Marcus Rex

Marcus Rex, CMG (11 September 1886 – 28 September 1971) was the last British Resident of Perak

Marcus Rex
CMG
20th British Resident of Perak
In office
1939–1941
Preceded bySir Geoffrey Edmund Cator
Succeeded byArthur Vincent Aston
Chief Secretary to the Government of the FMS
In office
1935–1936
Preceded byMalcolm Bond Shelley
Succeeded byChristopher Dominic Ahearne (as Federal Secretary of the FMS)
Personal details
Born11 September 1886
Died28 September 1971(1971-09-28) (aged 85)
Alma materTrinity College
OccupationColonial administrator

Education and career

Rex's early education was at Highgate School, London, after which he gained a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1908. Rex began his service as a Malayan Civil Service cadet in 1910,[1] he was soon promoted to Assistant to the Resident of Perak in 1912 and 1915. Rex also posted as District Officer of Kuala Kangsar in 1913. In 1917, he became the Superintendent of Opium in the State of Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang. Rex became the District Officer of Raub in 1919. He was the British Secretary for Federated Malay States in 1935 – 1936 and the last British Resident of Perak 1939 - 1941.

Rex was invested with Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) in 1941.[2]

References
  1. "No. 28431". The London Gazette. 1 November 1910. p. 7814.
  2. "No. 35029". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1940. pp. 5–6.


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