Resident

E730599

British colonial title colonial administrative office political office

Resident was the title given to the senior British colonial official who acted as the chief adviser and de facto administrator in the Malay States under the British Residential System.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Resident (Malay States)	0

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colonial title ⓘ colonial administrative office ⓘ political office ⓘ
abolished	mid-20th century ⓘ
abolishedAsConsequenceOf	constitutional developments leading to the Federation of Malaya ⓘ
advises	Malay ruler ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Federated Malay States NERFINISHED ⓘ Johor NERFINISHED ⓘ Kedah NERFINISHED ⓘ Kelantan NERFINISHED ⓘ Malay States NERFINISHED ⓘ Negeri Sembilan NERFINISHED ⓘ Pahang NERFINISHED ⓘ Perak NERFINISHED ⓘ Perlis NERFINISHED ⓘ Selangor NERFINISHED ⓘ Terengganu NERFINISHED ⓘ Unfederated Malay States NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy	British colonial authorities ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
deFactoFunction	de facto administrator of the state ⓘ
excludesFromAuthority	Islamic religious affairs ⓘ Malay customs ⓘ
firstHeldIn	Perak NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstHolder	James W. W. Birch NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	British Adviser (in some Unfederated Malay States) NERFINISHED ⓘ
governsThrough	Resident’s office ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
inception	1874 ⓘ
inceptionEvent	Pangkor Engagement of 1874 NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
legalStatus	adviser whose advice was binding in most matters except Malay religion and custom ⓘ
localName	Residen ⓘ
localNameLanguage	Malay ⓘ
officeHolderRole	chief adviser to Malay rulers ⓘ senior British colonial official ⓘ
partOf	British Residential System NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionInGovernment	head of British administration in the state ⓘ
precededBy	informal British advisers to Malay rulers ⓘ
reportsTo	Governor of the Straits Settlements NERFINISHED ⓘ High Commissioner for the Malay States NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	civil service supervision ⓘ implementation of British policies ⓘ law and order ⓘ public works ⓘ revenue collection ⓘ
usedIn	British indirect rule in Malaya ⓘ

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

British Residential System in the Malay States → coreOfficialTitle → Resident ⓘ