Laurence Guillemard

Sir Laurence Nunns Guillemard GCMG KCB (7 June 1862 – 13 December 1951) was a British civil servant who served as high commissioner in Malaya when it was under the British Empire.

His Excellency Sir
Laurence Guillemard
GCMG KCB
18th Governor of the Straits Settlements
In office
17 February 1920 – 3 June 1927
MonarchGeorge V
Preceded bySir Arthur Young
Succeeded bySir Hugh Clifford
Personal details
Born7 June 1862
Dublin, United Kingdom
Died13 December 1951(1951-12-13) (aged 89)
London, England[1]
Spouse
Lady Ella Guillemard
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(m. 1902; died 1940)​
[2][3]
Parent
  • Rev. William Guillemard (father)
EducationCharterhouse School
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
OccupationColonial Administrator

Early life

Guillemard was the only son of Rev. William Guillemard. He was educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[2][4]

Career

Guillemard entered the civil service in 1886[5] and joined the Treasury in 1888[6] where he was a Private Secretary to both Chancellors of the Exchequer, Sir William Harcourt and Sir Michael Hicks Beach between 1892 and 1902.[2] In May 1902, he was appointed Deputy-Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue and Chairman of the Board of Customs in 1908.[2]

He was appointed Governor of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States in 1920[7] and retired from the civil service in 1927.[8]

Awards and honours

Guillemard was invested as a Companion of Order of the Bath (CB) in 1905,[9] Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 1910,[10] and a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1923.[11] He was later awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) in the 1927 New Year Honours.[12]

Personal life

He married in 1902, Ella Walker (1881-1940), daughter of Thomas Spencer Walker. She predeceased him.

Legacy

The Guillemard Bridge in Kelantan[13] and the Guillemard Reservoir [14] in Penang are named after him.

References
  1. "Laurence Nunns Guillemard". Singapore Infopedia. 23 April 2014 – via eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
  2. "The New Governor". The Straits Times. 10 October 1919. p. 10.
  3. "Guillemard, Lady Ella (d 1940)". Archived from the original on 20 October 2012.
  4. "Laurence Nunns Guillemard". nlb.gov.sg. 23 April 2014.
  5. "No. 25564". The London Gazette. 2 March 1886. p. 1034.
  6. "No. 25821". The London Gazette. 29 May 1888. p. 3013.
  7. "No. 31642". The London Gazette. 14 November 1919. p. 13800.
  8. "Sir Laurence Guillemard". The Straits Times. 18 December 1951. p. 8.
  9. "No. 11739". The London Gazette. 4 July 1905. p. 655.
  10. "No. 28388". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 June 1910. p. 4476.
  11. "No. 32830". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 1923. p. 3945.
  12. "No. 33235". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1926. p. 4.
  13. "Guillemard Bridge". Machang District Council. Archived from the original on 18 August 2020.
  14. "Heritage Water Works". Penang Heritage Trust. Retrieved 13 May 2023.


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