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Sir Arthur Henderson Young, High Commissioner Of The Federated Malay States And Governor Of The Straits Settlements
Together with the photograph, Ipoh Remembered offered the following:
Arthur Henderson Young, long-ago High Commissioner of the FMS, is mentioned in a number of entries in the database, mostly about the ACS building and the Railway Station. In none of them do I see a photograph of Young himself so I've attached one for your use.
The photograph was taken in 1916. It may have been published before but I don't think it's at the National Portrait Gallery in London, nor do I see it anywhere on the Internet.
Note that there is a second and younger Arthur Young mentioned in the database: this is Arthur Edwin, who was a policeman and not related to Arthur Henderson
History SG tells us that:
Arthur Henderson Young was appointed as governor of the Straits Settlements in September 1911. He had been the longest serving governor when he retired from the post in August 1919. Young died in London in October 1938.
Arthur Young preceded his career in Malaya with a long service in Cyprus, capping it with the post of Chief Secretary of Cyprus in 1895. In 1906, he moved to Singapore to assume the duties of the Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements before serving as Colonial Secretary of the Federated Malay States in 1911. On 2 September 1911, Young arrived in Singapore with his wife, Lady Evelyn, to begin his term as British High Commissioner of the Federated Malay States and Governor of the Straits Settlements, replacing John Anderson.
Young’s administration in Singapore was tested by major international developments such as the 1911 Republican revolution in China, which fanned the nationalist fervour of the local Chinese community in Singapore. This resulted in the 1919 May Fourth Movement riots in Singapore and Malaya. Young also had to deal with the February 1915 Indian mutiny in Singapore during the time when Britain was engaged in the Great War (World War I) in Europe.
Several major municipal projects were completed to Young’s credit. The island’s shipping received a tremendous boost by the modernisation of the harbour that resulted in the completion of two major docks – King’s Dock (1913) at Keppel Harbour and the Empire Dock (1917) at Tanjong Pagar. In March 1912, Young officiated at the opening of the Peirce Reservoir that supplied water to Singapore Town. Young also presided over Singapore’s centenary celebrations in 1919. He was succeeded by Laurence Nunns Guillemard as governor in 1920.