Duncan Stewart (British diplomat)
| Duncan George Stewart | |
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| 2nd Governor of Sarawak | |
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In office 14 November 1949 – 10 December 1949 |
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| Monarch | King George VI |
| Preceded by | Charles Arden-Clarke |
| Succeeded by | Sir Anthony Abell |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
22 October 1904 Transvaal, South Africa |
| Died | 10 December 1949 (aged 45) Singapore |
Sir Duncan George Stewart (22 October 1904 – 10 December 1949) was a British colonial administrator and Governor. He was later mortally wounded in an assassination on 3 December 1949, in Sibu, Sarawak.
Stewart was born in Witkleifontein on 22 October 1904 in the Transvaal Colony now part of South Africa, and educated in England at Winchester College and Oriel College, Oxford, where he graduated BA.
Stewart joined the Colonial Administration Service (CAS) in 1928, and held positions as District Officer at Oya Territory, Nigeria, Colonial Secretary in the Bahamas, Secretary of Finance in Mandatory Palestine, and Secretary of the Governorial Conference in South Africa. He married and had three children.
His service record was viewed as exceptional, and because of that, he was later announced as the new Governor and Commander-in-Chief for Sarawak by Lord Listowel, Minister of State for Colonial Affairs, to replace Charles Arden-Clarke.
Stewart had only been in the new role as Governor of Sarawak for a couple of weeks and was in fact on his first official visit in the colony, to the town of Sibu on 3 December 1949. According to press reports of the event he was warmly welcomed by large crowds, who all seemed to be enjoying themselves. After inspecting an honour guard and meeting a group of school children, a youth (Moshidi bin Sedek) walked towards him holding a camera claiming to want a picture. As Stewart posed, another youth (Rosli bin Dobi) stabbed him. Both youths were immediately arrested.
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