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Sir Thomas Shenton Whitelegge Thomas GCMG KStJ OBE (10 October 1879 – 15 January 1962) was a British colonial administrator most notable for his role as Governor of the Straits Settlements in Singapore.
Shenton Thomas Whitelegge Thomas (Sir) (b. 10 October 1879, London, England–d. 15 January 1962, London, England), more popularly known as Sir Shenton Thomas, was the last governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner of the Federated Malay States (1934–1946).1 He succeeded Sir Cecil Clementi, who had ...
16 de mar. de 2012 · Governor Shenton Thomas and C-in-C Arthur Percival took the view that putting the ‘impregnable fortress’ of Singapore into a defensible state would be bad for civilian morale. An extraordinary imperial hubris seems to have gripped the upper echelons of British leadership in the Far East.
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Thomas died on 15 January 1962, at his home in London. He was 82. Wallas Eaton portrayed Shenton Thomas in the Australian drama serial, Tanamera – Lion of Singapore. Shenton Way, a major road in Singapore"s central business district, was named after him.
Sir Thomas Shenton Whitelegge Thomas GCMG KStJ OBE (10 October 1879 – 15 January 1962) was a British colonial administrator most notable for his role as Governor of the Straits Settlements in Singapore.
LONDON; Jan. 17 (AP)--Sir Shenton Thomas. Governor of the pre-war Straits Settlements and High Commissioner for the Malay States when Singapore fell to the Japanese in Word War II, died...
After a career as a colonial administrator in Africa, in which he served as governor of Nyasaland and the Gold Coast, Sir Shenton Thomas was appointed governor of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner for the Malay states in 1934.
