Alexander Sym Small

Sir Alexander Sym Small
CMG KBE
18th Colonial Secretary of Straits Settlements
In office
7 December 1935[1] – 19 January 1940[2]
MonarchsGeorge V
Edward VIII
George VI
GovernorSir Shenton Thomas
Preceded bySir Andrew Caldecott
Succeeded byStanley Wilson Jones
Personal details
Born3 November 1887[3]
Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland[4]
Died13 August 1944(1944-08-13) (aged 56)[5]
Cottesloe, Perth, Western Australia[6]
Spouse
Hazel Stubbs[4][6]
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(m. 1922⁠–⁠1944)​
ChildrenIrene Small (daughter)[7]
Alma materGlasgow University
ProfessionColonial Administrator

Sir Alexander Sym Small CMG KBE (3 November 1887 – 13 August 1944) was a colonial administrator. He joined the Malayan Civil Service and was a cadet in January 1911[8] and served most of his Civil Service career in Federated Malay States (FMS) and Straits Settlements (SS). He retired as the Colonial Secretary of Straits Settlements in 1940.

  1. ^ "Mr. A. S. Small". Sunday Tribune (Singapore). 8 December 1935. p. 1.
  2. ^ "Farewell to Sir Alexander Small". The Straits Times. 20 January 1940. p. 10.
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  5. ^ "Small, Sir Alexander Sym, (1887–13 Aug. 1944)". ukwhoswho. 1 December 2007.
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  7. ^ "Going to Australia". Malaya Tribune. 20 January 1940. p. 3.
  8. ^ "No. 28453". The London Gazette. 3 January 1911. p. 23.