Oswald Frederick Ricketts
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| Born | 1867 | ||||||
| Residence | Limbang, Sarawak, Borneo | ||||||
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1896.01.21 proposed by C. Hose
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Ricketts, the first resident of the Limbang
Chia was appointed under British Resident O.F. Ricketts, during the time of the White Rajah ruler Charles Brooke.
O.F. Ricketts who travelled down the Trusan in 1889, and punitive raids ... By the early 20th century, a series of colonial administrators began visit the region, often accompanied by members of the Sarawak museum, some of whom collected cultural and natural artefacts. O.F. Ricketts for example, Resident of the Trusan and Limbang district, visited the same area as St. John had done 30 years previously, with G.D. Havilland who was later to become curator of the Sarawak museum. [The Documented History of the Kelabits of Northern Sarawak Ian J. Ewart]
The station is now a flourishing little place, and has been well laid out by Mr. O. F. Ricketts, 1 who has been Resident there since its establishment. It is the prettiest out-station in Sarawak ; has miles of good riding roads, a bazaar that is well attended ; and, being another refuge for the oppressed, the Malay population is continually increasing. Mr. Ricketts, who also has over-charge of the Trusan and Lawas districts, has been eminently successful in his manage- ment of the Muruts and Bisayas, of whom he has had some twenty years' experience, and is popular with all classes at Bruni. In reporting on Limbang in February, 1891, Mr. Ricketts observes : " since the occupation of the river in March last, matters have progressed satisfactorily, and the inhabitants have shown themselves well disposed and satisfied with the new order of things, with the exception of three or four of the Danau chiefs, who have been incited to be other- wise from Bruni. ... Mr. Ricketts, who is a son of the first British Consul to Sarawak [S. Baring Gould]
From Simanggang I was transferred to Limbang under Oswald Ricketts. A transition from the old to the new because Limbang as a Sarawak district was only eleven years old. [from Kuching in pictures 1841-1946 compiled by Ho Ah Chon]
Birth year from Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturalists
