Overseas Chinese in the British Empire

KAPITAN CHEAH CHOON SENG 謝春生, STV Cheah Choon Seng or Tjia Tioen Sen (spelled in Dutch) was born in 1848 in Pontianak, Indonesia and ...

Cheah Choo Yew CH, JP Cheah Choo Yew was born in 1841 to Cheah Yam with ancestry in Sek Tong, Fujian. Cheah Yam or also known as Che...

CHEAH CHEN EOK 谢增煜, JP  Cheah Chen Eok was born in 1852 in Penang and was the only son of Cheah Sim Hean. He was educated at the Pen...

CHEAH CHEANG LIM  謝昌林 , JP Cheah Cheang Lim was born on 6 December 1875 in Taiping. He was the sixth son of Cheah Boon Hean and Foo...

BEH CHENG CHUAH Beh Cheng Chuah was born on 28 April 1919 in Penang to Beh Cheng Siew. He was educated at St George’s Institution, Ta...

BEH CHENG SIEW Beh Cheng Siew was born in 1883. He was a well-known businessman in Taiping and had landed property in Perak and Penan...

Boey Lian Chin was the first Chinese to manage a Chinese-owned-Western-styled banking institution in the Straits Settlements. He was a Mana...

Chang On Siew or also known as Chan On Siew was a well-known tin miner in Lahat, Perak, born in China to Chang Kwei Long. Chang Kwei Long f...

Chan Yap Thong Chan Yap Thong was born in Rangoon to Chan Thye. At the age of eight he was sent back to China to receive Chinese educ...

CHAN TEOW LAM  曾兆南 Chan Teow Lam was a prominent member of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, where he was the first elected...