Arthur Vincent Aston

Infobox President
name =Arthur Vincent Aston
honorific-suffix =
CMG MC

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image_size =100px
order =British Adviser for Perak
term_start =1946
term_end =1948
predecessor =Marcus Rex
successor =James Innes Miller
birth_date3 =1896
birth_place =Chester
death_date =1981
death_place =Wiltshire, England
spouse = Patricia Jane Williams
religion =Christian
constituency =
party =
languagesspoken =English

Arthur Vincent Aston CMG, MC was born in 1896 in Chester. He was the first British Adviser for Perak after the abolishment of the post British Resident of Perak. He was Resident Commissioner of Penang from 1948 to 1951. He was an internee at Changi and Sime Rd. during the Japanese occupation of Malaya and Singapore.

Education

He was educated at King's School, Chester and Queen's College, Oxford. Aston was a Colonial Administrator and had posted as the Resident Commissioner of Penang from 1948-1950 and 1950-1951. He was the World War I RFA Cadet Malayan Civil Service in 1919. He joined the Malayan Civil Service from 1919 until 1951. Aston also posted as the Malayan Civil Service Chairman of Kinta Sanitary Board, Acting Resident Councillor of Penang from (1 April 1933 - 20 April 1933), District Officer of Telok Anson, Acting Resident Councillor of Malacca and British Adviser for Perak (1946 - 1948).

Family

On 7 May 1955 Aston married Patricia Jane Williams, daughter of Captain Roderic Cecil Williams and Alice Katherine Howard Paget. Major Michael Aston was Aston's only child. Aston lived at The Mill House, Swallowcliffe, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. He died in 1981.

Honours

Aston was decorated with CMG in 1950 and MC.

External links

* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p3400.htm#i33999 The Peerage]
* [http://news.webshots.com/photo/1523918186055615433mybBEx A.V. Aston]