List of governors of the Straits Settlements
List of British Governors (1826–1946)

List of governors of the Straits Settlements

Section Title: List of British Governors (1826–1946)
Table Section Text: None

#	Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office	Monarch

Took office	Left office	Duration

1	-	Robert Fullerton (1773–1831)	27 November 1826	12 November 1830	3 years, 11 months	George IV

William IV

2	-	Robert Ibbetson (1789–1880)	12 November 1830	7 December 1833	3 years, 25 days

3	-	Kenneth Murchison (1794–1854)	7 December 1833	17 November 1836	2 years, 11 months

4	-	Sir Samuel George Bonham (1803–1863)	18 November 1836	January 1843	6 years, 1 month

Queen Victoria

Ruled directly from the British East India Company From January to August 1843.

5	-	Major General William John Butterworth (1801–1856)	August 1843	21 March 1855	~ 11 years, 9 months

6	-	Edmund Augustus Blundell (1804–1868)	21 March 1855	6 August 1859	4 years, 4 months

7	-	Major General Sir Orfeur Cavenagh (1820–1891)	6 August 1859	16 March 1867	7 years, 7 months

8	-	Major General Sir Harry St. George Ord (1819–1885)	16 March 1867	4 November 1873	6 years, 7 months

9	-	Sir Andrew Clarke (1824–1902)	4 November 1873	8 May 1875	1 year, 6 months

10	-	Sir William Jervois (1821–1897)	8 May 1875	3 April 1877	1 year, 10 months

–	-	Major General Edward Archibald Harbord Anson (1826–1925) (Acting Governor of the Straits Settlements)	3 April 1877	August 1877	~ 4 months

11	-	Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson (1834–1897)	August 1877	10 February 1879	~ 1 year, 5 months

–	-	Major General Edward Archibald Harbord Anson (1826–1925) (Acting Governor of the Straits Settlements)	10 February 1879	16 May 1880	1 year, 3 months

12	-	Sir Frederick Weld (1823–1891)	16 May 1880	17 October 1887	7 years, 5 months

13	-	Sir Cecil Clementi Smith (1840–1916)	17 October 1887	30 August 1893	5 years, 10 months

–	-	William Edward Maxwell (1846–1897) (Acting Governor of the Straits Settlements)	30 August 1893	1 February 1894	5 months and 2 days

14	-	Sir Charles Mitchell (1836–1899) (Died while in office)	1 February 1894	7 December 1899	5 years, 10 months

–	-	James Alexander Swettenham (1846–1933) (Acting Governor of the Straits Settlements)	7 December 1899	5 November 1901	1 year, 10 months

Edward VII

15	-	Sir Frank Swettenham (1850–1946)	5 November 1901	16 April 1904	2 years, 5 months

16	-	Sir John Anderson (1858–1918)	16 April 1904	2 September 1911	7 years, 4 months

George V

17	-	Sir Arthur Young (1854–1938)	2 September 1911	17 February 1920	8 years, 5 months

18	-	Sir Laurence Guillemard (1862–1951)	17 February 1920	3 June 1927	7 years, 3 months

19	-	Sir Hugh Clifford (1866–1941)	3 June 1927	21 October 1929	2 years, 4 months

–	-	Sir John Scott (1878 – 1946) (Acting Governor of the Straits Settlements)	21 October 1929	5 February 1930	3 months and 15 days

20	-	Sir Cecil Clementi (1875–1947)	5 February 1930	17 February 1934	4 years and 12 days

–	-	Sir Andrew Caldecott (1884–1951) (Acting Governor of the Straits Settlements)	17 February 1934	9 November 1934	8 months and 23 days

21	-	Sir Shenton Thomas (1879–1962)	9 November 1934	15 February 1942	7 years, 3 months

Edward VIII

George VI

Japanese Occupation of the Straits Settlements From 15 February 1942 to 12 September 1945.

British Military Administration of the Straits Settlements From 12 September 1945 to 31 March 1946.	George VI

–	-	Lord Louis Mountbatten (1900–1979) (British High Command)	12 September 1945	31 March 1946	6 months and 19 days

Continuation of the Governor of the Straits Settlements

21	-	Sir Shenton Thomas (1879–1962)	12 September 1945	31 March 1946	6 months and 19 days

Singapore became a separate Crown Colony

Sentence(s)

Cecil Clementi Smith was appointed Governor of the Straits Settlements from 1887 to 1893.

final_sentence: Cecil Clementi Smith was appointed Governor of the Straits Settlements from 1887 to 1893.