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Major-General William Farquhar (26 February 1774 – 11 May 1839) was a Madras Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the resident of Malacca from 1803 to 1818 and the resident of Singapore from 1819 to 1823.
The William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings consists of 477 watercolour botanical drawings of plants and animals of Malacca and Singapore by unknown Chinese (probably Cantonese) artists that were commissioned between 1819 and 1823 by William Farquhar (26 February 1774 – 13 May 1839). The paintings were meant to be of ...
of Singapore 3 Sir Robert Brown Black (1906–1999) 30 June 1955 9 December 1957 2 years, 5 months Edinburgh, Scotland Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong 4 Sir William Allmond Codrington Goode (1907–1986) 9 December 1957 2 June 1959 1 year, 5 months Middlesex, England Chief Secretary of Singapore
Contact us; Contribute Help; ... Maj-Gen. William Farquhar (until 1 May), ... Stamford Raffles lays the foundation stone for the Singapore Institution, ...
Singapore was established as a trading port in February 1819, Francis James Bernard, the son-in-law to Major William Farquhar, was appointed as the first Master Attendant with an office at the mouth of the Singapore River to control shipping.
19 January – Stamford Raffles left Bencoolen on board the Indiana under the command of Captain James Pearl to establish a new settlement at the south of Malacca. 27 January – The Indiana, together with the Discover and the Investigator with William Farquhar surveying the possibility of the Karimun Islands as a new British site.
Prince William will travel to Singapore next month to name the winners of his Earthshot Prize, a global competition to find solutions to the challenges of climate change. William created the prize ...
2nd Resident of Singapore; In office 27 May 1823 – 15 August 1826: Appointed by: Stamford Raffles: Monarch: George IV: Preceded by: Major-General William Farquhar: Succeeded by: Position abolished Governor of the Straits Settlements: Personal details; Born 13 August 1783 Islay, Argyll, Scotland: Died: 11 May 1868 (aged 84)