Alwyn Sidney Haynes CMG OBE (22 October 1878 – 9 May 1963) was a British colonial administrator and agriculturalist in the Federated Malay States and the Straits Settlements.
Alwyn Sidney Haynes | |
|---|---|
 1936 | |
| British Adviser Kelantan | |
| In office 1930–1933 | |
| Preceded by | Reginald John Byard Clayton |
| Succeeded by | Alan Custance Baker |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 October 1878 |
| Died | 9 May 1963 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | British |
| Children | 1 son and 2 daughters |
| Occupation | Colonial administrative service officer and agriculturalist |
Early life and education
editHaynes was born on 22 October 1878. He was educated at Haileybury College, Hertfordshire.[1]
Career
editHarnes joined the Federated Malay States Civil Service in 1901 as a cadet and went to Singapore in 1902. He served in a number of different capacities including Treasurer of Krian District (1902);[2]Official Administrator of the estate of Dato Panglima Kinta (1905);[3]assistant District Officer, Kuala Kangsar (1906);[4]assistant superintendent of Immigrants, Penang (1909);[5]District Officer, Kuala Kangsar (1915);[6]and District Officer, Tampin (1916);[7] In 1920, he took up his first substantive appointment as Secretary to High Commissioner for Malay States.[8] In 1922, he was appointed Secretary for Agriculture of the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States, and Director of Food Production.[1][9][10]
He served as acting British Resident, Pahang in 1924 and 1926;[11] acting British Resident, Perak in 1925;[12] and British Adviser, Kedah in 1925.[13] In 1927, he was appointed a Member of the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research and represented Malaya at the Council's Research Conference in London. In 1928, he was appointed District Officer, Lower Perak,[14] and Secretary for Postal Affairs of the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States,[15] and in 1930 he was Controller of Labour, Malaya.[16] He then served as British Adviser, Kelantan in 1930–1933,[17] and in 1933 was appointed Colonial Secretary in Singapore,[18] and at the same time was sworn in as a Member of the Executive and Legislative Councils, Straits Settlements.[1][19]
After returning to England, he became a lecturer on the Malay language and on Far Eastern Countries at Oxford for the Colonial Administrative Service Course and remained in the position from 1935 to 1940. He toured Asia as Chairman of a League of Nations Commission on Rural Hygiene in the Far East in 1936. In 1937, he was attached to the Board of Advisers on the Malay language at the University of London, and lectured on Malay at the School for Oriental and African Studies. The same year he was a delegate to the Intergovernmental Conference of Eastern Nations on Rural Hygiene in Java.[1]
He was Chairman of the Warwick County Magistrates’ Bench and a JP for the County of Warwick. He was Vice-President of the Royal Empire Society, and an Honorary Life Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute (now the Royal Commonwealth Society), and served as a member of its Council in 1934 and 1939-1954.[1]
Haynes published various articles on colonial administrative subjects, and for the League of Nations and the World Health Organisation.[1]
Personal life and death
editHaynes married Susanna Legler in 1911 and they one son and two daughters. He died on 9 May 1963.[1]
Honours
editHaynes was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1934 New Year Honours.[20] He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1950 Birthday Honours.[21]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g Who was who, 1961-1970 : a companion to Who's who. Internet Archive. London : A. & C. Black. 1979. p. 508. ISBN 978-0-7136-2008-5.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Perak News". The Straits Budget. 30 October 1902. p. 8.
- ^ "F.M.S. Notes". The Straits Budget. 21 September 1905. p. 12.
- ^ "The F.M.S." The Straits Budget. 5 April 1906. p. 10.
- ^ "Social and Personal". The Straits Budget. 4 March 1909. p. 14.
- ^ "F.M.S. Appointmants". Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle. 18 January 1915. p. 7.
- ^ "Untitled". Malaya Tribune. 17 June 1916. p. 7.
- ^ "The Sultan of Kelantan". Malaya Tribune. 25 June 1920. p. 5.
- ^ "Untitled". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 23 February 1922. p. 119.
- ^ "Food Production in Malaya". The Straits Budget. 18 August 1927. p. 11.
- ^ "M. A. P." The Straits Echo (Mail Edition). 18 February 1925. p. 153.
- ^ "Civil Service Changes". Malaya Tribune. 17 November 1925. p. 6.
- ^ "Kedah News". Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle. 1 December 1925. p. 2.
- ^ "Untitled". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 20 October 1928. p. 16.
- ^ "Untitled". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 11 May 1929. p. 10.
- ^ "F.M.S. Appointments". Malaya Tribune. 30 April 1930. p. 13.
- ^ "Mr. A. S. Haynes". The Straits Times. 15 May 1930. p. 12.
- ^ "Mr. A. S. Haynes". Singapore Daily News. 27 October 1932. p. 4.
- ^ "Six New Councillors". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 27 April 1933. p. 7.
- ^ "Page 5 | Supplement 34010, 29 December 1933 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
- ^ "Page 2787 | Supplement 38929, 2 June 1950 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-09-11.