Governors of Bencoolen
List of Governors, Deputy Governors, Residents, Lieutenant-Governor of the Presidency and Residency versions of British Bencoolen.
List
This is a list, source from worldstatesmen.org [1]
Deputy Governors
Subordinated to Madras Presidency
- 1685: Ralph Ord
- 1685 - 1690: Benjamin Bloom
- 1690 - 1691: James Sowdon
- 1691 - 1695: Charles Fleetwood
- 1695 - 1696: Charles Barwell
- 1696 - 1699: Matthew Mildmay
- 1699 - 1700: Robert Broughton
- 1700 - 17 Dec 1705: Richard Watts
- 1705 - 1708: Matthew Ridley
- 1708: James Cross
- 1708: Abraham Hoyle
- 1708: John Delapie
- 1708 - 1710: Robert Skingle
- 1710: Jeremiah Harrison (Supervisor)
- 1710 - 1711: Anthony Ettricke
- 1711 - 1712: John Daniell
- 1712 John Hunter
- 1712 - 1716: Joseph Collett - On 1 September 1712, Collett arrived at York Fort in Bencoolen in Sumatra and was subsequently appointed Governor.
- 1716 - 1717: Theophilus Shyllinge
- 1717 - 1718: Richard Farmer
- 1718 - 1719: Thomas Cooke (Supervisor)
- 1719 - 1723: Isaac Pyke
- 1723: Thomas Dunster
- 1723 - 1728: Joseph Walsh
- 1728 - 1730: Nicholas Morse
- 1730 - 1731: Stephen Newcome
- 1731 - 1736: Francis Everest
- 1736 - 1746: Robert Lennox
- 1746 - 1752: Joseph Hurlock
- 1752 - 1754: Robert Hindley
- 1754 - 1755: John Walsh (Supervisor)
- 1755 - 1757: John Pybus
- 1757 - 1758: Randolph Marriott
- 1758 - 2 April 1760: Roger Carter
- 2 Apr 1760 - 1760: Charles Henri Hector d'Estaing (French Commander)
Governors of Bencoolen Presidency
- Feb 1762 - Jul 1762: Samuel Ardley (acting)
- 1760 - 1767: Roger Carter
- 1767 - 1776: Richard Wyatt
- 1776: Robert Hay
- 1776 - 1780: William Broff
- 1780 - 1781: Hew Steuart
- 1781 - 1785: Edward Coles
In 1785, Bencoolen became a Residency, within the Bengal Presidency
Deputy Governors of Bencoolen
- 1785 - 1786: John Crisp (1st time)
- 1786 - 1787: Thomas Palmer
- 1787 - 1789: George Salmon (Supervisor)
- 1789 - 1793: John Crisp (2nd time)
- 1793 - 1799: Robert Broff
- 1799: John Crisp (3rd time)
- 1799 - 1800: Philip Braham (acting)
- 1800 - 1805: Walter Ewer
Residents of Bencoolen
- April 1805 - 23 Decemnber 1807: Thomas Parr
- 1808 - 1810: Richard Parry
- 1810 - 1812: William Parker
- 1812 - 22 Mar 1818: George John Siddons
Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen
- 1818 - 1824: Stamford Raffles - who enacted major reforms, including the abolishment of slavery, as well as founding of Singapore.
Resident of Bencoolen
- 1824 - 1 Mar 1825: John Prince