Sir George Maxwell | |
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| Chief Secretary to the Government of the FMS | |
| In office 1920–1926 | |
| Preceded by | SirEdward Lewis Brockman |
| Succeeded by | SirWilliam Peel |
| British Resident of Perak | |
| In office 1919–1920 | |
| Preceded by | SirReginald George Watson |
| Succeeded by | SirWilliam James Parke Hume |
| British Adviser for Kedah | |
| In office 1909–1915 | |
| Preceded by | none, post created |
| Succeeded by | Littleton Edward Pipe-Wolferstan |
| In office 1918–1919 | |
| Preceded by | G.A. Hall |
| Succeeded by | Malcolm Stewart Hannibal McArthur |
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| Born | 9 June 1871 |
| Died | 22 August 1959(1959-08-22) (aged 88) Shoreham, Sussex, England |
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Sir William George MaxwellKBE CMG (9 June 1871 – 22 August 1959) was a British colonial administrator inBritish Malaya and theStraits Settlements.[1]
He was the eldest son of SirWilliam Edward Maxwell and Lilias Grant Mackay.
George Maxwell entered the service ofPerak's government as a junior officer in 1891. He then progressed to Assistant District Magistrate and Registrar of Courts in Kinta Valley (Perak). He was also the Assistant Secretary to the Government of Perak, Acting Collector of Land Revenue in Larut, Registrar of Titles and Warden of Mines in Northern Perak and Acting Senior Magistrate forSelangor, Negeri Sembilan, andPerak. In 1904, he was transferred to the Civil Service ofStraits Settlements and was acting Commissioner of theCourt of Requests in Singapore.
He was posted as theDistrict Officer of Dinding,Perak, Solicitor General (1906). On 9 July 1909 theBangkok Treaty, which was ratified by the British andSiamese, madeKedah part of theBritish Empire and he was then appointed British Adviser to Kedah (1909–1915) and (1918–1919). He was also the British Resident of Perak (1919–1920) andChief Secretary ofFederated Malay States (1920–1926).
He served as one of the seven members of theAdvisory Committee of Experts on Slavery of theLeague of Nations from 1934 to 1939.[2]
Sir William George Maxwell married his cousin Florence Evelyn daughter of Walter F Stevenson on 28 August 1902 in St. Mary's Church, Hendon, Middlesex.
Maxwell Hill inTaiping, Perak was named after him.
On 29 November 1929, he opened theSultan Idris Training College in Perak and making it the highest institution of learning exclusively for the Malays at that time. To remember his contributions in education SMK Maxwell (Maxwell School) in Kuala Lumpur was named after him.
He was invested with Companion of theOrder of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1915[3] and Knight Commander of theOrder of the British Empire (KBE) in 1924.[4]
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Knight Commander of theOrder of the British Empire (KBE) –Sir (1924)
Companion of theOrder of St Michael and St George (CMG) (1915)| Political offices | ||
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| New title | British Adviser for Kedah 1909–1915 | Succeeded by Littleton Edward Pipe-Wolferstan |
| Preceded by G A Hall | British Adviser for Kedah 1918–1919 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by SirR G Watson | British Resident of Perak 1919–1920 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by SirE L Brockman | Chief Secretary to the Government of the FMS 1920–1926 | Succeeded by SirWilliam Peel |
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