William Goode (colonial administrator)

Sir William Goode
GCMG KStJ
Sir William Goode GCMG KStJ
23rd Governor of North Borneo
	In office; 21 April 1960 – 15 September 1963
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Roland Turnbull
Succeeded by	Office abolished
1st Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore
	In office; 3 June 1959 – 2 December 1959
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Lee Kuan Yew
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Yusof Ishak
4th Governor of Singapore
	In office; 9 December 1957 – 2 June 1959
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Chief Minister	Lim Yew Hock
Preceded by	Robin Black
Succeeded by	Office abolished
1st Chief Secretary of Singapore
	In office; February 1955 – 9 December 1957
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Edgeworth Beresford David
3rd Colonial Secretary of Singapore
	In office; 30 July 1953 – February 1955
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Wilfred Lawson Blythe
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Personal details
Born	8 June 1907; Twickenham, Middlesex, England
Died	15 September 1986 (aged 79); Goring-on-Thames, South Oxfordshire, England
Spouses	; Mary Harding (m. 1938; died 1947) ; Ena Mary McLaren (m. 1950)
Children	1

Sir William Allmond Codrington Goode GCMG KStJ (8 June 1907 – 15 September 1986) was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Singapore from 1957 to 1959, and Governor of North Borneo from 1960 to 1963.

Early life

Goode was born in Twickenham, Middlesex, and attended Oakham School and Worcester College, Oxford.^[3]

Career

Goode joined the Malayan Civil Service in 1931, studying law in his spare time.^[3] He was admitted to the bar by Gray's Inn in 1936. From 1936 to 1939 he served as district officer, Raub, and thereafter as assistant financial secretary of Singapore in 1939.^[3] He was appointed assistant commissioner for civil defence, Singapore in 1940, serving in the Singapore Volunteer Corps as a lance corporal during the Second World War. After the colony's capitulation in 1942, he was taken prisoner by the Japanese and sent to work in Siam on the Burma Railway from 1943 to 1945. He remained in Malaya after the war, and in 1948 became deputy economic secretary to the Federation. In 1949 he was posted to Aden as chief secretary, where he also acted as governor from 1950 to 1951. He returned to Singapore as colonial secretary in 1953 and became the colony's last British governor in 1957.^[4] In 1959, as part of transitional arrangements, he was made Yang di-Pertuan Negara of the State of Singapore from June to December, and United Kingdom Commissioner.^[5] From 1960 to 1963 he was the last governor and Commander-in-Chief of North Borneo.^[6]

Awards and honours

He was invested with Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1952 New Year Honours^[7] and Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1957.^[8]

He was knighted with Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (KStJ) in 1958.^[9]

He was made Grand Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) in the 1963 New Year Honours^[10] shortly before his retirement to Berkshire, England.

Personal life

In 1938, Goode married Mary Harding. She died in 1947 and three years later he married Ena Mary McLaren.^[3]

Goode died in Goring-on-Thames in 1986, aged 79.

References

^ "Sir William is sworn in". The Straits Times. 22 April 1960. p. 9.
^ "Farewell in the rain for Goode". The Straits Times. 3 December 1959. p. 12.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Rahman, Nor. "William A. C. Goode". NLB Infopedia.
^ "No. 41231". The London Gazette. 19 November 1957. p. 6727.
^ "No. 41726". The London Gazette. 5 June 1959. p. 3629.
^ "No. 41986". The London Gazette. 18 March 1960. p. 2032.
^ "No. 39421". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1951. p. 5.
^ "No. 41219". The London Gazette. 5 November 1957. p. 6415.
^ "No. 41437". The London Gazette. 4 July 1958. p. 4210.
^ "No. 42870". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1962. p. 4.

