List of Chief Secretaries of Singapore
Colonial Secretaries of Straits Settlements (1867–1942)
The Chief Secretary, Singapore, known as the Colonial Secretary, Singapore, before 1955, and the Colonial Secretary, Straits Settlements, before 1946, was a high ranking government civil position in colonial Singapore (the Straits Settlements before 1946) between 1867 and 1959.

List of Chief Secretaries of Singapore

Section Title: Colonial Secretaries of Straits Settlements (1867–1942)
Table Section Text: The Chief Secretary, Singapore, known as the Colonial Secretary, Singapore, before 1955, and the Colonial Secretary, Straits Settlements, before 1946, was a high ranking government civil position in colonial Singapore (the Straits Settlements before 1946) between 1867 and 1959.

#	Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office	Governor (from–to)

Took office	Left office

1	-	Colonel Ronald MacPherson (1817–1869)	1 April 1867	6 December 1869 (Died in office)	Sir Harry St. George Ord (1867-1873)

2	-	James Wheeler Woodford Birch (1826–1875)	6 June 1870	1874

Sir Andrew Clarke (1873-1875)

—	-	Thomas Braddell (1823–1891) (Acting Colonial Secretary)	1874	1875

—	-	William Willans (d. 1905) (Acting Colonial Secretary)	1875	1875

Sir William Jervois (1875-1877)

—	-	Charles John Irving (1831–1917) (Acting Colonial Secretary)	1875	1876

3	-	Sir John Douglas (1836–1885)	17 February 1876	17 August 1878

Edward Anson (Acting) (1877)

Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson (1877-1879)

4	-	Sir Cecil Clementi Smith (1840–1916)	3 September 1878	17 November 1885

Edward Anson (Acting) (1879-1880)

Sir Frederick Weld (1880-1887)

5	-	Sir John Frederick Dickson (1835–1891)	17 November 1885	31 August 1891

Sir Cecil Clementi Smith (1887-1893)

—	-	Arthur Philip Talbot (b. 18?? – d. 19 December 1898) (Acting Colonial Secretary)	31 August 1891	9 March 1892

6	-	William Edward Maxwell (1846–1897)	9 March 1892	1895

William Edward Maxwell (Acting) (1893-1894)

Sir Charles Mitchell (1894-1899)

7	-	James Alexander Swettenham (1846–1933)	11 February 1895	7 December 1899

—	-	Sir Walter Egerton (1858–1947) (Acting Colonial Secretary)	7 December 1899	5 July 1901	James Alexander Swettenham (Acting) (1899-1901)

-	Charles Walter Sneyd Kynnersley (d. 1904) (Acting Colonial Secretary)

8	-	Sir William Thomas Taylor (1848–1931)	5 July 1901	31 December 1904	Sir Frank Swettenham (1901-1904)

Sir John Anderson (1904-1911)

9	-	Frederick George Penney (c. 1856–1928)	1 January 1905	13 April 1905

—	-	Edward Lewis Brockman (1865–1943) (Acting Colonial Secretary)	13 April 1905	29 June 1906

10	-	Sir Arthur Young (1854–1938)	29 June 1906	31 January 1911

11	-	Edward Lewis Brockman (1865–1943)	1 February 1911	4 September 1911

12	-	Richard James Wilkinson (1867–1941)	4 September 1911	1916	Sir Arthur Young (1911-1920)

13	-	Sir Frederick Seton James (1870–1934)	1916	1924

Sir Laurence Guillemard (1920-1927)

—	-	George Hemmant (1880–1964) (Acting Colonial Secretary) (1st time)	19 March 1924	2 April 1924

14	-	Edward Shaw Hose (1871–1946)	2 April 1924	21 November 1925

15	-	Sir Hayes Marriott (1873–1929)	21 November 1925	16 December 1928

Sir Hugh Clifford (1927-1930)

—	-	George Hemmant (1880–1964) (Acting Colonial Secretary) (2nd time)	16 December 1928	12 February 1929

16	-	Sir John Scott (1878–1946)	12 February 1929	23 May 1933

Sir Cecil Clementi (1930-1934)

17	-	Sir Andrew Caldecott (1884–1951)	23 May 1933	7 December 1935

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

18	-	Sir Alexander Sym Small (1887–1944)	7 December 1935	19 January 1940

19	-	Stanley Wilson Jones (1888–1962)	19 January 1940	27 January 1942

—	-	Hugh Fraser (1891–1944) (Acting Colonial Secretary)	27 January 1942	15 February 1942

Japanese occupation of Singapore From 15 February 1942 to 12 September 1945.

Sentence(s)

In 1924, Edward Shaw Hose was appointed as the Colonial Secretary of Straits Settlements.

final_sentence: In 1924, Edward Shaw Hose was appointed as the Colonial Secretary of Straits Settlements.