Governors of Bencoolen

This is a list of governors, deputy governors, residents, and lieutenant-governors of the presidency and residency versions of British Bencoolen.[1]

List

1685: Ralph Ord
1685 - 1690: Benjamin Bloom
1690 - 1691: James Sowdon
1691 - 1695: Charles Fleetwood
1695 - 1696: Charles Barwell
1696 - 1699: Matthew Mildmay
1699 - 1700: Robert Broughton
1700 - 17 Dec 1705: Richard Watts
1705 - 1708: Matthew Ridley
1708: James Cross
1708: Abraham Hoyle
1708: John Delapie
1708 - 1710: Robert Skingle
1710: Jeremiah Harrison (Supervisor)
1710 - 1711: Anthony Ettricke
1711 - 1712: John Daniell
1712 John Hunter
1712 - 1716: Joseph Collett - On 1 September 1712, Collett arrived at York Fort in Bencoolen in Sumatra and was subsequently appointed Governor.
1716 - 1717: Theophilus Shyllinge
1717 - 1718: Richard Farmer
1718 - 1719: Thomas Cooke (Supervisor)
1719 - 1723: Isaac Pyke
1723: Thomas Dunster
1723 - 1728: Joseph Walsh
1728 - 1730: Nicholas Morse
1730 - 1731: Stephen Newcome
1731 - 1736: Francis Everest
1736 - 1746: Robert Lennox
1746 - 1752: Joseph Hurlock
1752 - 1754: Robert Hindley
1754 - 1755: John Walsh (Supervisor)
1755 : John Pybus
1755 - 1756: Thomas Combes
1757 - 1758: Randolph Marriott
1758 - 2 April 1760: Roger Carter
2 Apr 1760 - 1760: Charles Henri Hector d'Estaing (French Commander)

In 1785, Bencoolen became a Residency, within the Bengal Presidency

1818 - 1824: Stamford Raffles - who enacted major reforms, including the abolishment of slavery, as well as founding of Singapore.

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