Thomas Church | |
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4th Resident Councillor of Singapore | |
In office 4 March 1837 – 20 September 1856 | |
Preceded by | Sir Samuel George Bonham |
Succeeded by | Henry Somerset MacKenzie |
Personal details | |
Born | 23 June 1798 |
Died | 10 August 1860 | (aged 62)
Parent(s) | Thomas and Elizabeth (née Dixon) Church |
Profession | Colonial administrator |
Thomas Church, (23 June 1798 – 10 August 1860) was a British colonial administrator under the British East India Company. Church started as a writer in Bencoolen (Bengkulu) in 1816 and rose to the high position of Resident Councillor of Singapore before retiring in 1856.