Sir Edward William Stafford served as the third premier of New Zealand on three occasions in the mid 19th century. His total time in office is the longest of any leader without a political party. He is described as pragmatic,logical,and clear-sighted.
James Wheeler Woodford Birch,commonly known as J. W. W. Birch was a British colonial official who was assassinated in the Malay state of Perak in 1875,an event that led to the outbreak of the Perak War and ultimately to the extension of British political influence over the Malay Peninsula.
Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham was a British colonial administrator who became the first Resident general of the Federated Malay States,which brought the Malay states of Selangor,Perak,Negeri Sembilan and Pahang together under the administration of a Resident-General based in Kuala Lumpur. He served from 1 July 1896 to 4 November 1901. He was also an amateur painter,photographer and antique collector.
Sir Frederick Palgrave Barlee was Colonial Secretary of Western Australia from 1855 to 1875;Lieutenant-Governor of the British Honduras from 1877 to 1882;and Administrator of Trinidad in 1884.
Sir Malcolm Fraser was Surveyor-General in colonial Western Australia from 1872 to 1883 and Agent-General for the colony 1892 to 1898.
Taiping is a town located in Larut,Matang and Selama District,Perak,Malaysia. It is located approximately 48 km (30 mi) northwest of Ipoh,the capital of Perak,and 78 km (48 mi) southeast of George Town,Penang. With a population of 245,182,it is the second largest town in Perak after Ipoh,the state capital.
The Government Buildings in Suva are the offices of the executive wing of Government of Fiji. Built in the late 1930s as the seat of the colonial administration,the Art Deco buildings today house the Prime Minister of Fiji's offices,the High Court,and several government ministries. It is also the seat of the Parliament of Fiji since 2014,having previously been the seat of Fiji's parliament from independence in 1970 until the 1987 coups.
Sir Edward Lewis Brockman was a colonial administrator who served briefly as the Colonial Secretary to the Straits Settlements in 1911 and was the chief secretary to the Federated Malay States (FMS) from 1911 to 1920. He announced the establishment of the Town Planning Committee to oversee Kuala Lumpur town planning service. He was descendant of the English Brockman family. Brockman Road in Kuala Lumpur was named after him,where the former Prime Minister office was located.
Kuala Sepetang is a coastal town located in Larut,Matang and Selama District in northwestern Perak,Malaysia. It is also popularly known by English-speaking locals as Port Weld after a former Governor,Frederick Weld.
Lieutenant General Sir Andrew Clarke, was a British soldier and governor,as well as a surveyor and politician in Australia.
The states and territories are federated administrative divisions in Australia,ruled by regional governments that constitute the second level of governance between the federal government and local governments. States are self-governing polities with incomplete sovereignty and have their own constitutions,legislatures,departments,and certain civil authorities that administer and deliver most public policies and programs. Territories can be autonomous and administer local policies and programs much like the states in practice,but are still constitutionally and financially subordinate to the federal government and thus have no true sovereignty.
Sir Hugh Charles Clifford,was a British colonial administrator.
Saint George's Institution is a public all-boys and is one of the oldest schools in Taiping,Perak. The school is widely known as by its initial "SGI" and the students of St. George's Institution are called Georgians for boys and Georgianas for girls.
The Colony of Tasmania was a British colony that existed on the island of Tasmania from 1856 until 1901,when it federated together with the five other Australian colonies to form the Commonwealth of Australia. The possibility of the colony was established when the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed the Australian Constitutions Act in 1850,granting the right of legislative power to each of the six Australian colonies. The Legislative Council of Van Diemen's Land drafted a new constitution which they passed in 1854,and it was given royal assent by Queen Victoria in 1855. Later in that year the Privy Council approved the colony changing its name from "Van Diemen's Land" to "Tasmania",and in 1856,the newly elected bicameral parliament of Tasmania sat for the first time,establishing Tasmania as a self-governing colony of the British Empire. Tasmania was often referred to as one of the "most British" colonies of the Empire.
Wairau was a parliamentary electorate in the Marlborough Region of New Zealand. It was one of the initial 24 New Zealand electorates and existed from 1853 until its abolition in 1938,when it was succeeded by the Marlborough electorate. The electorate had 13 representatives during its existence. The 1861 election in the Wairau electorate was notable in that a later Premier,Frederick Weld,was unexpectedly and narrowly defeated by William Henry Eyes.
The Weld Ministry was the seventh responsible government to be formed in New Zealand,and lasted a less than a year during the New Zealand Wars. It formed in November 1864 and lasted until October 1865. As the office of premier had yet to be formally established,Frederick Weld was never gazetted premier but did resign the position at the end of his tenure.
Emily or Emma Sadka was an Iraqi-Singaporean historian and researcher specialising in the Political History of the Malayan region,which she taught at the University of Malaya (Singapore) and in Australian universities.
The 1880 Birthday Honours were appointments by Queen Victoria to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of the Queen,and were published in The London Gazette on 28 May 1880.
Sir Alexander Sym Small was a colonial administrator. He joined the Malayan Civil Service and was a cadet in January 1911 and served most of his Civil Service career in Federated Malay States (FMS) and Straits Settlements (SS). He retired as the Colonial Secretary of Straits Settlements in 1940.
Oliver Marks was an English first-class cricketer and colonial administrator.
