Surveyor General of Malaysia explained

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 surveyor generals from 1908 until 1963.[3]

List of surveyor generals

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, England9 January 1940 Limpsfield, Surrey, England 82
2 Joseph Peascod Harper[5] 8 March 1919 30 June 1920 March 1861Cumberland, England 4 April 1951Somerset, 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[7] 27 July 1922 4 June 1933 26 January 1879 St George Hanover Square, London England9 August 1957Kensington, 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
6William 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 Bonnet25 September 1945 28 September 1949 25 July 1896[11] Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia[12] 11 October 1987Queensland, Australia91
8 Alfred George Billing7 October 1949 2 September 1953 12 August 1903 13 March 1989Brisbane, Queensland 87
9 Christopher Noble3 September 1953 12 March 1956 September 1902Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England 1986 England 84
10 Luis Sigismund Himley13 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 1913Amatikulu, Zululand, South AfricaJuly 1984 New Zealand 71

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The History of the Malaysian Survey Department. Chan, Kuen Ming. 1981.
  2. Web site: The History Of Malaysian Survey Department. K.M.Chan. 12 March 2022.
  3. Web site: Former Surveyor Generals/Director Generals of Surveying and Mapping Malaysia. Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia. 12 March 2022.
  4. Web site: Col. H.M. Jackson. Biographical Database of Southern African Science. 12 March 2022.
  5. Web site: Twentieth Century Impressions of British Malaya:Its history, people, commerce, industries and resources. Wright, Arnold. 1908. 324.
  6. Web site: Goodyear . Charles Moncrieff. 1976 . FMS Survey Department Report For The Year 1921 . 14 March 2022 . National Archives of Malaysia.
  7. Web site: London Gazette. 1 January 1932. 11.
  8. Web site: John Roger Dewar, CBE. Roger's Online Genealogy. 3 March 2022.
  9. Web site: Lieutenant Colonel William Francis Noel Bridges. Australian War Memorial. 12 March 2022.
  10. Web site: Malayan . Volunteers Group . November 2016 . SS. Ban Ho Guan, This is a Memorial Record to those who lost their lives. . 15 March 2022 . malayanvolunteersgroup.org.uk.
  11. Web site: 1939 . 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 . live . https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=5372581&isAv=N . 22 June 2020 . 22 March 2022 . recordsearch.naa.gov.au.
  12. Web site: 21 August 2006 . Bonnet Percy Herbert: SERN 3371 : POB Bundaberg QLD : POE Cairns QLD : NOK M Bonnett Sarah Elizabeth . 22 March 2022 . recordsearch.naa.gov.au.
  13. Web site: Lieutenant Arnold Lessel Macmorland Greig Collection. Auckland Museum. 12 March 2022.

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