Governor of North Borneo

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Governor of North Borneo
Style His Excellency
Residence Sandakan (before 1946), Kota Kinabalu (1946–1963)
Inaugural holder William Hood Treacher
Formation1881
Final holder William Allmond Codrington Goode
Abolished1963

The Governor of North Borneo was the appointed head of the government of North Borneo.

Originally the Governor was appointed by the North Borneo Chartered Company, which was responsible for the administration of the protectorate. Upon North Borneo becoming a Crown colony in 1946, in the aftermath of the Second World War, the Governor of British North Borneo became an appointee of the Crown (i.e. of the Government of the United Kingdom).

Flag of the governor of North Borneo (1882-1903). Flag of the Governor of North Borneo (1882-1903).svg
Flag of the governor of North Borneo (1882–1903).
Flag of the governor of North Borneo (1903-1915). Flag of the Governor of North Borneo (1903-1915).svg
Flag of the governor of North Borneo (1903–1915).
Flag of the governor of North Borneo (1915-1941). Flag of the Governor of North Borneo (1915-1946).svg
Flag of the governor of North Borneo (1915–1941).
Flag of the governor of the Crown Colony of North Borneo (1946-1963). Flag of the Governor of North Borneo (1948-1963).svg
Flag of the governor of the Crown Colony of North Borneo (1946–1963).

List of governors appointed by the Company

Flag of North Borneo (1902-1946).svg British North Borneo Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
PortraitNameTenure Monarch
FromTo
1 Sir william hood treacher.jpg William Hood Treacher 18811887 Queen Victoria by Bassano.jpg
Victoria
House of Hanover
(20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901)
2 BNBCC-Logo.png William Maunder Crocker 18871888
3 BNBCC-Logo.png Charles Vandeleur Creagh 18881895
4 BNBCC-Logo.png Leicester Paul Beaufort 18951899
5 Hugh Charles Clifford (The Straits Times, 15 October 1929).jpg Hugh Charles Clifford 19001901
6 ErnestWoodfordBirch.jpg Ernest Woodford Birch 19011903 King-Edward-VII (cropped).jpg
Edward VII
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(22 January 1901 – 6 May 1910)
7 Badge of North Borneo (1902-1946).svg Edward Peregrine Gueritz  [ de ]19041911
King George 1923 LCCN2014715558 (cropped).jpg
George V
House of Windsor
(6 May 1910 – 20 January 1936)
8 Badge of North Borneo (1902-1946).svg Francis Robert Ellis 19111912
9 Badge of North Borneo (1902-1946).svg Sir James Scott Mason19121912
10 Badge of North Borneo (1902-1946).svg Cecil William Chase Parr  [ de ]19131915
11 KotaKinabalu Sabah OldAnglicanCemetery-12.jpg Aylmer Cavendish Pearson  [ de ]
1st term
19151922
12 Badge of North Borneo (1902-1946).svg William Henry Rycroft 19221925
13 KotaKinabalu Sabah OldAnglicanCemetery-12.jpg Aylmer Cavendish Pearson  [ de ]
2nd term
19251926
14 Bromsgrove, Humphreys family grave 3.jpg John Lisseter Humphreys 19261929
15 Badge of North Borneo (1902-1946).svg Arthur Frederick Richards 19301933
Badge of North Borneo (1902-1946).svg Douglas James Jardine 19341937
16
HRH The Prince of Wales No 4 (HS85-10-36416).jpg
Edward VIII
House of Windsor
(20 January 1936 – 11 December 1936)
King George VI LOC matpc.14736 (cleaned).jpg
George VI
House of Windsor
(11 December 1936 – 1 April 1942)
17 Badge of North Borneo (1902-1946).svg Charles Robert Smith 19371942
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japanese Occupation of British Borneo War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army (1868-1945).svg

From 1 April 1942 to 10 June 1945.

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Military Administration of Borneo (1945-1946) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg King George VI LOC matpc.14736 (cleaned).jpg
George VI
House of Windsor
(10 June 1945 – 6 February 1952)
18 Badge of North Borneo (1902-1946).svg Charles Robert Smith 19451946
Flag of North Borneo (1948-1963).svg Crown Colony of North Borneo Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
19 Edward Twining, Governor.png Edward Francis Twining 19465 May 1949
20 Coat of arms of the Crown Colony of North Borneo.svg James Calder

Officer Administering the Colony

5 May 194910 January 1950
21 Coat of arms of the Crown Colony of North Borneo.svg Herbert Ralph Hone 10 January 19501954
Queen Elizabeth II official portrait for 1959 tour (retouched) (cropped) (3-to-4 aspect ratio).jpg
Elizabeth II
House of Windsor
(6 February 1952 – 16 September 1963)
22 Coat of arms of the Crown Colony of North Borneo.svg Roland Evelyn Turnbull 19541959
23 Coat of arms of the Crown Colony of North Borneo.svg William Allmond Codrington Goode 19591963

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