Sir Frank Swettenham
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Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham GCMG CH |
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Oil painting of Swettenham by John Singer Sargent
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| King of Arms of the Order of St Michael and St George | |
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In office 1925–1938 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Montagu Ommanney |
| Succeeded by | Sir William Weigall |
| Majority | British |
| Resident-General of the Federated Malay States | |
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In office 1896–1901 |
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| Succeeded by | William Hood Treacher |
| Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements | |
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In office 1901–1904 |
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| 2nd British Resident of Perak | |
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In office November 1875 – March 1876 |
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| Preceded by | James W.W. Birch |
| Succeeded by | James G. Davidson |
| 5th British Resident of Perak | |
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In office 1889–1896 |
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| Preceded by | Hugh Low |
| Succeeded by | William Hood Treacher |
| 3rd British Resident of Selangor | |
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In office September 1882 – March 1884 |
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| Preceded by | Bloomfield Douglas |
| Succeeded by | John Pickersgill Rodger |
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28 March 1850 Belper, England |
| Died | 11 June 1946 (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 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,Britain 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.
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.
Swettenham was a British colonial official in British Malaya, who was famous as highly influential in shaping British policy and the structure of British administration in the Malay Peninsula.
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