Sir Thomas Shenton Whitelegge Thomas was a British colonial administrator most notable for his role as Governor of the Straits Settlements in Singapore.
St Jude's Church, Kensington, London, where Thomas married in 1912
Queens' College, Cambridge football team 1900-1901, including Sir Shenton Thomas (second from right, middle row), Charles Tate Regan and Samuel Day.
The Straits Settlements were a group of British territories located in Southeast Asia. Originally established in 1826 as part of the territories controlled by the British East India Company, the Straits Settlements came under British Raj control in 1858 and then under direct British control as a Crown colony in 1867. In 1946, following the end of the Second World War and the Japanese occupation, the colony was dissolved as part of Britain's reorganisation of its Southeast Asian dependencies in the area.
Malacca, 1860–1900
Penang from Tie Sin's Tower, 1860–1900
Malacca business street, 1912
The Port of Penang in George Town during the 1910s