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Sir Michael Henry Whitley (26 September 1872 – 14 October 1959) was a British colonial administrator who became a senior judge and later Attorney General in the Straits Settlements.

Education[edit]

Whitley was educated at Cranleigh School and then Blundell's SchoolinTiverton and read physics at King's College, London.

Career[edit]

Whitley joined the civil service of the Federated Malay States in 1896 and was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple. In 1918 he was appointed a Puisne Judge of the Straits Settlements, where he remained until his appointment as Attorney-General of Singapore in 1925.

Whitley retired and became a knight bachelor in 1929. He returned to England and was made a Justice of the Peace for Hampshire.

Sources[edit]

Preceded by

James William Murison

Attorney-General of Singapore
1925 - 1929
Succeeded by

Sir Walter Huggard


Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Whitley&oldid=1178712051"

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