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George Maxwell (colonial administrator)

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in Perak and making it the highest institution of learning exclusively for the Malays at that time. To remember his contributions in education SMK Maxwell (Maxwell School) in Kuala Lumpur was named after him.
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Sir William George Maxwell married his cousin Florence Evelyn daughter of Walter F Stevenson on 28 August 1902 in St. Mary's Church, Hendon, Middlesex.
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and he was then appointed British Adviser to Kedah (1909–1915) and (1918–1919). He was also the British Resident of Perak (1919–1920) and
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Miers, S. (2003). Slavery in the Twentieth Century: The Evolution of a Global Problem. USA: AltaMira Press.
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Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Index

George Maxwell (administrator)
KBE
CMG
Photograph of Sir William George Maxwell by H. Walter Barnett
Edward Lewis Brockman
William Peel
British Resident of Perak
Reginald George Watson
William James Parke Hume
British Adviser for Kedah
Littleton Edward Pipe-Wolferstan
G.A. Hall
Malcolm Stewart Hannibal McArthur
Malacca
Straits Settlements
William Edward Maxwell
KBE
CMG
British Malaya
Straits Settlements
William Edward Maxwell
Perak
Selangor
Perak
Straits Settlements
Court of Requests
District Officer
Perak
Bangkok Treaty
Siamese

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