Cecil William Chase Parr Explained

Cecil William Chase Parr
Order:British Resident of Perak
Term Start:1921
Term End:1926
Predecessor:William James Parke Hume
Successor:Oswald Francis Gerard Stonor
Office2:British Resident of Pahang
Term Start2:1917
Term End2:1921
Predecessor2:Edward John Brewster
Successor2:F. A. S. McClelland (acting)
Office3:Governor of North Borneo
Term Start3:1913
Term End3:1915
Predecessor3:Frederick William Fraser (acting)
Successor3:Aylmer Cavendish Pearson
Birth Date:4 December 1871
Death Place:Seaton, England
Nationality:British
Occupation:Colonial administrator

Cecil William Chase Parr OBE CMG (4 December 1871 – 26 May 1943) was a British colonial administrator.

Career

Parr began his career in 1889, when he entered the civil service of the Federated Malay States as a Junior Officer. He was then appointed to various posts including Acting assistant Protector of Chinese, Kinta (1890), Officer in Charge, Sitiawan (1892), Land Officer, Krian (1892), assistant Collector of Land Revenue, Krian (1893), Acting assistant Magistrate, Gopeng, and assistant Magistrate, Ipoh (1894), acting Collector of Land Revenue, Kinta (1895), assistant Magistrate, Selama, and assistant District Magistrate, Lower Perak and Gopeng (1896), District Officer, Tampin (1899), acting District Officer, New Territories and Lower Perak (1904), acting District Officer, Batang Padang (1906), Acting District Officer, Tapah (1909).[1] [2] [3]

In 1909, he was posted to Kuala Lumpur as acting Commissioner of Trade and Customs of the Federated Malay States, and in 1912 went to England to act as head of the Malay States Agency in London.[4] [5]

In 1913, he was seconded from the Federated Malay States to be governor of North Borneo, and remained in office until 1915.[6] [7] In 1917, he was appointed British Resident of Pahang,[8] and in 1921, assumed the office of British Resident of Perak where he remained until 1926.[9] Shortly after, he and his wife retired to England, and he died in Seaton on 26 May 1943, aged 71.[10] [11]

Honours

Parr was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1919 King's Birthday Honours, and was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1923 King's Birthday Honours.[12]

References

  1. Book: Who's who in the Far East, 1906-7, June . 1906 . Hongkong, China mail . University of California Libraries . 261.
  2. News: 30 March 1896 . Perak News . Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle . 2.
  3. News: 11 April 1908 . Taiping Notes. . Straits Echo . 5.
  4. News: 1 May 1909 . Official Changes in the F. M. S. . The Straits Times . 7.
  5. News: 23 October 1912 . M. A. P. . Straits Echo . 4.
  6. News: 1 May 1913 . The Governor of B. N. Borneo. . The Straits Budget . 16.
  7. News: 28 March 1913 . From our Correspondent . Times . 17.
  8. News: 14 February 1916 . F.M.S. Government Appointments. . The Straits Times . 8.
  9. News: 3 November 1921 . Untitled . The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser . 278.
  10. News: 27 May 1943 . Deaths . Times . 1.
  11. News: 3 May 1928 . Local and Personal . The Straits Budget . 1.
  12. News: 2 June 1923 . Colonial Official List . Times . 8.