For the Irish cricketer of the same name, see John Crawfurd (cricketer).
The Honourable Dr.
John Crawfurd
FRS
2nd Resident of Singapore
In office 27 May 1823 – 15 August 1826
Appointed by
Stamford Raffles
Monarch
George IV
Preceded by
Major-General William Farquhar
Succeeded by
Position abolished Governor of the Straits Settlements
Personal details
Born
(1783-08-13)13 August 1783 Islay, Argyll, Scotland
Died
11 May 1868(1868-05-11) (aged 84) South Kensington, London, England
Spouse
Horatia Ann Perry
(m. 1820; died 1855)
Children
Margaret Campbell Crawfurd (daughter)
Horatia Charlotte Campbell Crawfurd (daughter)
Eleanor Charteris Crawfurd (daughter)
Walter Crawfurd (son)
Oswald John Frederick Crawfurd (son)
Parents
Samuel Crawfurd (father)
Margaret Campbell (mother)
Residence(s)
Argyll, Scotland
Alma mater
University of Edinburgh
Occupation
Colonial administrator
Profession
Author
diplomat
physician
John CrawfurdFRS (13 August 1783 – 11 May 1868) was a Scottish physician, colonial administrator, diplomat, and author who served as the second and last Resident of Singapore.
JohnCrawfurd FRS (13 August 1783 – 11 May 1868) was a Scottish physician, colonial administrator, diplomat, and author who served as the second and last...
Crawfurd, a variant of Crawford, is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Crawfurd Adamson (born 1953), noted figurative artist...
Farquhar's dismissal on 1 May 1823, to be succeeded as Resident by Dr JohnCrawfurd without the knowledge of Farquhar himself. He remained in Singapore...
is signed". HistorySG. National Library Board. Bastin, John. "Malayan Portraits: JohnCrawfurd", in Malaya, vol.3 (December 1954), pp.697–698. J C M Khoo;...
by JohnCrawfurd, an efficient and frugal administrator, as the new governor. Farquhar later died in Perth, Scotland. On 7 June 1823, JohnCrawfurd signed...
Singh including Bachu Singh. His rebellion was swiftly put down by JohnCrawfurd and he was jailed. He was restored to his "forfeited" zamindari in 1790...
December 1822 or January 1823, and it was first published in an article by JohnCrawfurd as an engraving made in June 1828. The plan is an idealised scheme of...
Oswald John Frederick Crawfurd CMG (18 March 1834 – 31 January 1909) was a British journalist, man of letters and diplomat. He served over 24 years as...
describe the immigrants from Gujarat Presidency and Coromandel coast. JohnCrawfurd (1856) mentioned that the term "Kling" was used by the Malays and the...
still visible in the early 19th century and described by the Resident JohnCrawfurd who also found indication of ruins of an ancient orchard, shards of...
better when this place [Earth] knows him no more. In 1860, the physician JohnCrawfurd and the anthropologist James Hunt identified the racial stereotype of...
visible in the early 19th century and was described by the Resident JohnCrawfurd. In 1928, several pieces of gold ornaments dating to the mid-14th century...
slightly throughout the 18th and early 19th centuries. British diplomat JohnCrawfurd, visiting in 1822, estimated its population at no more than 50,000....
"was furth of this realme" and his wife Margaret was at Greenock. A JohnCrawfurd of "Auchinbothe" was arrested and tried, however he was found innocent...
Gibbs Crawfurd (1732 – 13 October 1793) was a British Member of Parliament and administrator. He was the eldest son of JohnCrawfurd, a barrister from...
suzerainty over large portions of Laos and Cambodia. In 1821, Briton JohnCrawfurd was sent to negotiate a new trade agreement with Siam – the first sign...
Guru was the name for Shiva in rest of Southeast Asia. According to JohnCrawfurd, the word Batara is derived from avatara, both in "sense and orthography"...
burthen, with an average of 92 lasts (165.6–184 metric tons). In 1856, JohnCrawfurd noted that Javanese shipbuilding activity still existed on the north...
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1841) May 27 – JohnCrawfurd, Scottish physician, colonial administrator, diplomat and author. Last...
Treaty of Friendship and Alliance with the 2nd Resident of Singapore Dr JohnCrawfurd for the British Government at the Government Hill on 2 August 1824....
his fore Feet on the Carcase, and squeezes it flat. The journal of JohnCrawfurd records another method of execution by elephant in the kingdom of Cochinchina...
visible in the early 19th century and were described by the Resident JohnCrawfurd. In 1928, pieces of gold ornaments dating to the mid-14th century was...