The Governor's Residence is a

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-style hotel located in

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(Burma), located in a teak mansion from the 1920s. It is located in the Embassy Quarter near the

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Pagoda, the

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, the former

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office compound and

India House India House was a student residence that existed between 1905 and 1910 at Cromwell Avenue in Highgate, North London. With the patronage of lawyer Shyamji Krishna Varma, it was opened to promote nationalist views among Indian students in Brita ...

- now the official residence of the ambassador of India. The famed British

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, the Pegu Club was located nearby.

History

The elegant teak mansion was built in 1920. The two-story mansion, as its official name denotes, served as the official home of the governors of the

British Crown Colony A Crown colony or royal colony was a colony governed by England, and then Great Britain or the United Kingdom within the English and later British Empire. There was usually a governor to represent the Crown, appointed by the British monarch on ...

of Burma, such as Sir

Reginald Dorman-Smith Colonel the Right Honourable Sir Reginald Hugh Dorman-Smith, GBE, PC (10 March 1899 – 20 March 1977) was an Anglo-Irish diplomat, soldier and politician in the British Empire. Early life and politics Dorman-Smith was educated at Harrow Sch ...

and

Hubert Rance Major-General Sir Hubert Elvin Rance, (17 July 1898 – 24 January 1974) was a British politician who was the last Governor of British Burma between 1946 and 1948, during the transition from Japanese to British colonial administration. Later h ...

. In 2006 the hotel became part of Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. which in 2014 changed its name to Belmond Ltd. At this point the hotel changed its name to Belmond Governor's Residence. Operations under Memories Group After operations halted in 2021 due to the covid-19 pandemic and the following political changes in Myanmar, the Governor's Residence reopened under Memories Group - a leading Myanmar lifestyle and tourism brand - in late 2023. The property now operates under the moniker of Governor's Residence and continues offering unique dining, accommodation, and lifestyle services. https://news.icstravelgroup.com/myanmar-governors_residence_reopens/

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