Edward Peregrine Gueritz

Edward Peregrine Gueritz (18 March 1855 – 3 August 1938) was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Labuan and Governor of North Borneo at the beginning of the 20th century.

Early life and education Gueritz was born on 18 March 1855. He was educated privately and at St Andrews Collegiate School, Stoke Newington.

Career Gueritz joined the Sarawak civil service in 1874 and served until 1877 before he went to work for the Bank of New Zealand in Christchurch. In 1880, he went to North Borneo where he served as Assistant Resident (1882–1884). In 1885, he joined the civil service of the Federated Malay States and was posted to Sungei Ujong and Jelebu as Collector of Land Revenue and Magistrate.

In 1890, he rejoined the North Borneo service where he was appointed Resident of Labuan in 1892 while also serving as Acting Government Secretary before he returned to England and spent a year on sick leave. Returning to North Borneo in 1893, he served in various posts including Postmaster-General of North Borneo and Labuan (1894); editor of the British North Borneo Herald; Acting Secretary to the Governor; Sessions Judge; Acting District Officer, Sandakan; Deputy Governor (1896); and Superintendent of the Public Works Department (1897).

Personal life and death Gueritz married Anne Maria Cole in 1886 and they had a daughter. When she died in 1930, he married Louisa Finch in 1932. He died on 3 August 1938, aged 83, in Seaton, Devon.