Seton Guthrie (1890–1970) on 22 June 1939, daughter of John Gordon, a Scotch-American successful merchant and millionaire, and widow of John Neil Guthrie, who had been killed in action in France during World War I. While in India in 1883 preparing for the Colonial Exhibition in Calcutta, Swettenham met and had a child with an Anglo-Indian woman from Bangalore (known only as Miss Good). To avoid a scandal, the mother of Swettenham's son was married to an English clerk in the Perak civil service, Walter McKnight Young, and his son was raised as Walter Aynsley Young. Honours Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, 1886 (CMG) Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, 1897 (KCMG) Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George, 1909 (GCMG) Companion of Honour, 1917 (CH) King of Arms of the Order of St Michael and St George, 1925 Chronology He was Deputy Commissioner with the Perak Expedition from 1875–1876. British Resident of Selangor in 1882, of Perak from 1889–1896. Resident-General of the Federated Malay States (now Malaysia) in 1896–1901. Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements 1901–1904. Chaired the royal commission to enquire into the affairs of Mauritius in 1909. He was also joint director of the Official Press Bureau from 1915–1919. Legacy A number of places and roads in Malaysia and Singapore were named after Swettenham, including Swettenham Pier in George Town, Penang Island and Swettenham Road (near the Botanic Gardens) in Singapore. Before 1972, Port Klang in Selangor was known as Port Swettenham. Publication Burns, P.L., and Cowan, C.D. ed. (1975), Sir Frank Swettenham's Malayan journals 1874–1876, Kuala Lumpur, London: Oxford University Press. Clifford, Hugh Charles, and Swettenham, Frank Athelstane (1894), A dictionary of the Malay language, Taiping, Perak: Printed for the author's at the Government's printing office. Cowan, C.D. ed. (1952), "Sir Frank Swettenham's Perak journals 1874–1876", Journal of the Malayan branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, vol.24, part 4. Singapore: Malaya Publishing House. Swettenham, Frank Athelstane (1881), Vocabulary of the English and Malay languages. Singapore: printed at the Government Printing Office. Swettenham, Frank Athelstane (1893), Map to illustrate the Siamese question. W. & A.K. Johnston Limited. Swettenham, Frank Athelstane (1893), About Perak. Singapore: Straits Times Press. Swettenham, Frank Athelstane (1895), Malay sketches. London: John Lane. Swettenham, Frank Athelstane (1898), Unaddressed letters. London: John Lane. Swettenham, Frank Athelstane (1899), The real