| Louis Sigismund Himley | |
| Order: | 10th |
| Office: | Surveyor General of Malaysia |
| Term Start: | 13 March 1956 |
| Term End: | 1 April 1960 |
| Predecessor: | Christopher Noble |
| Successor: | Arnold Lessel MacMorland Greig |
| Birth Date: | 28 November 1906 |
| Birth Place: | Macagua, Cuba |
| Death Place: | Bovey Tracey, Devon |
| Restingplace: | Manaton, Devon |
| Nationality: | English |
| Spouse: | Christine Mary Douglas |
| Children: | three |
Luis Sigismund Himley (28 November 1906 – 18 April 1984) was an English surveyor, who served as the tenth Surveyor-General of the Federated Malay States between 1956 and 1960.
Luis Sigismund Himley was born in Macagua, Cuba on 28 November 1906, the son of William Charles Himley (1863-1924) and Violet Emily née Brune (1872-1945). He attended St. John's College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1928. In September 1929 he took up a position with the Survey Department of the Federated Malay States and the Straits Settlement.[1] On 9 August 1931 he was promoted to assistant superintendent in Selangor.
Himley married Christine Mary Douglas (1908-1990), in April 1934, in Newton Abbot, Devon. They had three children.
Prior to World War II he was appointed as a captain in the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force.[2]
In September 1950 he was appointed the surveyor for Singapore.[3] On 13 March 1956 he was appointed as the Surveyor-General of Federation of Malaysia, following the retirement of Christopher Noble.[4] He remained in that position until 1 April 1960.
In February 1961 he travelled to Mauritius where he was commissioned to prepare a report on the cadastral survey of Mauritius to the Directorate of Overseas Surveys, which he completed and presented on 16 May that year.[5] [6]
He died on 18 April 1984 in Bovey Tracey, Devon. England, at the age of 77. He was buried in Manaton, Devon.