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Malacca was ceded to the British in the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 in exchange for Bencoolen on Sumatra. From 1826 to 1946 Malacca was governed, first by the British East India Company and then as a Crown Colony. It formed part of the Straits Settlements, together with Singapore and Penang | Malacca was ceded to the British in the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 in exchange for [[Bencoolen]] on Sumatra. From 1826 to 1946 Malacca was governed, first by the British East India Company and then as a Crown Colony. It formed part of the Straits Settlements, together with [[Singapore]] and [[Penang]] (also known as Prince of Wales Island). | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
[[Battle of Soongei Pattye]] 1831<br>[[Battle of Kalama to Taboo]] 1832 | [[Battle of Soongei Pattye]] 1831<br>[[Battle of Kalama to Taboo]] 1832 | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Malacca and Penang [http://books.google.com/books?id=VwVHAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA94 Chapter 6] of ''Trade and Travel in the Far East; Or, Recollections of Twenty-one Years Passed in Java, Singapore, Australia, and China'' by G.F. Davidson 1846 | *Malacca and Penang [http://books.google.com/books?id=VwVHAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA94 Chapter 6] of ''Trade and Travel in the Far East; Or, Recollections of Twenty-one Years Passed in Java, Singapore, Australia, and China'' by G.F. Davidson 1846 | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malacca Malacca] Wikipedia | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straits_Settlements Straits Settlements] Wikipedia | |||
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Revision as of 15:17, 22 August 2009
Malacca was ceded to the British in the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 in exchange for Bencoolen on Sumatra. From 1826 to 1946 Malacca was governed, first by the British East India Company and then as a Crown Colony. It formed part of the Straits Settlements, together with Singapore and Penang (also known as Prince of Wales Island).
History
Battle of Soongei Pattye 1831
Battle of Kalama to Taboo 1832
Records
Ecclesiastical Returns: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at the British Library. Prince of Wales Island [Penang], Malacca and Singapore 1799-1829 in IOR N/8.
The LDS film number for these records is 498606, item 2.
Returns are continued in the Bengal returns 1830-1868, N/1. For Malacca marriages 1820-1824, see also IOR: R/9/39/3.
External Links
- Malacca and Penang Chapter 6 of Trade and Travel in the Far East; Or, Recollections of Twenty-one Years Passed in Java, Singapore, Australia, and China by G.F. Davidson 1846
- Malacca Wikipedia
- Straits Settlements Wikipedia