Claude Henry da Silva

Claude Henry da Silva (1891 – 28 July 1980) was a Singaporean lawyer, a member of both the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements and the Municipal Commission of Singapore, and the president of both the Eurasian Association and the Singapore Recreation Club.

[1] He was the son of Claude Antonio da Silva, the managing director of C. A. Ribeiro & Co..

Da Silva then left for England where he began studying at Christ's College in Cambridge.

He was appointed a member in place of Walter Makepeace and was replaced by Noel L. Clarke following his resignation.

In April 1939, he was appointed the Eurasian representative of the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements, replacing Major Hugh Ransome Stanley Zehnder.

During a speech made at the Singapore Recreation Club in November 1934, he stated: "We must give up the idea that the Eurasian is privileged.

[2] He died at Gleneagles Hospital on 28 July 1980 and was buried at the Choa Chu Kang Cemetery.