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Author: Xiaodong Xu Title: Genesis of a growth triangle in Southeast Asia : a study of economic connections between Singapore, Johor and the Riau Islands, 1870s – 1970s Issue Date: 2015-11-04 Appendix 2: Chronology 249
Appendix 2: Chronology
Residents of Singapore (1819-1826), Governors of Straits Settlements (1826-1946), Governors of Singapore (1946-1959). William Farquhar 1819-1823 John Crawfurd 1823-1826 Robert Fullerton 1826-1830 Robert Ibbetson 1830-1833 Kenneth Murchison 1833-1836 Samuel George Bonham 1836-1843 William John Butterworth 1843-1855 Edmund Augustus Blundell 1855-1859 William Orfeur Cavenagh 1859-1867 Harry St. George Ord 1867-1873 Andrew Clarke 1873-1875 William Jervois 1875-1877 Edward Archibald Harbord Anson* 1877 William Cleaver Francis Robinson 1877-1879 Edward Archibald Harbord Anson* 1879-1880 Frederick Weld 1880-1887 Cecil Clementi Smith 1887-1893 William Edward Maxwell 1893-1894 Charles Mitchell 1894-1899 James Alexander Swettenham* 1899-1901 Frank Swettenham 1901-1904 John Anderson 1904-1911 Arthur Young 1911-1920 Laurence Guillemard 1920-1927 Hugh Clifford 1927-1930 Cecil Clementi 1930-1934 Shenton Thomas 1934-1942 Lord Louis Mountbatten** 1945-1946 Shenton Thomas 1945-1946 Franklin Charles Gimson 1946-1952 Wilfred Lawson Blythe*** 1952 John Fearns Nicoll 1952-1955 William Goode*** 1955
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Robert Brown Black 1955-1957 William Goode 1957-1959 Note: * Acting Governor of the Straits Settlements; ** British High Command; *** Acting Governor of Singapore. Source: ARSS, CSAR, SYB.
Temenggong/Sultan of Johor, 1806-1981. Abdul Rahman 1806-1825 Daing Ibrahim 1825-1862* Abu Bakar 1862-1895 Ibrahim 1895-1959 Ismail 1959-1981 Note: * He was officially installed as temenggong in 1841. In 1855, he claimed himself as maharaja of Johor. Source: Trocki, Prince.
Sultan of the Riau-Lingga Sultanate, 1811-1911. Abdul Rahman I 1811-1832 Muhammad II 1832-1841* Mahmud Muzaffar 1834-1857** Sulaiman 1857-1883*** Abdul Rahman II 1883-1911**** Note: * After about 1834, Sultan Muhammad II acted as a Regent. ** Sultan Mahmud Muzaffar was crowned sultan by his father in about 1834. Sultan Muhammad died in 1841 and Mahmud took over the kingdom without a regent. In 1856, Sultan Mahmud ignored the Dutch prohibition and insisted on going to Singapore. Having made a threat, the Dutch then deposed him and he died in Pahang in July, 1864. *** On October 10, 1857, the Dutch installed Mahmud’s uncle, Sulaiman, as sultan of Lingga. **** He was the son of Yang di-Pertuan Muda Muhammad Yusuf. His mother was Fatimah, daughter of ex-Sultan Mahmud. Source: Matheson, ‘Mahmud,’ 123-5, 146.
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Residents of the Riau Residency, 1870-1942. D. W. Schift 1870-1880 A. H. G. Blokzeijl 1886 E. A. Halewijn 1886-1888 F. S. A. de Clercq 1888-1890 E. W. E. Burger 1890-1893 A. L.van Hasselt 1893-1896 A. M. Joekes 1896-1898 W. C. Hoogkamer 1898-1901 V. L. de Lannoy 1901-1903 W. A. de Kanter 1903-1908 W. J. Rahder 1908-1910 G.F. de Bruin Kops 1910-1914 A. C. Veenhuyzen 1914-1916 L. R. Wentholt 1916-1921 L. M. F. Plate 1921-1924 V. A. Doeve 1924-1928 J. Roest 1928-1933 Jhr. J. M. von Schmidt auf Altenstadt 1933-1936 P. J. Goedhart 1936-1939 G. van Brakel 1939-1942 Source: RAN
Chinese Kapiteins in the Riau Islands, 1867-1942. Kapitein in Tandjong Pinang Kapitein in Lingga Poeij Gossi 1867-1875 Gho Soei Lim 1870-1877 Oei Soei Kiat 1875-1892 Oeij Soei In 1877-1891 Oei Tiang Tjai 1892-1917 Liem Pak Djiem 1891-1904 Oei Tiou Tjing 1917-1930 Oei Pit Ship 1930-1942 Source: RAN.