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Sir Donald Charles MacGillivray KGMG CMG MBE
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Subject :Sir Donald Charles MacGillivray KGMG CMG MBE
Published By : None
Location : Malaya
Estimated Year : 1957
Media Type : Photograph
Source : National Archives of Malaysia
Remark : Sir Donald Charles MacGillivray, KCMG CMG MBE was born in 1906 in Scotland, he was educated at Sherborne School and Trinity College, Glasgow. He was the last Colonial Administrator to serve in Malaya as British High Commissioner and Governor of the Straits Settlements, serving Malaya from 1954 until 1957.
A well liked representative, he was the only colonial administrator who openly discussed Malaya's independence with the Malays and on 5 August 1957, he signed the Federation of Malaya Agreement, 1957.
After celebrating Malaya's independence (Merdeka), Sir Donald was accompanied by the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong (newly appointed King) of Malaya and his consort, together with Malaya's first prime minister, Sir Tunku Abdul Rahman to board the plane in Sungai Besi Airport.
Sir Donald also served as the Chairman of the State Council of British Colony of Kenya, which has five European and six Non-European members. This is almost similar with what he chaired during his administration in British Malaya, where a Legistrative Council for the Federation of Malaya was formed, with appointed local and European council members. Before that, he was the Colonial Secretary in Jamaica (1947), Deputy High Commissioner of Malaya, until he became the British High Commissioner in Malaya in 1954.
To read about Sir Donald's visit to Fort Brooke, click here.
To see Sir Donald presenting the Colonial Police Medal to Police Lieutenant Arthur Waters, click here.
To see Sir Donald presenting the Colonial Police Medal to Police Superintendent Mohd Pilus, click here.
A well liked representative, he was the only colonial administrator who openly discussed Malaya's independence with the Malays and on 5 August 1957, he signed the Federation of Malaya Agreement, 1957.
After celebrating Malaya's independence (Merdeka), Sir Donald was accompanied by the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong (newly appointed King) of Malaya and his consort, together with Malaya's first prime minister, Sir Tunku Abdul Rahman to board the plane in Sungai Besi Airport.
Sir Donald also served as the Chairman of the State Council of British Colony of Kenya, which has five European and six Non-European members. This is almost similar with what he chaired during his administration in British Malaya, where a Legistrative Council for the Federation of Malaya was formed, with appointed local and European council members. Before that, he was the Colonial Secretary in Jamaica (1947), Deputy High Commissioner of Malaya, until he became the British High Commissioner in Malaya in 1954.
To read about Sir Donald's visit to Fort Brooke, click here.
To see Sir Donald presenting the Colonial Police Medal to Police Lieutenant Arthur Waters, click here.
To see Sir Donald presenting the Colonial Police Medal to Police Superintendent Mohd Pilus, click here.
Filename : 20100704-001