Frank Brewer
Frank Brewer | |
|---|---|
| Secretary for Defence of the Federation of Malaya | |
| In office 1957–1959 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1915 |
| Died | 21 December 1987 (aged 71–72) |
| Alma mater | Pembroke College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Colonial administrator and civil servant |
Frank Brewer (1915 – 21 December 1987) was a British civil servant and colonial administrator who served as Secretary for Defence of the Federation of Malaya from 1957 to 1959.
Early life and education
[edit]Brewer was born in 1915, the son of Lewis Arthur Brewer. He was educated at Commonweal School, Swindon and Pembroke College, Oxford.[1]
Career
[edit]Brewer joined the Malay Civil Service in 1937,[2] and during the following year was sent to Amoy to study Chinese.[3] On his return to Malaya, he was appointed acting assistant Protector of Chinese at Penang[4] and also served as Food Controller.[5] In 1941, after the outbreak of World War II, Brewer enrolled in the Special Forces, and was captured by the Japanese and incarcerated as a POW in Sumatra.[1]
After the War, Brewer returned to Malaya and was attached to the Labour Department as assistant Controller of Labour in Singapore.[6] In 1947, he was appointed a member of the Wages Commission to consider conditions of service of government employees.[7] In 1951, he was serving as Deputy Commissioner of Labour for Penang,[8] and in the following year as Deputy Secretary for Chinese Affairs and as a member of the Penang Council.[9] From 1955 to 1957, he served as Deputy Chief Secretary of the Federation of Malaya, and in 1957 was appointed Secretary for Defence of the Federation of Malaya, a post he held until his retirement in 1959 under the Malayanisation programme.[1][10]
After returning to England in 1959, the following year Brewer entered the Foreign Office where he served until 1976.[11]
Personal life and death
[edit]Brewer married Eileen Marian née Shepherd in 1950.[1]
Brewer died on 21 December 1987.[1]
Honours
[edit]Brewer was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1960 New Year Honours.[12] He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1953 New Year Honours.[13]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "Brewer, Frank, (1915–21 Dec. 1987), Foreign and Commonwealth Office (formerly Foreign Office), 1960–76", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 1 December 2007, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u162315, retrieved 2 November 2025
- ↑ "Gazette appointments". Malaya Tribune. 21 May 1938. p. 10.
- ↑ "News In Brief". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 8 June 1938. p. 3.
- ↑ "Untitled". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 13 July 1940. p. 5.
- ↑ "Food Controller visits cannery". Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle. 11 July 1941. p. 7.
- ↑ "Appointments in Singapore". The Straits Budget. 5 December 1946. p. 13.
- ↑ "Malayan Salaries And Wages Commissions Named". Malaya Tribune. 19 April 1947. p. 5.
- ↑ "Bosses Must Send In Off-day Returns". Singapore Standard. 20 November 1951. p. 5.
- ↑ "Unofficial want two more seats". The Straits Times. 8 April 1952. p. 8.
- ↑ "Six more top expats leaving". The Straits Budget. 11 March 1959. p. 5.
- ↑ "No. 42915". The London Gazette. 8 February 1963. p. 1190.
- ↑ "No. 41909". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1960. p. 41909.
- ↑ "No. 39732". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1953. p. 24.