Cecil William Chase Parr

Cecil William Chase Parr CMG OBE
British Resident of Perak
In office 1921–1926
Preceded by	William James Parke Hume
Succeeded by	Oswald Francis Gerard Stonor
British Resident of Pahang
In office 1917–1921
Preceded by	Edward John Brewster
Succeeded by	F. A. S. McClelland (acting)
Governor of North Borneo
In office 1913–1915
Preceded by	Frederick William Fraser (acting)
Succeeded by	Aylmer Cavendish Pearson
Personal details
Born	4 December 1871
Died	26 May 1943(1943-05-26) (aged 71) Seaton, England
Nationality	British
Occupation	Colonial administrator

Cecil William Chase Parr OBE CMG (4 December 1871 – 26 May 1943) was a British colonial administrator.

Career

Parr began his career in 1889, when he entered the civil service of the Federated Malay States as a Junior Officer. He was then appointed to various posts including Acting assistant Protector of Chinese, Kinta (1890), Officer in Charge, Sitiawan (1892), Land Officer, Krian (1892), assistant Collector of Land Revenue, Krian (1893), Acting assistant Magistrate, Gopeng, and assistant Magistrate, Ipoh (1894), acting Collector of Land Revenue, Kinta (1895), assistant Magistrate, Selama, and assistant District Magistrate, Lower Perak and Gopeng (1896), District Officer, Tampin (1899), acting District Officer, New Territories and Lower Perak (1904), acting District Officer, Batang Padang (1906), Acting District Officer, Tapah (1909).^[1][2][3]

In 1909, he was posted to Kuala Lumpur as acting Commissioner of Trade and Customs of the Federated Malay States, and in 1912 went to England to act as head of the Malay States Agency in London.^[4][5]

In 1913, he was seconded from the Federated Malay States to be governor of North Borneo, and remained in office until 1915.^[6][7] In 1917, he was appointed British Resident of Pahang,^[8] and in 1921, assumed the office of British Resident of Perak where he remained until 1926.^[9] Shortly after, he and his wife retired to England, and he died in Seaton on 26 May 1943, aged 71.^[10][11]

Honours

Parr was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1919 King's Birthday Honours, and was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1923 King's Birthday Honours.^[12]

References

1. Who's who in the Far East, 1906-7, June. University of California Libraries. Hongkong, China mail. 1906. p. 261.
2. "Perak News". Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle. 30 March 1896. p. 2.
3. "Taiping Notes". Straits Echo. 11 April 1908. p. 5.
4. "Official Changes in the F. M. S." The Straits Times. 1 May 1909. p. 7.
5. "M. A. P." Straits Echo. 23 October 1912. p. 4.
6. "The Governor of B. N. Borneo". The Straits Budget. 1 May 1913. p. 16.
7. "From our Correspondent". Times. 28 March 1913. p. 17.
8. "F.M.S. Government Appointments". The Straits Times. 14 February 1916. p. 8.
9. "Untitled". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 3 November 1921. p. 278.
10. "Deaths". Times. 27 May 1943. p. 1.
11. "Local and Personal". The Straits Budget. 3 May 1928. p. 1.
12. "Colonial Official List". Times. 2 June 1923. p. 8.