Scope and Contents 213 x 272 mm. Showing the arrival of Sir Frank Swettenham (standing beside coach) at the wooden pavilion constructed for the conference of the rulers and administrators of the Federated Malay States held in Kuala Lumpur in July 1903. In the foreground stands a guard of honour of Indian Cavalry. This was the second such conference but this occasion did not yield such a whole hearted expression of appreciation of British rule as its precessor. In particular, the Sultan of Perak complained...

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154 x 110 mm.

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163 x 118 mm. (mounted on board). Showing the two bulls with horns locked. The two keepers stand behind the animals, with spectators grouped in front of the building in the background. Probably taken on the same occasion, and from the same location as BAM 6/8 and 6/10.

Scope and Contents 251 x 198 mm. Showing Frank SWETTENHAM, Captain SPEEDY, Raja Indut and Raja Abdulrahman standing with a group of Sepoys and Malays outside Che Mudas house. The photograph was taken during the military occupation of Perak by Major McNair. McNair (1878, p. 168-169) gives this description: 'The residence of the Princess of Perak at Quella Kungsa gives - as will be seen in the illustration, from a photograph taken by the author during the Governors progress - a very full idea of a Malay noble...

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258 x 177 mm. Watercolour sketch of a female with a small lake in the foreground. Captioned on the reverse in Swettenham's hand and possibly painted by him.

Scope and Contents 357 x 272 mm. A group portrait of British and Malay dignitaries gathered in the garden of the Residency at Kuala Kangsar during the Federal Conference of 1897. With three elephants at the right of the print. At the start of the meeting a telegram telegram of loyalty from the Sultans to Queen Victoria was sent and in the following days various matters relating to federation were discussed. Figures so far identified in the print are: Sir Hugh CLIFFORD (1866-1941), seated on middle...

Scope and Contents 209 x 135 mm. An informal group photograph taken beside the formal pool of the Astana Anak Bukit, with the hunting party grouped around a selection of recently shot small game. In the group are, from left to right: (Possibly) Robert William DUFF (1867-1937); founder, in 1903, of the Duff Development Company; (Possibly) Captain CHARLIE; WAN YUSOFF; police officer; ABDUL HAMID, Sultan of Kedah; Raja Muda ABDUL AZIZ (d 1907); (Sir) Frank Athelstane SWETTENHAM (1850-1946). Print is signed in...

Scope and Contents 366 x 283 mm (mounted on card). An official group portrait of the conference participants taken in the specially built wooden pavilion. Figures identified are (front row, left to right starting from first European figure): (Sir) Henry Conway BELFIELD (1855-1923); British Resident, Selangor 1902-1912; (Sir) John Pickersgill RODGER (1851-1910); British Resident, Perak 1901-1904; (Sir) William Hood TREACHER (1849-1919); Resident General, F.M.S. 1902-1904; Allh el din Suleiman Shah; Sultan of...

Scope and Contents 285 x 245 mm. One of the group, seated in the front row, is identified on the back as Sir Frank Swettenham; the other, standing at the rear has no identification. Sir Frank Swettenham (1850-1946) was advised by his elder brother Alexander to apply for a cadetship of the Straits Settlements. He arrived in Singapore early in 1871 and from then until his retirement in 1904 had a distinguished career in Malaya, culminating in his appointment as Governor in 1901. During his long retirement he...

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221 x 172 mm. (mounted on board). Showing a large group of spectators gathered round a bull and its keepers.

Scope and Contents This file contains material relating to the controversy over the succession of the state of Selangor. In response to direction from the British Government, the Sultan of Selangor, Alauddin Sulaiman Shah, passed over his eldest son and heir, Tengku Musa Eddin, in favour of his third son, Hisamuddin Alam Shah, who succeeded him in 1938. The file includes:1. ‘The charge against the Raja Muda’, which explains why the British Government considered him to be an unsuitable successor (4...

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151 x 198 mm. Carbon print. A half length studio portrait of Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham (1850-1946); cadet, Straits Settlements Civil Service 1870; British Resident, Selangor 1882-1889; British Resident, Perak1889-1895; Resident General, F.M.S. 1896-1901; Governor, Straits Settlements 1901-1904; author British Malaya (1907); Footprints in Malaya (1942); etc.

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170 x 245 mm. A seated three quarter length portrait of Sir Frank Swettenham.

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Journal and memorandum

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156 x 294 mm. Showing Sultan Muhammad IV (d 1920), ruler of Kelantan 1902-1920, seated in front of a carved wooden doorway, probably outside the palace at Kota Bahru [i.e. Baharu]. On one side of the Sultan stands a servant with an umbrella, on the other an unidentified figure, possibly a son. Photograph possibly by Sir Frank Swettenham.