Ronald MacPherson was a military officer, architect and colonial administrator in Singapore.
11 Facts About Ronald MacPherson
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Ronald MacPherson is well known for the design of the St Andrew Cathedral.
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Ronald MacPherson was educated at the East India Company's military college in Addiscombe, Croydon between 1834 and 1836.
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Ronald MacPherson passed for the Engineers Corps, but as there were few nominations for Engineers Corps.
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Ronald MacPherson served in the First Opium War of 1842 with the Madras Artillery and was later appointed staff officer to the Artillery in the Straits Settlements in 1843.
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Ronald MacPherson started his career in Colonial Service as Executive Engineer and Superintendent of Convicts at Penang in 1849.
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Ronald MacPherson constructed many useful works such as Police Office and Court of Requests.
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Between 1855 and 1857, Ronald MacPherson was the Executive Engineer and Superintendent of Convicts in Singapore.
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Ronald MacPherson was appointed as the Resident Councillor of Malacca, Penang and Singapore until 1867 when the British government agreed to establish the Straits Settlements as a distinct Crown Colony as the merchant community and the middle class began agitating against being ruled from British India.
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Ronald MacPherson continued as the 1st Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements until his death in 1869.
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Ronald MacPherson died on 6 December 1869 and was buried at the Old Bukit Timah Cemetery in Singapore.