| Post: | British Resident in Brunei |
| Insignia: | Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government).svg |
| Insigniasize: | 120px |
| Insigniacaption: | Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government |
| Flagsize: | 200 |
| Flagborder: | yes |
| Succession: | High Commissioner |
| First: | James Brooke First Consul General to Brunei |
| Last: | Sir Dennis White |
| Style: | The Honourable |
| Residence: | Bubungan Dua Belas (1906–1959) |
| Appointer: | The Crown |
| Termlength: | No fixed term |
A list of administrators of the British protectorate of Brunei.
See main article: History of Brunei. Brunei became a British protectorate in 1888, and in 1906 a British resident was given administrative authority. The sultan was obliged to follow his advice. Despite having a foreign government, Brunei's importance started to rise again in 1929 when petroleum production began.[1] In place of Malay customs, traditions, and Islam, the British administration designated a British Resident to serve as the sultan's advisor in all other affairs. A formal constitution was formed by the 1959 Agreement, giving Brunei internal autonomy.[2]
By the end of 1905, Brunei had been reduced to just two tiny, independent enclaves in Sarawak, covering a total area of . In fact, had it not been for the British Government's reluctant intervention at this point, James Brooke would have completely engulfed the Sultanate. In order to preserve the monarchy, Sultan Hashim requested British assistance in the internal administration of his nation. He agreed to receive a British officer, to be called the Resident, who opinions were to be received and acted upon on all matters under the Anglo-Brunei Treaty of 1905–1906. Until 1959, successive Residents, who had originally been seconded from the Malayan Civil Service, were in charge of running Brunei.[3]
| No. | Name | Years | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consuls General to Brunei | |||
| 1 | James Brooke[4] | 1846–1856 | |
| 2 | Spenser St. John[5] | 1856–1863 | |
| British Consuls in Brunei | |||
| 1 | Noel Penrose Trevenen | 1890–1898 | |
| 2 | Arthur Louis Keyser | 1898–1900 | |
| 3 | Godfrey Hewett | 1900–1904 | |
| 4 | Malcolm Stewart Hannibal McArthur | 1904–1905 | |
| British Residents in Brunei | |||
| 1 | Malcolm Stewart Hannibal McArthur | 1906–1907 | |
| 2 | Harvey Chevallier | 1907–1907 | |
| (1) | Malcolm Stewart Hannibal McArthur | 1908–1908 | |
| 3 | John Fortescue Owen | 1908–1909 | |
| (2) | Harvey Chevallier | 1909–1913 | |
| 4 | Francis William Douglas | 1913–1915 | |
| 5 | Ernest Barton Maundrell[6] | 1915–1916 | |
| 6 | Geoffrey Cator[7] | 1916–1921 | |
| 7 | Lucien Allen Arthur | 1921–1923 | |
| 8 | Eric Ernest Falk Pretty | 1923–1926 | |
| 9 | Oswald Eric Venables | 1926–1927 | |
| (8) | Eric Ernest Falk Pretty | 1927–1928 | |
| 10 | Patrick Alexander Bruce McKerron | 1928–1931 | |
| 11 | Thomas Falkland Carey | 1931–1934 | |
| 12 | Roland Evelyn Turnbull[8] | 1934–1937 | |
| 13 | John Graham Black | 1937–1940 | |
| 14 | Ernest Edgar Pengilly | 1940–1942 | |
| Japanese occupation of Brunei (1942-1945) | |||
| 15 | William John Peel[9] | 1946–1948 | |
| 16 | L.H.N. Davis[10] [11] | 1948–1948 | |
| (8) | Eric Ernest Falk Pretty[12] | 1948–1951 | |
| 17 | John Coleraine Hanbury Barcroft[13] | 1951–1954 | |
| 18 | John Orman Gilbert | 1954–1958 | |
| 19 | Dennis Charles White | 1958–1959 | |