The swashbuckling municipal president of Penang

By Louise Goss-Custard

October 2015 WINDOW INTO HISTORY
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Just who was John Sjovald Hoseason Cunyngham-Brown?Civil servant? Soldier? Adventurer? Activist? Surely one could not be all four, and more. But one man indeed was, and left a significant mark on Penang. During Penang’s City Day celebrations in April, an exhibition was held at Gurney Plaza on Penang’s history, paying tribute to John Sjovald Hoseason Cunyngham-Brown, who, as president of the George Town Municipal Council, wrote a letter to the Queen in 1956 asking her to exercise her royal prerogative...

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Louise Goss-Custard

is editor of the Penang Free Sheet (www.penangfreesheet.my), co-organiser of Open Studios Penang, and a keen flautist who plays with Penang’s best Irish band, the DramBand (www.facebook. com/DramBandPenang) and several local orchestras.


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