This article lists important figures and events in the public affairs of British Malaya during the year 1909.

Incumbent political figures

Central level

* High Commissioner to the Federated Malay States: **

Sir John Anderson John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley, (8 July 1882 – 4 January 1958) was a Scottish civil servant and politician who is best known for his service in the War Cabinet during the Second World War, for which he was nicknamed the "Home Front Pr ...

Governor of Straits Settlements The governor of the Straits Settlements was appointed by the British East India Company until 1867, when the Straits Settlements became a Crown colony. Thereafter the governor was appointed by the Colonial Office. The position existed from 1826 ...

: **

State level

Straits Settlements

Penang Penang ( ms, Pulau Pinang, is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the Malay ...

: ** Residents-Councillor: William Peel *

Malacca Malacca ( ms, Melaka) is a state in Malaysia located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, next to the Strait of Malacca. Its capital is Malacca City, dubbed the Historic City, which has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site si ...

: ** Residents-Councillor:

Federated Malay States

* Selangor : ** British Residents of Selangor:

Henry Conway Belfield Sir Henry Conway Belfield, (29 November 1855 – 8 January 1923) was an English colonial administrator. The son of John Belfield, Justice of the peace, JP, of Primley Hill, South Devon, and of Eliza Conway Bridges, daughter of Captain George Br ...

Sultan of Selangor Sultan of Selangor (سلطان سلاڠور) is the title of the constitutional ruler of Selangor, Malaysia who is the head of state and head of the Islamic religion in Selangor. The current monarch, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah ascended the t ...

: Sultan Sir Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah * Negri Sembilan: ** British Residents of Negri Sembilan: Douglas Graham Campbell ** Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan: Tuanku Muhammad Shah * Pahang : ** British Residents of Pahang: *** Harvey Chevallier (acting, until unknown date) ***

Edward Lewis Brockman Sir Edward Lewis Brockman (29 June 1865 – 10 January 1943) was a colonial administrator who served briefly as the Colonial Secretary to the Straits Settlements in 1911 and was the chief secretary to the Federated Malay States (FMS) from 191 ...

(from unknown date) **

Sultan of Pahang Sultan of Pahang () is the title of the hereditary constitutional head of Pahang, Malaysia. The current sultan is Al-Sultan Abdullah ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah. He is the Head of Islam in the state and the source of all titles, honours and dignitie ...

: Sultan Ahmad Muazzam Shah *

Perak Perak () is a state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, and Selangor to the south. Thailand's ...

: ** British Residents of Perak:

Ernest Woodford Birch Sir Ernest Woodford Birch, Wright, Arnold, Twentieth Century Impressions of British Malaya: Its history, ''People'', commerce, industries and resources, 1908 (29 April 1857 – 17 December 1929) was a British colonial administrator who served as ...

** Sultan of Perak: Sultan Idris Murshidul Adzam Shah I

Other states

* Perlis : ** Raja of Perlis: Syed Alwi Jamalullail * Johore : **

Sultan of Johor The Sultan of Johor is a hereditary seat and the sovereign ruler of the Malaysian state of Johor. In the past, the sultan held absolute power over the state and was advised by a ''bendahara''. Currently, the role of ''bendahara'' has been take ...

e: Sultan Ibrahim Al-Masyhur * Kedah : **

Sultan of Kedah The Kedah Sultanate (كسلطانن قدح) is a Muslim dynasty located in the Malay Peninsula. It was originally an independent state, but became a British protectorate in 1909. Its monarchy was abolished after it was added to the Malayan Uni ...

Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah Paduka Sri Sultan Sir Abdul Hamid Halim Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah (4 June 1864 – 13 May 1943) was the 26th Sultan of Kedah. He reigned from 1881 to 1943. Foreign relations During his reign, the Sultan had aske ...

* Kelantan : ** Sultan of Kelantan:

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Trengganu Terengganu (; Terengganu Malay: ''Tranung'', Jawi: ), formerly spelled Trengganu or Tringganu, is a sultanate and constitutive state of federal Malaysia. The state is also known by its Arabic honorific, ''Dāru l- Īmān'' ("Abode of Faith") ...

: ** Sultan of Trengganu:

Sultan Zainal Abidin III Sultan (; ar, سلطان ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it c ...

Events

10 March Events Pre-1600 * 241 BC – First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end. * 298 – Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa and makes a t ...

- The Anglo-Siamese Treaty is signed. Siam transfers suzerainty of the northern Malay states of Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu to the United Kingdom. Siam also cedes parts of Upper Perak ( Gerik) region to the

Federated Malay States )Under God's Protection , capital = Kuala Lumpur1 , religion = Islam , legislature = Federal Legislative Council , type_house1 = State level , common_languages = , title_leader = Monarch , leader1 ...

. * Unknown date – The

Birch Memorial Clock Tower The Birch Memorial Clock Tower ( ms, Menara Jam Peringatan Birch) is a clock tower in Ipoh, Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia. History The clock tower was constructed to commemorate James W. W. Birch, the first British Resident of the state of Pe ...

is unveiled to commemorate the first British Resident of Perak,

James W. W. Birch James Wheeler Woodford Birch, commonly known as J. W. W. Birch (3 April 1826 – 2 November 1875) was a British colonial official who was assassinated in the Malay state of Perak in 1875, an event that led to the outbreak of the Perak War and ...

References

1900s in British Malaya

Malaya Malaya refers to a number of historical and current political entities related to what is currently Peninsular Malaysia in Southeast Asia: Political entities * British Malaya (1826–1957), a loose collection of the British colony of the Straits ...

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