Governor of North Borneo

Governor of North Borneo
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Sandakan (before 1946), Jesselton (1946-1963)
Inaugural holder	William Hood Treacher
Formation	1881-1963
Final holder	William Allmond Codrington Goode
Abolished	1963

The Governor of North Borneo was the appointed head of the government of North Borneo.

Originally the Governor was appointed by the North Borneo Chartered Company, which was responsible for the administration of the protectorate. Upon North Borneo becoming a Crown colony in 1946, in the aftermath of the Second World War, the Governor of British North Borneo became an appointee of the Crown (i.e. of the Government of the United Kingdom).

List of Governors appointed by the Company

Name	From	To
William Hood Treacher	1881	1887
William Maunder Crocker	1887	1888
Charles Vandeleur Creagh	1888	1895
Leicester Paul Beaufort	1895	1900
Hugh Charles Clifford	1900	1901
Ernest Woodford Birch	1901	1903
Edward Peregrine Gueritz	1904	1911
Francis Robert Ellis	1911	1912
Sir James Scott Mason	1912	1913
Cecil William Chase Parr	1913	1915
Aylmer Cavendish Pearson (first appointment)	1915	1922
William Henry Rycroft	1922	1925
Aylmer Cavendish Pearson (second appointment)	1925	1926
John Lisseter Humphreys	1926	1929
Arthur Frederick Richards	1930	1933
Douglas James Jardine	1934	1937
Charles Robert Smith	1937	1942
Administration interrupted by the Japanese occupation
Charles Robert Smith (resumed administration)	1945	1946

List of Governors appointed by the Crown

Name	From	To
Edward Francis Twining	1946	1949
Herbert Ralph Hone	1950	1954
Roland Evelyn Turnbull	1954	1959
William Allmond Codrington Goode	1959	1963

Sources

• World Statesmen website