Oliver Marks

Oliver Marks CMG (10 September 1866 – 24 May 1940) was an English first-class cricketer and colonial administrator.

[1][2] After leaving Whitgift School, Marks went to British Ceylon, where he was a tea planter from 1887 to 1891.

He joined the administrative service in 1894, holding several posts before briefly being appointed British Resident at Negeri Sembilan.

[3] By 1914, he was Acting Resident of Perak, with his duties including laying the foundation stone of St. George's Institution, Taiping.

[4] In later life Marks was secretary of the British Malaya Association,[5] He died in England, at Brompton in May 1940.