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Frank Athelstane Swettenham

Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham
GCMG CH
Sir Frank Swettenham by John Singer Sargent 1904.jpg
Oil painting of Swettenham by John Singer Sargent
King of Arms of the Order of St Michael and St George
In office
1925–1938
Preceded by Sir Montagu Ommanney
Succeeded by Sir William Weigall
Majority British
Resident-General of the Federated Malay States
In office
1896–1901
Succeeded by William Hood Treacher
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements
In office
1901–1904
2nd British Resident of Perak
In office
November 1875 – March 1876
Preceded by James W.W. Birch
Succeeded by James G. Davidson
5th British Resident of Perak
In office
1889–1896
Preceded by Hugh Low
Succeeded by William Hood Treacher
3rd British Resident of Selangor
In office
September 1882 – March 1884
Preceded by Bloomfield Douglas
Succeeded by John Pickersgill Rodger
Personal details
Born (1850-03-28)28 March 1850
Belper, England
Died 11 June 1946(1946-06-11) (aged 96)
London, UK
Spouse(s) Constance Sydney Holmes (Sydney Swettenham), m. February 1878, divorced May 1938
Vera Seton Guthrie, m. 22 June 1939
Residence King's House, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Occupation British colonial official

Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham GCMG CH (28 March 1850 – 11 June 1946) was a British colonial administrator who became the first Resident general of the Federated Malay States, which brought the Malay states of Selangor, Perak, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang together under the administration of a Resident-General based in Kuala Lumpur. He served from 1 July 1896 to 1901. He was also an amateur painter, photographer and antique collector.

He was born in Belper, Derbyshire, the son of attorney James Oldham Swettenham, and was educated at the Dollar Academy in Scotland and St Peter's School, York. He was a descendant of Mathew Swetenham, Henry IV's bow bearer and the younger brother of the colonial administrator Sir James Alexander Swettenham.

He was one of close to forty former British Empire officials to oppose the Malayan Union.

Swettenham co-authored a "A Dictionary of the Malay Language" with Hugh Clifford. The dictionary, which was published in stages between 1894 and 1902, was abandoned after the letter 'G' as by then it had been made redundant by the publiciation of R.J. Wilkinson's "A Malay English Dictionary".

He also published four books "Malay Sketches", "Unaddressed Letters", "Also & Perhaps" and "Arabella in Africa", the latter being illustrated by the famous mural painter and illustrator, Rex Whistler. The book was Whistler's first official commission.


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