| Thomas Carey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Honorific Prefix: | The Honourable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Order: | 11th British Resident to Brunei | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Term Start: | 1931 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Term End: | 1934 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor: | Patrick McKerron | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor: | Roland Evelyn Turnbull | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education: | The King's Hospital | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma Mater: | Trinity College Dublin (BA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 12 February 1903 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Fresno, California, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Death Place: | Thorpe St Andrew, Norfolk, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Falkland Carey (12 February 1903 – 4 December 1966[1]) was an American-born Irish cricketer and British colonial administrator.
Carey received his education at The King's Hospital, and later Dublin and Trinity College where he earned his B.A. in 1925.[2]
In January 1926, Carey began his career as a cadet win the Federated Malay States (FMS). He later became an assistance controller in Malacca, April 1927. Later that year in June, he was transferred to Negeri Sembilan. After a year, he was assigned to Kuala Lumpur, and finally Klang in August 1928. He served as British Resident in Brunei from 1931 to 1934.[3] His 1931 annual report, for example, illustrates colonial presumptions that Indian labour was acceptable.[4]
Carey was born in California. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he played one first-class match for Dublin University, an innings defeat against Northamptonshire County Cricket Club in June 1924.[5] He died in Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, England, aged 63. A street as named after him in Kuala Belait, Jalan Carey.[6]