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| first_name = John Frederick | | first_name = John Frederick | ||
| name = McNair | | name = McNair | ||
| honorific_prefix = Major | | honorific_prefix = Major | ||
| − | | honorific_suffix = RA | + | | honorific_suffix = RA CMG FLS |
| image = File:McNair,_John_Frederick.jpg | | image = File:McNair,_John_Frederick.jpg | ||
| birth_date = 1828 | | birth_date = 1828 | ||
| death_date = 1910 | | death_date = 1910 | ||
| − | | address = Singapore; 19 Abbey Gardens St John's Wood; c/o Messrs Codd & Co 31 Craven Street Strand | + | | address = Singapore; 19 Abbey Gardens St John's Wood; c/o Messrs Codd & Co 31 Craven Street Strand<br />Beechwood, West Hill, Sydenham, SE [1888]<br /> |
| − | | occupation = armed services<br />civil service | + | | occupation = armed services<br />civil service<br />engineer |
| elected_ESL = 1866.04.24 | | elected_ESL = 1866.04.24 | ||
| elected_ASL = | | elected_ASL = | ||
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| membership = ESL, AI Ordinary Fellow | | membership = ESL, AI Ordinary Fellow | ||
| − | | left = | + | | left = 1888.06 last listed |
| clubs = Athenaeum Club | | clubs = Athenaeum Club | ||
| − | | societies = | + | | societies = Linnean Society of London |
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Revision as of 06:47, 28 May 2020
John Frederick McNair
| Major John Frederick McNair RA CMG FLS | |||||||||||||
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| Born | 1828 | ||||||||||||
| Died | 1910 | ||||||||||||
| Residence |
Singapore; 19 Abbey Gardens St John's Wood; c/o Messrs Codd & Co 31 Craven Street Strand Beechwood, West Hill, Sydenham, SE [1888] | ||||||||||||
| Occupation |
armed services civil service engineer | ||||||||||||
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Captain in the Royal Artillery, Chief Executive Officer [Executive Engineer 1868]
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John Frederick Adolphus McNair (23 October 1828, England – 17 May 1910, Brighton, UK). He was a multi-talented civil servant in the service of the Straits Settlements. He was an engineer, superintendent of convicts, manager of public works and a member of the commission for the pacification of Larut following the signing of a peace treaty, in 1874.
McNair's childhood was filled with the study of geology. Over time he amassed a large collection of metals. He later had this transported to Madras where he was to begin his first job.
In 1846, at the age of 17, McNair left England to take up employment with the British East India Company, (E. I. C.) at Madras, India. McNair studied and was fluent in Hindustani, a skill that would stand him in good stead.
From Madras, McNair was transferred to Malacca (part of Straits Settlements in 1853 to be responsible for the Madras Native Artillery reporting to J. B. Westerhout, then the advisor to the government of the Straits Settlements.
He was then posted to Singapore, where he took up an appointment as private secretary and aide-de-camp to the Governor of Straits Settlements. In 1857, McNair was appointed Executive Engineer and Superintendent of Convicts in the Straits Settlements (Penang, Malacca and Singapore) and he was also in responsible for Public Works and the Oriental Gaol in Singapore.
Member of the Athenaeum Club from 1881
