Frank Swettenham

Frank Swettenham

male, deceased (1946)
belper, BritishMalaya, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British colonial governor, GCMG, Order of St Michael and St George
Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham GCMG CH (28 March 1850-11 June 1946) was the first Resident General of the Federated Malay States (part of the then...
Francis Light

Francis Light

male, deceased (1794)
City founder, BritishMalaya, Dallinghoo, suffolk, The Penang State Museum, Captain Francis Light…British Empire, British, British East India Company
Captain Francis Light was the founder of the British colony of Penang (in modern-day Malaysia) and its capital George Town in 1786. He was born in...
Hugh Low

Hugh Low

male, deceased (1905)
Kingdom of Sarawak, British North Borneo, BritishMalaya, British, Naturalist, Botanist
Hugh Low (May 10, 1824 - April 18, 1905) was a British colonial administrator and naturalist.
Hugh Clifford

Hugh Clifford

male, deceased (1941)
Minna Beckett, Gilbert Beckett, Sir Hugh Charles Clifford, Josephine Elizabeth Anstice, Cabal Ministry, From London…British colonial governor, BritishMalaya, British Empire, British
Sir Hugh Charles Clifford was born on 5 March 1866 in London, the son of Major-General Sir Henry Hugh Clifford and Josephine Elizabeth Anstice; his...

Harold MacMichael

male, deceased (1969)
Anti-Zionism in the British Mandate of Palestine, high commissioner, Distinguished Service Order, Order of St Michael and St George, British colonial governor, GCMG…British Mandate of Palestine, BritishMalaya, British, British Empire
Sir Harold Alfred MacMichael GCMG DSO (1882-1969) was a British colonial administrator. He graduated with a first from Magdalene College,...

William Farquhar

male, deceased (1839)
BritishMalaya, British East India Company, building, British rule in Singapore, gunpowder, British Government
William Farquhar (1774 - 1839) was an employee of the East India Company. Farquhar was born near Aberdeen, and joined the East India Company as a...
Loke Yew

Loke Yew

male, deceased (1917)
philanthropist, kuala lumpur, malaysian, Chinese Malaysian, Business Person, Victoria Institution…BritishMalaya
Loke Yew is a famous businessman and philanthropist during the British Malaya era. He is played a significant role in the growth of Kuala Lumpur...
Arthur Ernest Percival

Arthur Ernest Percival

male, deceased (1966)
British Military, DSO*, World War II prisoner of war, Imperial Japanese Army, prisoner of war, World War I…British, British Army general, Military of Singapore under British rule, malaya, British Army
Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival, CB, DSO*, OBE, MC, OStJ, DL, (26 December 1887 – 31 January 1966) was a British Army officer and World Wa...

Edward Gent

male, deceased (1948)
kuala lumpur, Gerard Edward James Gent, Merdeka, BritishMalaya, Gerrard Edward James Gent, malayan union
Sir Gerard Edward James Gent (1895-1948) was an instrumental figure in the formation of the Malayan Union which established on 1 April, 1946 in...
Harry Ord

Harry Ord

male, deceased (1885)
Craven Ord, Henry Gough Ord, Sir Harry St. George Ord, Order of the Bath, British colonial governor, GCMG…BritishMalaya
Major-General Sir Harry St. George Ord GCMG CB RE (1819-1885), was born on 4 August 1819 in North Cray, Kent. He was the son of Henry Gough Ord and...