Colonial Heads of the Gambia

List of Colonial Heads of The Gambia

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Incumbent Notes
British Suzerainty
1815 to 1821Alexander Grant, Commandant
British Colony (under Sierra Leone)
1821 to 1829Alexander Grant, Commandant
1829 to 1830Alexander Findlay, Lieutenant Governor
1830 to 1837George Rendall, Lieutenant Governor
1837 to 1838Thomas Lewis Ingram, Lieutenant Governor1st Term
1838 to 1839William Mackie, Lieutenant Governor
1839 to 1840Thomas Lewis Ingram, Lieutenant Governor2nd Term
1840 to 1841Sir Henry Vere Huntley, Lieutenant Governor
1841 to 1843Thomas Lewis Ingram, Lieutenant Governor3rd Term
British Colony
1843Henry Froude Seagram, Governor
1843 to 1844Edmund Norcott, Governor
1844 to 1847Charles Fitzgerald, Governor
1847 to 1851Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell, Governor
1851 to 1852Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy, Governor
1852 to 1859Luke Smythe O'Connor, Governor
1859 to 1866George Abbas Kooli D'Arcy, Governor
British Colony (under Sierra Leone)
1866 to 1869Charles George Edward Patey, Administrator
1869 to 1871Alexander Bravo, Administrator
1871 to 1873Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan, Administrator
1873 to 1875Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright, Administrator
1875 to 1877Sir Samuel Rowe, Administrator
1877 to 1884Valerius Skipton Gouldsbury, Administrator
1884 to 1886Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney, Administrator
1886 to 1888Sir James Shaw Hay, Administrator
British Colony
1888 to 1891Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter, Administrator
1891 to 1898Robert Baxter Llewelyn, Administrator
1898 to 1900Sir Robert Baxter Llewelyn, Administrator
1900 to 11 January 1901Sir George Chardin Denton, Administrator
11 January 1901 to 21 December 1911Sir George Chardin Denton, Governor
21 December 1911 to 11 April 1914Henry Lionel Galway, GovernorFormerly Henry Lionel Gallwey
11 April 1914 to 1916Edward John Cameron, Governor
1918 to 1919Herbert Henniker, acting Governor
1916 to 1920Sir Edward John Cameron, Governor
1920 to 3 January 1921Herbert Henniker, acting Governor
3 January 1921 to 10 March 1927Sir Cecil Hamilton Armitage, Governor
10 March 1927 to 29 November 1928 Sir John Middleton, Governor
29 November 1928 to 11 September 1930Sir Edward Brandis Denham, Governor
11 September 1930 to 12 April 1934Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer, Governor
12 April 1934 to 22 October 1936Sir Arthur Frederick Richards, Governor
22 October 1936 to 23 March 1942Sir Thomas Southorn, Governor
23 March 1942 to 1944Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood, Governor
1944 to 29 March 1947Sir Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood, Governor
29 March 1947 to 1948Andrew Barkworth Wright, Governor
1948 to December 1949Sir Andrew Barkworth Wright, Governor
December 1949 to 1952Percy Wyn-Harris, Governor
1952 to 19 June 1958Sir Percy Wyn-Harris, Governor
19 June 1958 to 29 March 1962Sir Edward Henry Windley, Governor
29 March 1962 to 18 February 1965Sir John Warburton Paul, GovernorBecoming Governor-General of the Gambia
18 February 1965Independence as Dominion of the Gambia

For continuation see: Heads of State of the Gambia

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