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Governor of North Borneo

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Governor of North Borneo
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceSandakan (before 1946), Kota Kinabalu (1946–1963)
Inaugural holderWilliam Hood Treacher
Formation1881
Final holderWilliam Allmond Codrington Goode
Abolished1963

The Governor of North Borneo was the appointed head of the government of North Borneo.

Originally the Governor was appointed by the North Borneo Chartered Company, which was responsible for the administration of the protectorate. Upon North Borneo becoming a Crown colony in 1946, in the aftermath of the Second World War, the Governor of British North Borneo became an appointee of the Crown (i.e. of the Government of the United Kingdom).

Flag of the governor of North Borneo (1882–1903).
Flag of the governor of North Borneo (1903–1915).
Flag of the governor of North Borneo (1915–1941).
Flag of the governor of the Crown Colony of North Borneo (1946–1963).

List of governors appointed by the Company

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British North Borneo
Portrait Name Tenure Monarch
From To
1 William Hood Treacher 1881 1887
Victoria
House of Hanover
(20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901)
2 William Maunder Crocker 1887 1888
3 Charles Vandeleur Creagh 1888 1895
4 Leicester Paul Beaufort 1895 1899
5 Hugh Charles Clifford 1900 1901
6 Ernest Woodford Birch 1901 1903
Edward VII
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(22 January 1901 – 6 May 1910)
7 Edward Peregrine Gueritz [de] 1904 1911

George V
House of Windsor
(6 May 1910 – 20 January 1936)
8 Francis Robert Ellis 1911 1912
9 Sir James Scott Mason 1912 1912
10 Cecil William Chase Parr 1913 1915
11 Aylmer Cavendish Pearson [de]
1st term
1915 1922
12 William Henry Rycroft 1922 1925
13 Aylmer Cavendish Pearson [de]
2nd term
1925 1926
14 John Lisseter Humphreys 1926 1929
15 Arthur Frederick Richards 1930 1933
Douglas James Jardine 1934 1937
16

Edward VIII
House of Windsor
(20 January 1936 – 11 December 1936)

George VI
House of Windsor
(11 December 1936 – 1 April 1942)
17 Charles Robert Smith 1937 1942
Japanese Occupation of British Borneo

From 1 April 1942 to 10 June 1945.

British Military Administration of Borneo (1945-1946)
George VI
House of Windsor
(10 June 1945 – 6 February 1952)
18 Charles Robert Smith 1945 1946
Crown Colony of North Borneo
19 Edward Francis Twining 1946 5 May 1948
20 James Calder

Officer Administering the Colony

5 May 1948 10 January 1949
21 Herbert Ralph Hone 10 January 1949 1954

Elizabeth II
House of Windsor
(6 February 1952 – 16 September 1963)
22 Roland Evelyn Turnbull 1954 1959
23 William Allmond Codrington Goode 1960 1963

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