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Once the protocol had been ratified, the British North Borneo Chartered Company administered North Borneo, and in 1888, North Borneo became a British protectorate. [42] On 15 July 1946, the North Borneo Cession Order in Council, 1946, declared the State of North Borneo annexed to the British Crown, hence a British colony. [43]
The Governor of the Crown Colony of North Borneo was appointed by King George VI, and later Queen Elizabeth II. [9] After the formation of Malaysia in 1963 the title was changed to Yang di-Pertua Negara [ 10 ] and was subsequently changed to 'Tuan Yang Terutama Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sabah ', in 1976 ( Enactment.
North Borneo (usually known as British North Borneo, also known as the State of North Borneo) [2] was a British protectorate in the northern part of the island of Borneo, (present-day Sabah). The territory of North Borneo was originally established by concessions of the Sultanates of Brunei and Sulu in 1877 and 1878 to a German -born ...
North Borneo was negatively affected by World War II and by the end of the war it was foreseeable that the company would be unable to finance reconstruction. [17] The company therefore waived the further use of their charter and gave North Borneo to the British Colonial Office. The company officially dissolved on 26 June 1946 with the signing ...
On 22 April 1903, Sultan Jamalul Kiram II signed a document known as "Confirmation of cession of certain islands", in which he granted and ceded additional islands in the neighbourhood of the mainland of North Borneo from Banggi Island to Sibuku Bay to the British North Borneo Company. The confirmatory deed of 1903 makes it known and understood ...
Historical Notes on the North Borneo Dispute. The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 25, No. 3 (May 1966), pp. 471–484. Leigh R. Wright. The Origins of British Borneo. Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 10, No. 1 (1976), pp. 149–154; Leigh R. Wright. The Anglo-Spanish-German Treaty of 1885: A Step in the Development of British Hegemony in North Borneo.
The North Borneo dispute arose from an agreement between the now defunct Sultanate of Sulu and the British North Borneo Company (BNBC) in 1878. Under the agreement the Sultan of Sulu either ceded or leased land in North Borneo to the BNBC, which agreed to pay the Sultan and his heirs an annual fee.
The conflict over North Borneo, also known as Sabah, began after which a promise made by Sultan Muhyiddin to the Sultan of Sulu after Sulu helped him win the Brunei Civil War that went in his favor. Sulu attacked Brunei in 1771 after he had become severely weakened.