Christopher Dominic Ahearne

{{Infobox officeholder

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| honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CMG}}

| name = Christopher Dominic Ahearne

| order1 = Federal Secretary of the Federated Malay States (FMS)

| monarch1 = Edward VIII
George VI

| 1blankname1 = High Commissioner of FMS

| 1namedata1 = Sir Shenton Thomas

| term_start1 = February 1936

| term_end1 = 1939

| predecessor1 = Marcus Rex {{small|(as Chief Secretary to the Government of the FMS)}}

| successor1 = Hugh Fraser

| birth_date = 1886

| death_date = {{death date and age|1964|1886}}

| occupation = Colonial Administrator

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Christopher Dominic Ahearne {{postnominals|country=GBR|CMG}} (1886 – 1964) or C D Ahearne was a colonial administrator. He entered Straits Settlement Government service in 1910 as a cadet and was later the Federal Secretary of the Federated Malay States (FMS) in 1936.

Career

=Early career=

Ahearne entered Straits Settlement Government service as a cadet in 1910 and was attached to the Indian Immigrant Department in Penang.

He was appointed as acting District Officer (Balik Pulau) in 1911 and in 1916 as the District Officer of Balik Pulau.

He held several posts of acting 2nd Assistant Superintendent of Immigrant (Klang and Kuala Lumpur), acting Assistant Controller of Labour (Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Klang) in 1913 and 1914.

He was acting Assistant Adviser (Batu Pahut, Johore) in 1919 and in 1923 as Second Magistrate in Singapore, Deputy Controller of Labour (Kuala Lumpur) and acting Deputy Controller of Labour (Penang).

=Duties at the Indian Immigration Committee=

Ahearne was part of the important commission in 1925, on special duty for Indian Immigration Committee in connection with the Avadi Water Supply and Drainage as well as proceed to Assam to investigate labour condition in British India.

=Since the 1930s=

Ahearne was the Controller of Labour for Malaya in 1930 and in the following year as the leader of the Straits Settlements Delegation to the International Shipping Conference held in Simila.

During the slump, he served as the chairman of the Straits Settlements Retrenchment Committee.

In 1933, he was on a special duty to lead a Malayan delegation to New Delhi to discuss on the immigration questions with the Indian Government.

He was appointed as first Federal Secretary of the Federated Malay States in 1936 to 1939, which was created under the decentralised policy of Sir Cecil Clementi.

Honours

Ahearne was invested with Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) in 1939.

References

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{{London Gazette|issue=34585|date=30 December 1938|page=5|supp=y}}

{{cite web|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/morningtribune19390103-1.2.10?&QT=christopher,dominic,ahearne|title=THREE KNIGHTHOODS FOR MALAYA|work=Morning Tribune|date=3 January 1939|page=2|quote=See Mr. C. D. Ahearne, C.M.G.}}

{{cite web|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb19390103-1.2.33?&QT=christopher,dominic,ahearne|title=Knighthoods For Two Singapore Men|work=The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser|date=3 January 1939|page=3|quote=See Mr. C. D. Ahearne}}

{{cite web|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/search?q=Ahearne%2C+Christopher+Dominic%2C+%281886%E2%80%931964%29|title=Ahearne, Christopher Dominic, (1886–1964)|date=1 December 2007|work=Who Was Who|url-access=subscription}}

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{{s-bef|before=Marcus Rex|as=Chief Secretary to the Government of the FMS}}

{{s-ttl|title=Federal Secretary of the Federated Malay States|years=1936 – 1939}}

Category:1886 births

Category:1964 deaths

Category:People from the Federated Malay States

Category:People from the Straits Settlements

Category:Administrators in British Malaya

Category:Administrators in British Singapore

Category:Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George