Col. Samuel Dunlop, CMG (8 March 1838 – 28 June 1917) was a British civil servant and officer in the

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. He served in several capacities as a member of the Straits Settlements civil service but is perhaps best known as the Inspector-General of Police, in

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

. Dunlop was born in

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, County Antrim, the son of Samuel Dunlop. He was the father of Sir Thomas Dacre Dunlop. He died in Highgate, London, aged 69.

Pangkor Treaty 1874

The Pangkor meeting took place in the middle of January 1874 on board the H. M. S. Pluto moored off the picturesque Island of Pangkor, off Perak state – the oldest Sultanate of the three Western states. The three parties involved in the fateful engagement were the British, the Malay rulers, and the Chinese. British Officials Present were: * Major-General Sir Andrew Clarke, the Governor, Commander-in-Chief, and Vice-Admiral of the Straits Settlements * Mr. Bradell, the Attorney-General * Major J.F.A. McNair, the Colonial Engineer * Colonel Samuel Dunlop, the Inspector-General of Police * Mr. A.M. Skinner of the Secretariat *

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, officer in charge of Chinese affairs * Frank A. Swettenham, interpreter of Malay from the Land Revenue Office The Malay rulers present were * Raja Abdullah * Raja Idris * Raja Bendahara * the Mantri Ngah Ibrahim * the Temenggong * the Shahbandar * the Raja Mahkota * the Laxamana * the Dato Sagor Twenty-six Chinese were present, led by their respective headmen, Chin Ah Yam of the Ghee Hins and

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of the Hai Sans as well as Chinese interpreter, (Marcus Chong or Wong Ah Chong).

Pacification Commission

In 1875, he was appointed to the Commission for the Pacification of Larut serving alongside fellow commissioners McNair, Swettenham, Pickering and Capitans China

and Chin Seng Yam.

Inspector-General of Police

Captain, Major, and then Colonel, Samuel Dunlop served in Singapore as the Inspector-General of Police of the Straits Settlements in 1875 succeeding Thomas Dunman and held that position till 1890, handing over the reins to RW Maxwell (1891-1895).

Singapore Municipality

Samuel Dunlop was President of the Singapore Municipal Commission in 1887.

Trustee Presbyterian Church, Singapore

In 1899 together with Robert Little, John Hutchinson Robertson, John Anderson, Robert Jamie, Alexander Maughan Martin, Thomas Cuthbertson, William McKerrow and William Alexander Pickering, Samuel Dunlop became a trustee of the Presbyterial Church in Singapore.

Freemason District Grandmaster, Singapore

On 28 December 1885, Colonel Samuel Dunlop was installed as District Grand Master of the Freemasons in Singapore (1885-91) by W Bro Cargill. The Straits Times Overland Journal of 17 December 1878 reported a meeting of 20 Brethren at the Exchange Rooms. It was resolved that a new Masonic Hall should be erected. To cover the cost, promises were made that 240 shares of $25 each should be subscribed for, "owing, in great measure, to the energy of Major Dunlop". He was Worshipful Master of The Lodge of St George in 1879-80 and District Grand Master from 1885-1891, succeeding R.W. Bro. W. H. M. Read.

Dunlop Street

Dunlop Street in Singapore's

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area (originally known as Rangasamy Road), is believed to have been named after Samuel Dunlop.

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