William A. C. Goode

William Allmond Codrington Goode, Sir, (b. 8 June 1907, Twickenham, Middlesex – d. September 1986) was Singapore's last colonial governor serving between 9 December 1957 to 2 June 1959. He was also Singapore's first Yang di-Pertuan Negara when Singapore achieved internal self-government on 3 June 1959. Goode acted as Yang Di-Pertuan Negara for the first six months of the new self-government, which was formed by the PAP. In December 1959, he was succeeded by Yusof bin Ishak, the former chairman of Public Service Commission.

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