George Town (1826–1832)[1] Singapore (1832–1946)[2]
Official languages
English
Common languages
English
Malay
Chinese
Tamil
Government
Monarchy
Monarch
• 1826–1830 (first)
George IV
• 1936–1946 (last)
George VI
Governor
• 1826–1830 (first)
Robert Fullerton
• 1934–1946 (last)
Shenton Thomas
Historical era
British Empire
• Anglo-Dutch Treaty
17 March 1824
• Established under East India Co. rule
1826
• Converted to Crown colony
1 April 1867
• Labuan incorporated
1 January 1907
• Fall of Singapore
15 February 1942
• Formal surrender by Japan to British Military Administration
12 September 1945
• Federated into the Malayan Union and the Colony of Singapore
1 April 1946
• Labuan to Crown Colony of North Borneo
15 July 1946
Currency
Straits dollar (1898–1939) Malayan dollar (1939–1946)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
History of Penang
Founding years of modern Singapore
Dutch Malacca
Dindings
Johor Sultanate
Malayan Union
Colony of Singapore
Colony of Malacca
Colony of Penang
Bengal Presidency
Today part of
Malaysia Australia Singapore
The Straits Settlements were a group of British territories located in Southeast Asia. Originally established in 1826 as part of the territories controlled by the British East India Company, the Straits Settlements came under British Raj control in 1858 and then under direct British control as a Crown colony in 1867. In 1946, following the end of the Second World War and the Japanese occupation, the colony was dissolved as part of Britain's reorganisation of its Southeast Asian dependencies in the area.
The Straits Settlements originally consisted of the four individual settlements of Penang, Singapore, Malacca, and Dinding. Christmas Island and the Cocos Islands were added in 1886. The island of Labuan, off the coast of Borneo, was also incorporated into the colony with effect from 1 January 1907, becoming a separate settlement within it in 1912. Most of the territories now form part of Malaysia, from which Singapore separated in 1965. The Cocos (or Keeling) Islands were transferred to Australian control in 1955. Christmas Island was transferred in 1958. Their administration was combined in 1996 to form the Australian Indian Ocean Territories.
^Andaya & Andaya 1982, p. 121.
^Andaya & Andaya 1982, p. 123.
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