Surveyor General of Malaysia

The surveyor general of Malaysia was the head of the Federated Malay States Survey Department, now known as Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia.[1]

The first surveyor general, Colonel Hugh Milbourne Jackson, took up the role on 25 September 1908, and on 1 January 1909 his responsibility was expanded to include the four State Revenue Survey Departments (Perak, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang) with the Trigonometrical Survey Department. The Topographic Branch was formed in 1910, and the organisation expanded to five other unfederated states (Johore, Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan and Terengganu) between 1910 and 1926. The organisation added the Straits Settlement Survey Department (Penang, Malacca and Singapore) in 1920.[2] The department continued to operate until Malaysia was formed in 1963, when it became the Department of Survey and Mapping headed by a director general. There were eleven surveyor generals from 1908 until 1963.[3]

List of surveyor generals
No.NamePictureTook officeLeft officeBirthPlace of birthDeathPlace of deathAge
1Hugh Milbourne Jackson[4]
25 September 19088 March 191927 March 1858East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, England9 January 1940Limpsfield, Surrey, England82
2Joseph Peascod Harper[5]
8 March 191930 June 1920March 1861Cumberland, England4 April 1951Somerset, England90
3Charles Moncrieff Goodyear[6]1 July 192026 July 192226 July 1867Manchester, England22 December 1923Middlesex, England53
4Victor Alexander Lowinger[5][7]
27 July 19224 June 193326 January 1879St George Hanover Square, London England9 August 1957Kensington, England78
5John Robert Dewar[8]
5 June 193326 March 193810 December 1883Alexandra, Otago, New Zealand12 April 1964Bournemouth, Hampshire, England80
6William Francis Noel Bridges[9]
27 March 193827 February 194230 January 1890Middle Head, New South Wales, Australia1 January 1942Lost at sea (Sunda Straits[10])52
7Percy Herbert Bonnet
25 September 194528 September 194925 July 1896[11]Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia[12]11 October 1987Queensland, Australia91
8Alfred George Billing
7 October 19492 September 195312 August 1903Indooroopilly, Queensland13 March 1989Brisbane, Queensland87
9Christopher Noble[8]
3 September 195312 March 1956September 1902Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England1986England84
10Luis Sigismund Himley
13 March 19561 April 196028 November 1906Macagua, Cuba18 April 1984Bovey Tracey, Devon, England77
11Arnold Lessel MacMorland Greig[13]
2 April 19603 February 196324 February 1913Amatikulu, Zululand, South AfricaJuly 1984New Zealand71

References
  1. Chan, Kuen Ming (1981). "The History of the Malaysian Survey Department" (PDF).
  2. "The History Of Malaysian Survey Department" (PDF). K.M.Chan. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  3. "Former Surveyor Generals/Director Generals of Surveying and Mapping Malaysia". Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  4. "Col. H.M. Jackson". Biographical Database of Southern African Science. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  5. "Twentieth Century Impressions of British Malaya:Its history, people, commerce, industries and resources". Wright, Arnold. 1908. p. 324.
  6. Goodyear, Charles Moncrieff (1976). "FMS Survey Department Report For The Year 1921" (PDF). National Archives of Malaysia. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  7. "London Gazette" (PDF). 1 January 1932. p. 11.
  8. "John Roger Dewar, CBE". Roger's Online Genealogy. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  9. "Lieutenant Colonel William Francis Noel Bridges". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  10. Malayan, Volunteers Group (November 2016). "SS. Ban Ho Guan, This is a Memorial Record to those who lost their lives" (PDF). malayanvolunteersgroup.org.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  11. "Bonnet Percy Herbert – Service Number 125765 – Date of birth 25 Jul 1896 – Place of birth – Bundaberg QLD – Place of enlistment – Melbourne – Next of Kin Bonnet S". recordsearch.naa.gov.au. 1939. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  12. "Bonnet Percy Herbert: SERN 3371 : POB Bundaberg QLD : POE Cairns QLD : NOK M Bonnett Sarah Elizabeth". recordsearch.naa.gov.au. 21 August 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  13. "Lieutenant Arnold Lessel Macmorland Greig Collection". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
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