Cecil William Chase Parr

OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

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 The Federated Malay States (FMS, , Jawi script, Jawi: ) was a federation of four protectorate, protected states in the Malay Peninsula — Selangor, Perak, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang — established in 1895 by the British government, and whi ...

as a Junior Officer. He was then appointed to various posts including Acting assistant Protector of Chinese, Kinta (1890), Officer in Charge,

Sitiawan Sitiawan (alternate spelling: Setiawan; origin: from Malay language, Malay, a portmanteau of ''wikt:setia, Setia wikt:kawan, Kawan'', meaning "Loyal Friend") is a mukim and town in Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia. The region spans an area o ...

(1892), Land Officer,

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(1892), assistant Collector of Land Revenue, Krian (1893), Acting assistant Magistrate,

Gopeng Gopeng (Jawi script, Jawi: ڬوڤيڠ) is a town located in Mukim Teja, Kampar District, Perak, Malaysia. It is situated approximately south of Ipoh, the state capital. History Gopeng was the most important town in the Kinta Valley until 1890 ...

, and assistant Magistrate,

Ipoh Ipoh (, ) is the capital city of the Malaysian States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Perak. Located on the Kinta River, it is nearly north of Kuala Lumpur and southeast of George Town, Penang, George Town in neighbouring Penang ...

(1894), acting Collector of Land Revenue, Kinta (1895), assistant Magistrate,

Selama The Larut, Matang and Selama District is a district of Perak, Malaysia. Taiping is the capital town of this district. Larut, Matang and Selama used to be three small different districts and they merged into one larger district later. Larut, Ma ...

, and assistant District Magistrate, Lower Perak and Gopeng (1896), District Officer,

Tampin Tampin is a town in Tampin District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, which borders Pulau Sebang town in Alor Gajah District, Malacca. It is situated at the southern tip of the longest mountain range in Malaysia, the Titiwangsa Mountains. Tampin ...

(1899), acting District Officer, New Territories and Lower Perak (1904), acting District Officer,

Batang Padang The Batang Padang District () is a district in Perak, Malaysia. This district is administered by a local council, namely, the Tapah District Council, based in Tapah. The major towns of Batang Padang are Bidor, Tapah and Sungkai. In August 2007 ...

(1906), Acting District Officer,

Tapah Tapah is a town and the capital of Batang Padang District, Perak, Malaysia.It is one of the two gateway towns to the renowned hill retreat of Cameron Highlands alongside Simpang Pulai, with the latter situated approximately to its north. ...

(1909). In 1909, he was posted to

Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (KL), officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, is the capital city and a Federal Territories of Malaysia, federal territory of Malaysia. It is the largest city in the country, covering an area of with a census population ...

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. In 1913, he was seconded from the Federated Malay States to be governor of

North Borneo North Borneo (usually known as British North Borneo, also known as the State of North Borneo) was a British Protectorate, British protectorate in the northern part of the island of Borneo, (present-day Sabah). The territory of North Borneo wa ...

, and remained in office until 1915. In 1917, he was appointed British Resident of

Pahang {{Infobox political division , name = Pahang , official_name = Pahang Darul Makmur , native_name = , settlement_type = States and federal territories of Malaysia, State , image_skyline = , imagesize ...

, and in 1921, assumed the office of British Resident of

Perak Perak (; Perak Malay: ''Peghok'') is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, 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, Kel ...

where he remained until 1926. Shortly after, he and his wife retired to England, and he died in Seaton on 26 May 1943, aged 71.

Honours

Parr was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (

) 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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Parr, Cecil 1871 births 1943 deaths Administrators in British Malaya Colonial Administrative Service officers Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Officers of the Order of the British Empire Governors of North Borneo Place of birth missing