Editor Malaya Muslim Warfare Organisation's Honorary Secretary General Honorary Treasurer of the National Art Gallery's Board of Trustees Legacy The Mubin Sheppard Memorial Prize was established under his name in 1996 by the Malaysia Heritage Trust to stimulate students' awareness of "the need to conserve Malaysia's built heritage and to encourage research and writings on various aspects of conservation and preservation". He was the founding father of the Malaya Association of Youth Clubs (EST. 1954), a youth association inspired by the National Association of Boys' Club. Honours Among the honours and awards he has received including: Honours of the United Kingdom : Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) (1946) Honours of Malaysia Federal honours : Companion of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (JMN) (1963) Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) - Tan Sri (1969) Malaysian State honours Negeri Sembilan He was awarded a title of Dato' Jasa Purba Diraja () by the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan for his services as a historian. - Dato' : Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Selangor (DPMS) – Dato' (1982) Bibliography His works include: Tunku Abdul Rahman; Father of Independence 1957–1970 The Adventures of Hang Tuah (1949) A Short History of Terengganu (1949) A Short History of Malaya (1953) Taman Indera: A Royal Pleasure Ground. Malay Decorative Arts and Pastimes (1972) The Malay Regiment 1933–1947 (1978) Living Crafts of Malaysia (1978) Taman budiman: Memoirs of an unorthodox civil servant (1979) Singapore 150 Years (1982) Tunku, a pictorial biography, 1903–1957 (1984) References 1905 births 1994 deaths Converts to Islam Malaysian Muslims 20th-century Malaysian historians Malaysian people of Irish descent Malaysian curators Archivists Companions of the Order of the Defender of the Realm Commanders of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia People educated at Marlborough College Administrators in British Malaya British emigrants to Malaysia Knights Commander of the Order of the Crown of Selangor