Governor of Labuan explained

Post:Governor
Body:Labuan
Style:His Excellency
Residence:Victoria
Inaugural:James Brooke
Last:Shenton Thomas
Abolished:1946
Formation:1848–1946

The Governor of Labuan was the appointed head of the government of the Crown Colony of Labuan.

From 1848 to 1890, the governors were appointed by the British authorities in London. When the administration was taken over by the North Borneo Chartered Company in 1890, the company became responsible for the appointment of the governors until the Straits Settlements administration took over in 1906.

List of governors appointed by the Crown

NameFromTo
James Brooke
18481852
George Warren Edwardes18561861
Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan18611866
Hugh Low (acting)18661867
John Pope Hennessy18671871
Henry Bulwer18711875
Herbert Taylor Ussher18751879
Charles Cameron Lees18791881
Peter Leys (acting)18811888
Arthur Shirley Hamilton18881890

List of governors appointed by the North Borneo Company

See also: Governor of North Borneo.

NameFromTo
Charles Creagh18901895
Leicester Beaufort18951899
Hugh Clifford19001901
Ernest Birch19011903
Edward Peregrine Gueritz19041906

List of governors appointed by the Straits Settlements

See also: List of governors of the Straits Settlements.

NameFromTo
John Anderson19061911
Arthur Young19111920
Laurence Guillemard19201927
Hugh Clifford19271930
Cecil Clementi19301934
Shenton Thomas19341941
Administration interrupted by the Japanese occupation
Shenton Thomas
(resumed administration)
19451946

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