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List of recorders of Penang, Singapore, and Malacca

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and were also knighted, apparently as a matter of course, upon their appointment. This led to some discord between the governors and the recorders, who were both members of the colonial courts.
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On 27 November 1826, a unified court of judicature for Prince of Wales Island, Singapore, and Malacca was created, pursuant to the Second Charter of Justice, for which
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The position of recorder of Penang's Court of Judicature was established concurrently with the Court of Judicature by the Charter of Justice, created by
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was the first recorder. The unified court extended the jurisdiction of the original court of judicature for Penang to Singapore and Malacca.
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to courts of the other colonies. Recorders typically received higher salaries than British colonial governors in the
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dated 25 March 1807. The court opened on 31 May 1808. The recorder presided over the Court of Judicature.
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Cases Heard and Determined in Her Majesty's Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements 1808-1890
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Kyshe, J.W. Norton (1969). "A Judicial History of the Straits Settlements 1786–1890".
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Tan, Kevin YL (2010). "International Law in the Courts of the Straits Settlements".
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Under the Second Charter, the recorder's office was in Penang and he was to go on
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The Straits Settlements, 1826–67: Indian Presidency to Crown Colony
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Hooker, M. Barry (1984). "Maxwell, Sir Peter Benson". In
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From 1867 the position of recorder was replaced by the
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Index

List of Recorders of Penang, Singapore and Malacca
recorders
Penang
Malacca
Singapore
letters patent
John Thomas Claridge
circuit
Straits Settlements
chief justice of the Straits Settlements
Edmond Stanley
George Andrew Cooper
Ralph Rice
Francis Souper Bayley
Peter Benson Maxwell
William Hackett
John Thomas Claridge
Benjamin Heath Malkin
Edward John Gambier
William Norris
Christopher Rawlinson
William Jeffcott
Richard Bolton McCausland
Peter Benson Maxwell
Peter Benson Maxwell
Kyshe 1969
Cases Heard and Determined in Her Majesty's Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements 1808-1890
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