Sir Shenton Thomas

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British colonial administrator human

Sir Shenton Thomas was a British colonial administrator best known as the last Governor of the Straits Settlements, serving during the tumultuous period that included the Japanese invasion in World War II.

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Label	Occurrences
Sir Shenton Thomas canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colonial administrator ⓘ human ⓘ
appointedAsGovernorOfStraitsSettlements	1934 ⓘ
awardReceived	Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ
capturedBy	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
colonyAdministered	Federated Malay States ⓘ Gold Coast ⓘ Nyasaland ⓘ Straits Settlements ⓘ
conflict	Battle of Singapore ⓘ Battle of Malaya ⓘ surface form: Japanese invasion of Malaya World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Oxford ⓘ surface form: Oxford University
education	St John’s College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	Colonial Office ⓘ
endOfTermAsGovernorOfStraitsSettlements	1942 ⓘ
familyName	Thomas ⓘ
followedBy	Japanese occupation of Singapore ⓘ surface form: Japanese military administration in Singapore
givenName	Shenton ⓘ
historicalRole	last British Governor of the Straits Settlements before Japanese occupation ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Sir ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm	Edward VIII ⓘ George V ⓘ George VI ⓘ
name	Sir Shenton Whitelegge Thomas ⓘ
notableEvent	surrender of Singapore to Japan in February 1942 ⓘ
notableFor	being the last Governor of the Straits Settlements ⓘ role during the Japanese invasion of Malaya and Singapore in World War II ⓘ
occupation	civil servant ⓘ colonial administrator ⓘ
partOf	British Empire colonial administration in Southeast Asia ⓘ
placeOfDetention	Japanese internment camp in Singapore ⓘ
positionHeld	Governor of Nyasaland ⓘ Governor of the Gold Coast ⓘ Governor of the Straits Settlements ⓘ High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States ⓘ
precededBy	Cecil Clementi ⓘ
residence	Government House, Singapore ⓘ
workLocation	Gold Coast ⓘ Federation of Malaya ⓘ surface form: Malaya Nyasaland ⓘ Singapore ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Governor of the Straits Settlements → lastHolder → Sir Shenton Thomas ⓘ

Shenton Way → namedAfter → Sir Shenton Thomas ⓘ