Colonial Heads of the Gambia

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List of Colonial Heads of The Gambia

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
British Suzerainty
1815 to 1821	Alexander Grant, Commandant
British Colony (under Sierra Leone)
1821 to 1829	Alexander Grant, Commandant
1829 to 1830	Alexander Findlay, Lieutenant Governor
1830 to 1837	George Rendall, Lieutenant Governor
1837 to 1838	Thomas Lewis Ingram, Lieutenant Governor	1st Term
1838 to 1839	William Mackie, Lieutenant Governor
1839 to 1840	Thomas Lewis Ingram, Lieutenant Governor	2nd Term
1840 to 1841	Sir Henry Vere Huntley, Lieutenant Governor
1841 to 1843	Thomas Lewis Ingram, Lieutenant Governor	3rd Term
British Colony
1843	Henry Froude Seagram, Governor
1843 to 1844	Edmund Norcott, Governor
1844 to 1847	Charles Fitzgerald, Governor
1847 to 1851	Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell, Governor
1851 to 1852	Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy, Governor
1852 to 1859	Luke Smythe O'Connor, Governor
1859 to 1866	George Abbas Kooli D'Arcy, Governor
British Colony (under Sierra Leone)
1866 to 1869	Charles George Edward Patey, Administrator
1869 to 1871	Alexander Bravo, Administrator
1871 to 1873	Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan, Administrator
1873 to 1875	Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright, Administrator
1875 to 1877	Sir Samuel Rowe, Administrator
1877 to 1884	Valerius Skipton Gouldsbury, Administrator
1884 to 1886	Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney, Administrator
1886 to 1888	Sir James Shaw Hay, Administrator
British Colony
1888 to 1891	Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter, Administrator
1891 to 1898	Robert Baxter Llewelyn, Administrator
1898 to 1900	Sir Robert Baxter Llewelyn, Administrator
1900 to 11 January 1901	Sir George Chardin Denton, Administrator
11 January 1901 to 21 December 1911	Sir George Chardin Denton, Governor
21 December 1911 to 11 April 1914	Henry Lionel Galway, Governor	Formerly Henry Lionel Gallwey
11 April 1914 to 1916	Edward John Cameron, Governor
1918 to 1919	Herbert Henniker, acting Governor
1916 to 1920	Sir Edward John Cameron, Governor
1920 to 3 January 1921	Herbert Henniker, acting Governor
3 January 1921 to 10 March 1927	Sir Cecil Hamilton Armitage, Governor
10 March 1927 to 29 November 1928	Sir John Middleton, Governor
29 November 1928 to 11 September 1930	Sir Edward Brandis Denham, Governor
11 September 1930 to 12 April 1934	Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer, Governor
12 April 1934 to 22 October 1936	Sir Arthur Frederick Richards, Governor
22 October 1936 to 23 March 1942	Sir Thomas Southorn, Governor
23 March 1942 to 1944	Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood, Governor
1944 to 29 March 1947	Sir Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood, Governor
29 March 1947 to 1948	Andrew Barkworth Wright, Governor
1948 to December 1949	Sir Andrew Barkworth Wright, Governor
December 1949 to 1952	Percy Wyn-Harris, Governor
1952 to 19 June 1958	Sir Percy Wyn-Harris, Governor
19 June 1958 to 29 March 1962	Sir Edward Henry Windley, Governor
29 March 1962 to 18 February 1965	Sir John Warburton Paul, Governor	Becoming Governor-General of the Gambia
18 February 1965	Independence as Dominion of the Gambia

For continuation see: Heads of State of the Gambia

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Sources

http://www.rulers.org/rulg1.html#gambia
Guinness Book of Kings, Rulers & Statesmen, Clive Carpenter, Guinness Superlatives Ltd
African States and Rulers, John Stewart, McFarland

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Colonial Heads of the Gambia

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List of Colonial Heads of The Gambia

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