Roland Evelyn Turnbull

Sir Roland Turnbull
Turnbull (left) and Pehin Dato Ibrahim in 1959
22nd Governor of North Borneo
In office
4 March 1954 – 1959
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded byHerbert Ralph Hone
Succeeded byWilliam Goode
12th British Resident to Brunei
In office
1934–1937
MonarchsGeorge V
Edward VIII
George VI
Preceded byThomas Carey
Succeeded byJohn Graham Black
Personal details
Born(1905-06-09)9 June 1905
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Died23 December 1960(1960-12-23) (aged 55)
Spouse
Sylvia Emily Woodman Burbidge
(m. 1948)
Alma materKing's College London
St John's College
OccupationColonial administrator

Sir Roland Evelyn Turnbull KCMG (9 June 1905 – 23 December 1960) was a British colonial official and governor of British North Borneo. His major influence is mentoring Brunei's former ruler, Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III. He stated that in 1959 to one of his Colonial Office colleagues that the Sultan came to regard him as ‘his father’.[1]

  1. ^ Hussainmiya, B. A., & Mail, A. H. (2014). "No Federation Please-we are Bruneians": Scuttling the Northern Borneo Closer Association Proposals. Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam.