Marcus Rex

{{short description|Colonial Administrator}} {{use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Marcus Rex |honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CMG}} |image = |image_size = |caption = |order = 20th British Resident of Perak |term_start = 1939 |term_end = 1941 |predecessor = Sir Geoffrey Edmund Cator |successor = Arthur Vincent Aston |order1 = Chief Secretary to the Government of the FMS |term_start1 = 1935 |term_end1 = 1936 |predecessor1 = Malcolm Bond Shelley |successor1 = Christopher Dominic Ahearne {{small|(as Federal Secretary of the FMS)}} |birth_date = 11 September 1886 |birth_place = |death_date = {{death date and age|1971|9|28|1886|9|11|df=y}} |death_place = |alma_mater = Trinity College |occupation = Colonial administrator }}

'''Marcus Rex''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|CMG}} (11 September 1886 – 28 September 1971) was the last British Resident of Perak

==Education and career== Rex's early education was at Highgate School, London, after which he gained a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1908. Rex began his service as a Malayan Civil Service cadet in 1910,<ref name=gazette28431/> he was soon promoted to Assistant to the Resident of Perak in 1912 and 1915. Rex also posted as District Officer of Kuala Kangsar in 1913. In 1917, he became the Superintendent of Opium in the State of Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang. Rex became the District Officer of Raub in 1919. He was the British Secretary for Federated Malay States in 1935 – 1936 and the last British Resident of Perak 1939 - 1941.

Rex was invested with Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) in 1941.<ref name=gazette35029/>

==References== <references>

<ref name=gazette28431>{{London Gazette|date=1 November 1910|issue=28431|page=7814}}</ref>

<ref name=gazette35029>{{London Gazette|date=31 December 1940|issue=35029|pages=5-6|supp=y}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://books.google.com/books?id=Uec3AAAAIAAJ&q=marcus+rex+ Marcus Rex] *[https://books.google.com/books?id=dfIzAAAAMAAJ&q=marcus+rex+ The Dominions Office]

{{s-start}} {{s-gov}} {{s-bef|before= Malcolm Bond Shelley}} {{s-ttl|title=Chief Secretary to the Government of the FMS|years=1935 – 1936}} {{s-aft|after=Christopher Dominic Ahearne|as=Federal Secretary of the FMS}} {{s-bef|before=Sir Geoffrey Edmund Cator}} {{s-ttl|title=British Resident of Perak|years=1939 – 1941}} {{s-aft|after=Arthur Vincent Aston}} {{s-end}}

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