Surveyor General of Malaysia

The surveyor general of Malaysia was the head of the Federated Malay States Survey Department, now known as Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia. ^[1]

The first surveyor general, Colonel Hugh Milbourne Jackson, took up the role on 25 September 1908, and on 1 January 1909 his responsibility was expanded to include the four State Revenue Survey Departments (Perak, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang) with the Trigonometrical Survey Department. The Topographic Branch was formed in 1910, and the organisation expanded to five other unfederated states (Johore, Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan and Terengganu) between 1910 and 1926. The organisation added the Straits Settlement Survey Department (Penang, Malacca and Singapore) in 1920. ^[2] The department continued to operate until Malaysia was formed in 1963, when it became the Department of Survey and Mapping headed by a director general. There were eleven surveyors general from 1908 until 1963. ^[3]

List of surveyors general

No.	Name	Picture	Took office	Left office	Birth	Place of birth	Death	Place of death	Age
1	Hugh Milbourne Jackson [4]		25 September 1908	8 March 1919	27 March 1858	East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, England	9 January 1940	Limpsfield, Surrey, England	82
2	Joseph Peascod Harper [5]		8 March 1919	30 June 1920	March 1861	Cumberland, England	4 April 1951	Somerset, England	90
3	Charles Moncrieff Goodyear [6]		1 July 1920	26 July 1922	26 July 1867	Manchester, England	22 December 1923	Middlesex, England	56
4	Victor Alexander Lowinger [5] [7]		27 July 1922	4 June 1933	26 January 1879	St George Hanover Square, London England	9 August 1957	Kensington, England	78
5	John Robert Dewar [8]		5 June 1933	26 March 1938	10 December 1883	Alexandra, Otago, New Zealand	12 April 1964	Bournemouth, Hampshire, England	80
6	William Francis Noel Bridges [9]		27 March 1938	27 February 1942	30 January 1890	Middle Head, New South Wales, Australia	1 January 1942	Lost at sea (Sunda Straits [10] )	52
7	Percy Herbert Bonnet		25 September 1945	28 September 1949	25 July 1896 [11]	Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia [12]	11 October 1987	Queensland, Australia	91
8	Alfred George Billing		7 October 1949	2 September 1953	12 August 1903	Indooroopilly, Queensland	13 March 1989	Brisbane, Queensland	87
9	Christopher Noble [8]		3 September 1953	12 March 1956	September 1902	Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England	1986	England	84
10	Luis Sigismund Himley		13 March 1956	1 April 1960	28 November 1906	Macagua, Cuba	18 April 1984	Bovey Tracey, Devon, England	77
11	Arnold Lessel MacMorland Greig [13]		2 April 1960	3 February 1963	24 February 1913	Amatikulu, Zululand, South Africa	July 1984	New Zealand	71

References

1. Chan, Kuen Ming (1981). "The History of the Malaysian Survey Department" (PDF).
2. "The History Of Malaysian Survey Department" (PDF). K.M.Chan. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
3. "Former Surveyor Generals/Director Generals of Surveying and Mapping Malaysia". Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
4. "Col. H.M. Jackson". Biographical Database of Southern African Science. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
5. "Twentieth Century Impressions of British Malaya:Its history, people, commerce, industries and resources". Wright, Arnold. 1908. p. 324.
6. Goodyear, Charles Moncrieff (1976). "FMS Survey Department Report For The Year 1921" (PDF). National Archives of Malaysia. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
7. "London Gazette" (PDF). 1 January 1932. p. 11.
8. "John Roger Dewar, CBE". Roger's Online Genealogy. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
9. "Lieutenant Colonel William Francis Noel Bridges". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
10. Malayan, Volunteers Group (November 2016). "SS. Ban Ho Guan, This is a Memorial Record to those who lost their lives" (PDF). malayanvolunteersgroup.org.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
11. "Bonnet Percy Herbert – Service Number 125765 – Date of birth 25 Jul 1896 – Place of birth – Bundaberg QLD – Place of enlistment – Melbourne – Next of Kin Bonnet S". recordsearch.naa.gov.au. 1939. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
12. "Bonnet Percy Herbert: SERN 3371 : POB Bundaberg QLD : POE Cairns QLD : NOK M Bonnett Sarah Elizabeth". recordsearch.naa.gov.au. 21 August 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
13. "Lieutenant Arnold Lessel Macmorland Greig Collection". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 12 March 2022.