Governors of Bencoolen

This is a list of governors, deputy governors, residents, and lieutenant-governors of the presidency and residency versions of British Bencoolen.

List

Deputy governors

Subordinated to Madras Presidency

• 1685: Ralph Ord
• 1685 – 1690: Benjamin Bloom
• 1690 – 1691: James Sowdon
• 1691 – 1695: Charles Fleetwood
• 1695 – 1696: Charles Barwell
• 1696 – 1699: Matthew Mildmay
• 1699 – 1700: Robert Broughton
• 1700 – 17 Dec 1705: Richard Watts
• 1705 – 1708: Matthew Ridley
• 1708: James Cross
• 1708: Abraham Hoyle
• 1708: John Delapie
• 1708 – 1710: Robert Skingle
• 1710: Jeremiah Harrison (Supervisor)
• 1710 – 1711: Anthony Ettricke
• 1711 – 1712: John Daniell
• 1712 John Hunter
• 1712 – 1716: Joseph Collett - On 1 September 1712, Collett arrived at York Fort in Bencoolen in Sumatra and was subsequently appointed Governor.
• 1716 – 1717: Theophilus Shyllinge
• 1717 – 1718: Richard Farmer
• 1718 – 1719: Thomas Cooke (Supervisor)
• 1719 – 1723: Isaac Pyke
• 1723: Thomas Dunster
• 1723 – 1728: Joseph Walsh
• 1728 – 1730: Nicholas Morse
• 1730 – 1731: Stephen Newcome
• 1731 – 1736: Francis Everest
• 1736 – 1746: Robert Lennox                   ÂÂ
• 1746 – 1752: Joseph Hurlock
• 1752 – 1754: Robert Hindley
• 1754 – 1755: John Walsh (Supervisor)
• 1755: John Pybus
• 1755 – 1756: Thomas Combes
• 1757 – 1758: Randolph Marriott
• 1758 – 2 April 1760: Roger Carter
• 2 Apr 1760 – 1760: Charles Henri Hector d'Estaing (French Commander)

Governors of Bencoolen Presidency

• Feb 1762 – Jul 1762: Samuel Ardley (acting) ÂÂ
• 1760 – 1767: Roger Carter
• 1767 – 1776: Richard Wyatt
• 1776: Robert Hay
• 1776 – 1780: William Broff
• 1780 – 1781: Hew Steuart
• 1781 – 1785: Edward Coles

In 1785, Bencoolen became a Residency, within the Bengal Presidency

Deputy governors of Bencoolen

• 1785 – 1786: John Crisp (1st time)
• 1786 – 1787: Thomas Palmer
• 1787 – 1789: George Salmon (Supervisor)
• 1789 – 1793: John Crisp (2nd time)
• 1793 – 1799: Robert Broff
• 1799: John Crisp (3rd time)
• 1799 – 1800: Philip Braham (acting)
• 1800 – 1805: Walter Ewer

Residents of Bencoolen

• April 1805 – 23 December 1807: Thomas Parr
• 1808 – 1810: Richard Parry
• 1810 – 1812: William Parker
• 1812 – 22 Mar 1818: George John Siddons

Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen

• 1818 – 1824: Stamford Raffles - who enacted major reforms, including the abolishment of slavery, as well as founding of Singapore.

Resident of Bencoolen

• 1824 – 1 Mar 1825: John Prince

References

External links

• http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Indonesia.htm#Bencoolen