List of recorders of Penang, Singapore, and Malacca
This is a list of the Recorders of the British colonies of Penang (also known as Prince of Wales Island) Malacca and Singapore between 1808 and 1867. From 1867 the position of Recorder was replaced by the Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements.[1]
Recorders of Penang
- 1808-1816 Sir Edmond Stanley
- 1817 Sir George Andrew Cooper
- 1817-1824 Sir Ralph Rice
- 1824 Sir Francis Souper Rayley [2]
- 1856-1866 Sir Peter Benson Maxwell
- 1866-1867 Sir William Hackett
Recorders of Penang, Singapore, Malacca
- 1827-1829 Sir John Thomas Claridge
- 1833-1835 Sir Benjamin Heath Malkin
- 1835-1836 Sir Edward John Gambier
- 1836-1847 Sir William Norris
- 1847-1850 Sir Christopher Rawlinson
- 1850-1855 Sir William Jeffcott [3]
Recorders of Singapore, Malacca
- 1856-1866 Sir Richard Bolton McCausland
- 1866-1867 Sir Peter Benson Maxwell
Recorder of Singapore
- 1866-1867 Sir Peter Benson Maxwell
References
- ^ "Judges of the Past". Supreme Court of Singapore.
- ^ "Sir Francis Souper Bayley". Legacies of British Slave-ownership. UCL. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ^ Hague, R.M. "Jeffcott, Sir William (1800–1855)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.