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

North Borneo

North Borneo was a British protectorate under the sovereign North Borneo Chartered Company from 1882 to 1946. After the war it became a crown colony of Great Britain from 1946 to 1963, known in this time as British North Borneo. It is located on the northeastern end of the island of Borneo. It is...

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Originally the Governor was appointed by the North Borneo Chartered Company, which was responsible for the administration of the protectorate

Protectorate

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. Upon North Borneo becoming a Crown colony

Crown colony

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 in 1946, in the aftermath of the Second World War

World War II

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, the Governor of British North Borneo became an appointee of the Crown

The Crown

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 (i.e. of the Government of the United Kingdom

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List of Governors appointed by the Company

Name	From	To
William Hood Treacher William Hood Treacher Sir William Hood Treacher, K.C.M.G. was born on 1 December 1849 and died on 3 May 1919. Sir William was the fourth son of Rev. Joseph Skipper Treacher, MA, Vicar of Sandford-on-Thames, by his 1st wife Pauline Louise Pierret. He was the sixth British Resident of Perak and the first Governor of...	1881	1887
William Maunder Crocker	1887	1888
Charles Vandeleur Creagh Charles Vandeleur Creagh Charles Vandeleur Creagh CMG was born on 4 October 1842. He was the second son of Captain John Creagh, RN of Cahirbane Co. Clare, Ireland. He died on 18 September 1917-Career:...	1888	1895
Leicester Paul Beaufort Leicester Paul Beaufort Leicester Paul Beaufort , was a British barrister and colonial governor of North Borneo.- Biography :...	1895	1900
Hugh Charles Clifford	1900	1901
Ernest Woodford Birch Ernest Woodford Birch Sir Ernest Woodford Birch, ICS, KCMG was the eighth British resident of Perak. Sir Ernest was the eldest son of James Wheeler Woodford Birch.-Family:...	1901	1903
Edward Peregrine Gueritz	1904	1911
Francis Robert Ellis	1911	1912
Sir James Scott Mason	1912	1913
Cecil William Chase Parr	1913	1915
Aylmer Cavendish Pearson (first appointment)	1915	1922
William Henry Rycroft	1922	1925
Aylmer Cavendish Pearson (second appointment)	1925	1926
John Lisseter Humphreys John Lisseter Humphreys John Lisseter Humphreys was a British colonial administrator, and Governor of North Borneo from October 1926 until his death while on leave in China in December 1929.Humphreys entered the Straits Settlement Civil Service in 1905...	1926	1929
Arthur Frederick Richards Arthur Richards, 1st Baron Milverton Arthur Frederick Richards, 1st Baron Milverton GCMG , was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Nigeria from 1943 to 1948....	1930	1933
Douglas James Jardine Douglas James Jardine For the article about the English cricketer who captained the Bodyline Ashes tour, see Douglas JardineSir Douglas James Jardine, KCMG, OBE was a British colonial administrator, holding the posts of Governor of North Borneo, Sierra Leone and the Leeward Islands during his career.-Biography:Jardine...	1934	1937
Charles Robert Smith Charles Robert Smith Sir Robert Smith KBE, CMG, was a British Governor of North Borneo from 1937 until 18 January 1942, and again from 11 September 1945 until October 1946...	1937	1942
Administration interrupted by the Japanese occupation of Malaya, North Borneo and Sarawak Japanese occupation of Malaya, North Borneo and Sarawak Throughout much of World War II, British Malaya, North Borneo and Sarawak were under Japanese occupation.The Japanese Empire commenced the Pacific War with the invasion of Kota Bahru in Kelantan on 8 December 1941 at 00:25, about 90 minutes before the Attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii at 07:48 on 7...
Charles Robert Smith (resumed administration)	1945	1946

List of Governors appointed by the Crown

Name	From	To
Edward Francis Twining	1946	1949
Herbert Ralph Hone Herbert Ralph Hone Major-General Sir Ralph Hone MC, KCMG, KBE was a British army officer, barrister and colonial administrator.-Life up to World War II:Hone was born in Hove, Sussex, and was educated at Varndean Grammar School, Brighton...	1950	1954
Roland Evelyn Turnbull	1954	1959
William Allmond Codrington Goode William Allmond Codrington Goode Sir William Allmond Codrington Goode GCMG was a British colonial officer and served as governor to various colonies in the 20th Century...	1959	1963

Sources

• World Statesmen website