Crown Colony of Penang

Crown Colony of Penang
Pulau Pinang (Malay)
1946–1957
Anthem: God Save the King (1946–1952)
God Save the Queen (1952–1957)
Location of Penang
StatusCrown colony
CapitalGeorge Town
Common languages
GovernmentColonial Office
Monarch 
• 1946–1952
George VI
• 1952–1957
Elizabeth II
Resident-Councillor 
• 1946–1948
Sydney Noel King
Historical eraPost-war · Cold War
• Dissolution of the Straits Settlements
1 April 1946
• Independence from the United Kingdom
31 August 1957
CurrencyMalayan dollar
Preceded by		Succeeded by
British Military Administration (Malaya)
Straits Settlements
Federation of Malaya
Penang
Today part ofMalaysia

The Crown Colony of Penang was a British Crown colony from 1946 to 1957. It came under British sovereignty after being ceded by the Sultanate of Kedah in 1786, and had been part of the Straits Settlements from 1826 to 1946. Together with Singapore, it became a Crown colony under the direct control of the British Colonial Office in London until it was incorporated into the Malayan Union.

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