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Straits Settlements

The Straits Settlements consisted of the four individual settlements of Malacca, Dinding, Penang (also known as Prince of Wales Island), Singapore (with Christmas Island and the Cocos Islands).


Charles Andrew Dyce

In his stay in Singapore, Charles took on positions as First Secretary of the Singapore Sporting Club, an amateur thespian and, in 1847, High Sheriff for the settlements of Singapore, Malacca and Penang.

Chinese Protectorate

The Chinese Protectorate was an administrative body responsible for the well-being of ethnic Chinese residents of the Straits Settlements during that territory's British colonial period.

M. R. Henderson

Murray Ross Henderson (1899–1982) was a Scottish botanist who did most of his botanical work in the Straits Settlements and South Africa.

Maxwell Ruthven Thornton

In 1903 he was appointed Advocate and Solicitor to the Straits Settlements in South East Asia and from April until October 1908, he served as an Acting Member of the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements.

Peranakan Museum

A sister museum to the Asian Civilizations Museum, it is the first of its kind in the world, that explore Peranakan cultures in Singapore and other former Straits Settlements in Malacca and Penang, and other Peranakan communities in Southeast Asia.

Pik-Sen Lim

Lim was born under the name of Lim Phaik-Seng in Penang, Malaysia, Straits Settlements (occupied by Japan at the time of her birth), and was the daughter of the palm oil millionaire Lim Cheng-Taik.


see also

Around the World in Seventy-Two Days

On her travels around the world, Bly went through England, France (where she met Jules Verne in Amiens), Brindisi, the Suez Canal, Colombo (Ceylon), the Straits Settlements of Penang and Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan.

Charles John Irving

He was Resident Councillor of Penang from 1885 to 1887 and Colonial Auditor General to the government of the Straits Settlements at Penang from 1867 to 1879 under governors Sir Harry Ord and Edward Anson.

Robert Braddell

The remainder of his cricket career was spent in the Far East, playing for the Straits Settlements between 1927 and 1930, also playing for the combined Malaya cricket team against Hong Kong and Shanghai.

Samuel Dunlop

Captain, Major, and then Colonel, Samuel Dunlop served in Singapore as the Inspector-General of Police of the Straits Settlements in 1875 succeeding Thomas Dunman and held that position till 1890, handing over the reins to RW Maxwell (1891-1895).

Sri Temasek

When first built in 1869, Sri Temasek was the residence of the Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements.

Tristram Speedy

In 1871 Speedy sailed to the Straits Settlements in Malaya and became superintendent of police on the island of Penang.