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

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(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

No. Portrait Name Term Notes
Chief Minister
1 Thomas Williamson 1843–1846
Resident
2 Arthur Chichester Crookshank 1863–1873
Chairman of the Committee of Administration
3 William Maunder Crocker 1875–1880
4 Francis Richard Ord Maxwell 1881–1895 Sarawak was made a British protectorate in 1888
5 Charles Agar Bampfylde 1896–1903
6 Henry FitzGibbon Deshon 1903–1904
7 Sir Percy Francis Cunynghame 1904–1909
8 Harry Robert Arbuthnot Day 1909–1910
9 Ivone Kirkpatrick-Caldecott 1910–1915
10 Arthur Bartlett Ward 1915–1923
Chief Secretary and Chairman of the Committee of Administration
11 John Coney Moulton 1923–1926
12 Harold Brooke Crocker 1927–1928
13   Charles Vyner Brooke 1928–1930 1st time. Simultaneously reigned as the White Rajah
14 Sir Francis Farrington Boult 1930
James Colin Swayne 1930 1st time, acting
(13)   Charles Vyner Brooke 1930–1931 2nd time. Simultaneously reigned as the White Rajah
James Colin Swayne 1931–1932 2nd time, acting
15   Charles Macaskie 1932–1934 Government secretary
(13)   Charles Vyner Brooke 1934–1937 3rd time. Simultaneously reigned as the White Rajah
16 Edward Parnell 1937–1939
17 John Beville Archer 1939–1941 1st time
18 Cyril Drummond Le Gros Clark May 1941 – 25 December 1941 On 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
Vacant 25 December 1941 – 1946
(17) John Beville Archer 1946 – 1 July 1946 2nd time. Japanese prisoner December 1941 – 1945 during the Japanese occupation of British Borneo. The first and only officeholder following the Borneo campaign

See also

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References

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