Governor of North Borneo

Governor of North Borneo
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Sandakan (before 1946), Kota Kinabalu (1946–1963)
Inaugural holder	William Hood Treacher
Formation	1881
Final holder	Sir William Goode
Abolished	1963

The Governor of North Borneo was the appointed head of the government of North Borneo, and later of the Crown Colony 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).

List of governors appointed by the Company

Flag of the governor of North Borneo (1915–1941).

British North Borneo
No.	Portrait	Name	Tenure		Monarch
			From	To
1		William Hood Treacher	1881	1887	Victoria House of Hanover (20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901)
–		William Maunder Crocker	1887	1888
2		Charles Vandeleur Creagh	1888	1895
3		Leicester Paul Beaufort	1895	1899
4		Hugh Charles Clifford	1900	1901
5		Ernest Woodford Birch	1901	1903	Edward VII House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (22 January 1901 – 6 May 1910)
6		Edward Peregrine Gueritz	1904	1907
–		Alexander Cook	1907	1907
7		Edward Peregrine Gueritz	1907	1910
–		Aylmer Cavendish Pearson	1910	1911	George V House of Windsor (6 May 1910 – 20 January 1936)
8		Francis Robert Ellis	1911	1912
–		Frederick William Fraser	1912	1912
9		James Scott Mason	1912	1912
–		Frederick William Fraser	1912	1913
–		Joseph West Ridgeway	1913	1913
10		Cecil William Chase Parr	1913	1915
11		Aylmer Cavendish Pearson	1915	1915
–		Frederick William Fraser	1915	1916
12		Aylmer Cavendish Pearson	1916	1919
–		Frederick William Fraser	1919	1919
13		Aylmer Cavendish Pearson	1919	1922
–		Henry William Lisbrian Bunbury	1922	1922
–		Frederick William Fraser	1922	1922
14		William Henry Rycroft	1922	1924
–		Frederick William Fraser	1924	1924
15		William Henry Rycroft	1924	1925
16		Frederick William Fraser	1925	1925
17		Aylmer Cavendish Pearson	1925	1926
–		Frederick William Fraser	1926	1926
18		John Lisseter Humphreys	1926	1928
–		Douglas Rider Maxwell	1928	1929
19		John Lisseter Humphreys	1929	1930
20		Arthur Frederick Richards	1930	1933
21		Douglas James Jardine	1934	1937
					Edward VIII House of Windsor (20 January 1936 – 11 December 1936)
					George VI House of Windsor (11 December 1936 – 1 April 1942)
22		Charles Robert Smith	1937	1942
Japanese Occupation of British Borneo From 1 April 1942 to 10 June 1945.

British Military Administration

See also: British Military Administration (Borneo)

British Military Administration of Borneo (1945-1946)					Monarch
23		Charles Robert Smith	1945	1946	George VI House of Windsor (10 June 1945 – 6 February 1952)

List of Governors appointed by the British Crown

Governor of British Crown Colony of North Borneo
Style	His Excellency
Appointer	King George VI Queen Elizabeth II
Inaugural holder	Sir Edward Twining (1946–1949) Succeeded by Sir Ralph Hone (1949–1954) Sir Roland Turnbull (1954–1959)
Formation	1946–1963
Final holder	Sir William Goode (1960–1963)
Abolished	16 September 1963 (formed the Federation of Malaysia)
Superseded by	Sir Edward Twining

Flag of the governor of the Crown Colony of North Borneo (1946–1963).

Crown Colony of North Borneo					George VI House of Windsor (10 June 1945 – 6 February 1952)
24		Edward Francis Twining	1946	5 May 1948
25		James Calder Officer Administering the Colony	5 May 1948	10 January 1949
26		Sir Ralph Hone	10 January 1949	1954
					Elizabeth II House of Windsor (6 February 1952 – 16 September 1963)
27		Sir Roland Turnbull	1954	1959
28		Sir William Goode	1960	1963

Sources

• List of North Borneo Governors on World Statesmen