External links

"William A.C. Goode". Singapore Infopedia. National Library Board Singapore. 2005. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
Gullick, J.M. "Goode, Sir William Allmond Codrington (1907–1986)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/64116. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

Government offices
Preceded by Wilfred Lawson Blythe	Colonial Secretary of Singapore 1953-1955	Position abolished
New title	Chief Secretary of Singapore 1955-1957	Succeeded by Edgeworth Beresford David
Preceded by Sir Robin Black	Governor of Singapore 1957–1959	Office abolished
Political offices
New title	Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore 1959	Succeeded by Yusof Ishak
Government offices
Preceded by Sir Roland Turnbull	Governor of North Borneo 1960–1963	Office abolished

[1] "Sir William is sworn in". The Straits Times. 22 April 1960. p. 9.

[2] "Farewell in the rain for Goode". The Straits Times. 3 December 1959. p. 12.

[Infopedia-3] Rahman, Nor. "William A. C. Goode". NLB Infopedia.

[4] "No. 41231". The London Gazette. 19 November 1957. p. 6727.

[5] "No. 41726". The London Gazette. 5 June 1959. p. 3629.

[6] "No. 41986". The London Gazette. 18 March 1960. p. 2032.

[7] "No. 39421". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1951. p. 5.

[8] "No. 41219". The London Gazette. 5 November 1957. p. 6415.

[9] "No. 41437". The London Gazette. 4 July 1958. p. 4210.

[10] "No. 42870". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1962. p. 4.

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Governors of Singapore (1819–1959)
(with italics * for the Acting)
Resident of Singapore (1819–1826)	William Farquhar Dr. John Crawfurd
Governors of the Straits Settlements (under British India) (1826–1867)	Robert Fullerton Robert Ibbetson Kenneth Murchison Sir Samuel George Bonham William John Butterworth Edmund Augustus Blundell
Governors of the Straits Settlements (under Colonial Office) (1867–1942)	Sir Orfeur Cavenagh Sir Harry St. George Ord Sir Andrew Clarke Sir William Jervois Sir Archibald Edward Harbord Anson * Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson Sir Archibald Edward Harbord Anson * Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld Sir Cecil Clementi Smith William Edward Maxwell * Sir Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell Sir James Alexander Swettenham * Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham Sir John Anderson Sir Arthur Henderson Young Sir Laurence Nunns Guillemard Sir Hugh Charles Clifford Sir John Scott * Sir Cecil Clementi Sir Andrew Caldecott * Sir Thomas Shenton Whitelegge Thomas
Japanese Mayor of Syonan (1942–1945)	Shigeo Odate Kanichi Naito
British Military Administration of the Straits Settlements (1945–1946)	Lord Louis Mountbatten Sir Thomas Shenton Whitelegge Thomas
Governors of the Crown Colony of Singapore (1946–1959)	Sir Franklin Charles Gimson Wilfred Lawson Blythe * Sir John Fearns Nicoll William Allmond Codrington Goode * Sir Robert Brown Black Sir William Allmond Codrington Goode

Resident Councillors, Colonial Secretaries & Chief Secretaries of Singapore (1826 – 1959) (with italics * for the Acting)
Resident Councillors of Singapore (1826 – 1867)	John Prince Kenneth Murchison Samuel George Bonham Thomas Church Henry Somerset MacKenzie Ronald MacPherson
Colonial Secretaries of Straits Settlements (1867 – 1942)	Ronald MacPherson James W. W. Birch Thomas Braddell * William Willans * Charles John Irving * John Douglas Cecil Clementi Smith Sir John Frederick Dickson Arthur Philip Talbot * William Edward Maxwell James Alexander Swettenham Walter Egerton * Charles Walter Sneyd-Kynnersley * Sir William Thomas Taylor Frederick George Penney Edward Lewis Brockman * Sir Arthur Henderson Young Edward Lewis Brockman Richard James Wilkinson Sir Frederick Seton James George Hemmant * Edward Shaw Hose Sir Hayes Marriott George Hemmant * Sir John Scott Sir Andrew Caldecott Sir Alexander Sym Small Stanley Wilson Jones Hugh Fraser *
Colonial Secretaries of Singapore (1946 – 1955)	Sir Patrick McKerron J D M Smith * Wilfred Lawson Blythe William Allmond Codrington Goode
Chief Secretaries of Singapore (1955 – 1959)	Sir William Allmond Codrington Goode Edgeworth Beresford David