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Lister, Martin, 1857 - 1897

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Hugh Clifford and Martin Lister, 1886, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 7/21
Scope and Contents 97 x 143 mm. A cabinet portrait showing a seated Hugh Clifford and the Hon. Martin Lister (1857-1897) standing behind him. Lister, after an unsuccessful planting career in Ceylon and Malaya was a local appointee, becoming Secretary to the British Resident, Perak in 1884; the following year he became Magistrate and Collector, Ulu Selangor, and in 1887 was appointed Superintendent, Negri [i.e. Negeri] Sembilan. He became the first Resident on the federation of old Negri Sembilan with Sungei...
Dates: 1886
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