selangor
— Hugh Fraser
(1891–1944)
Acting 		27 January 1942 15 February 1942 — Colonial administrator

Colonial Secretaries of Singapore (1946-1955)

№ Portrait Name
(Born–Died) 		Term of office Origin Background or
previous appointment 		Governor
(From–To)
Took office Left office
1 Sir Patrick Alexander Bruce McKerron
(1896–1964) 		1 April 1946 29 April 1950 Aberdeen, Scotland Deputy Chief Civil Affairs Officer
Sir Franklin Charles Gimson
(1946-1952)
— J D M Smith
Acting 		29 April 1950
[15] 		30 June 1950
[16][17] 		— Colonial administrator
Wilfred Lawson Blythe
(1896–1975) 		30 June 1950 30 July 1953 — Colonial administrator
2

Wilfred Lawson Blythe
(1952)
Acting

Sir John Fearns Nicoll
(1952-1955)
3 William Allmond Codrington Goode
(1907–1986) 		30 July 1953 February 1955 Middlesex, England Colonial administrator

Chief Secretaries of Singapore (1955-1959)

№ Portrait Name
(Born–Died) 		Term of office Origin Background or
previous appointment 		Governor
(From–To)
Took office Left office
1 William Allmond Codrington Goode
(1907–1986) 		February 1955 9 December 1957 Middlesex, England Colonial Secretary of Singapore William Goode
(1955)
Acting
Sir Robert Brown Black
(1955-1957)
William Goode
(1957-1959)
2 Edgeworth Beresford David
(1908–1965) 		29 January 1958[18] 2 June 1959 London, England Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong

References

  1. ^ "Untitled". The Straits Times. 12 March 1859. p. 2.
  2. ^ Corfield, Justin (2 December 2010). Historical Dictionary of Singapore. Scarecrow Press. p. 195. ISBN 9780810873872.
  3. ^ "The Overland Singapore Free Press". Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 14 July 1859. p. 5.
  4. ^ "Straits Settlement Government Gazette".
  5. ^ "Legislative Council". The Straits Times. 8 May 1875. p. 2.
  6. ^ "Death of Sir Frederick Dickson". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly). 29 December 1891. p. 1.
  7. ^ a b "Departure of Sir Frederick Dickson". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly). 1 September 1891. p. 6.
  8. ^ a b "Gazette Notifications". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly). 1 September 1891. p. 10.
  9. ^ "Special Telegram". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 14 January 1899. p. 2.
  10. ^ a b "Local and General". Straits Times Weekly Issue. 15 March 1892. p. 2.
  11. ^ a b "The Governor's Trip". The Straits Times. 31 January 1911. p. 7.
  12. ^ a b "Mr. and Mrs. Brockman". The Straits Times. 5 September 1911. p. 7.
  13. ^ "No. 28527". The London Gazette. 1 September 1911. p. 6453.
  14. ^ "Legislative Council Changes". The Straits Times. 11 February 1916. p. 8.
  15. ^ "Mr. J.D.M. Smith". Malaya Tribune. 2 May 1950. p. 5.
  16. ^ "Mr. Blythe Back For New Post". The Straits Times. 30 June 1950. p. 7.
  17. ^ "Leaves Tomorrow". The Straits Times. 1 July 1950. p. 7.
  18. ^ "Last Chief Secretary". Singapore Standard. 30 January 1958. p. 4.
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