List of heads of government of the Raj of Sarawak

This article lists the heads of government of the Raj of Sarawak from 1843 to 1946, when the Raj of Sarawak was ceded to the United Kingdom and became the Crown Colony of Sarawak.

Flag of the Raj of Sarawak from 1870 to 1946.
Map of the Raj of Sarawak, 1920s.

List

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

No. Portrait Name Term Notes
Chief Minister
1Thomas Williamson1843–1846
Resident
2Arthur Chichester Crookshank1863–1873
Chairman of the Committee of Administration
3William Maunder Crocker1875–1880
4Francis Richard Ord Maxwell1881–1895Sarawak was made a British protectorate in 1888
5Charles Agar Bampfylde1896–1903
6Henry FitzGibbon Deshon1903–1904
7Sir Percy Francis Cunynghame1904–1909
8Harry Robert Arbuthnot Day1909–1910
9Ivone Kirkpatrick-Caldecott1910–1915
10Arthur Bartlett Ward1915–1923
Chief Secretary and Chairman of the Committee of Administration
11John Coney Moulton1923–1926
12Harold Brooke Crocker1927–1928
13Charles Vyner Brooke1928–19301st time. Simultaneously reigned as the White Rajah
14Sir Francis Farrington Boult1930
James Colin Swayne19301st time, acting
(13)Charles Vyner Brooke1930–19312nd time. Simultaneously reigned as the White Rajah
James Colin Swayne1931–19322nd time, acting
15Charles Macaskie1932–1934Government secretary
(13)Charles Vyner Brooke1934–19373rd time. Simultaneously reigned as the White Rajah
16Edward Parnell1937–1939
17John Beville Archer1939–19411st time
18Cyril Drummond Le Gros ClarkMay 1941 – 25 December 1941On 31 March 1941, Le Gros Clark announced the decision of the White Rajah, Charles Vyner Brooke, to introduce a democratic constitution.[1] Japanese prisoner December 1941 – 6 July 1945 during the Japanese occupation of British Borneo, executed two months before the Surrender of Japan
Vacant25 December 1941 – 1946
(17)John Beville Archer1946 – 1 July 19462nd time. Japanese prisoner December 1941 – 1945 during the Japanese occupation of British Borneo. The first and only officeholder following the Borneo campaign

See also

References

  1. "The Straits Times, 9 April 1941, Page 10". Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  • Ben Cahoon (2000). "Sarawak". WorldStatesmen.org. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
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