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	1881–1963
Final holder	William Allmond Codrington Goode
Abolished	1963

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

British North Borneo
№	Portrait	Name	Tenure		Monarch
№	Portrait	Name	From	To	Monarch
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	1904	1911
7		Edward Peregrine Gueritz	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 1st term	1915	1922
12		William Henry Rycroft	1922	1925
13		Aylmer Cavendish Pearson 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 1949
20		James Calder Officer Administering the Colony	5 May 1949	10 January 1950
21		Herbert Ralph Hone	10 January 1950	1954
21		Herbert Ralph Hone	10 January 1950	1954	Elizabeth II House of Windsor (6 February 1952 – 16 September 1963)
22		Roland Evelyn Turnbull	1954	1959
23		William Allmond Codrington Goode	1959	1963

Sources

List of North Borneo Governors on World Statesmen

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