List of colonial governors and administrators of Kenya
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This article contains a list of chairmen, administrators, commissioners and governors of British Kenya Colony.
The office of Governor of Kenya was replaced by the office of Governor-General in 1963 and then later replaced by a President of Kenya, upon Kenya becoming a Republic in 1964. For continuation after independence, see: List of heads of state of Kenya.
Chairmen/Administrators of the Imperial British East Africa Company
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1 | Sir William Mackinnon (1823–1893) | 3 Sep 1888 | 1889 | |||
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1 | George Mackenzie (1844–1910) | 3 Sep 1889 | May 1890 | |||
2 | Francis de Winton (1835–1901) | May 1890 | Feb 1891 |
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- | George Mackenzie (1844–1910) | Feb 1891 | Jun 1891 |
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3 | Ernest Berkeley (1857–1932) | Jun 1891 | Sep 1891 | |||
4 | Lloyd Mathews (1850–1901) | Sep 1891 | Feb 1892 | |||
5 | Sir Gerald Portal (1858–1894) | Feb 1892 | May 1893 |
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6 | John Pigott | 1893 | Jul 1895 |
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Commissioners and Governors of the East Africa Protectorate/Kenya
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7 | Sir Arthur Henry Hardinge (1859–1933) | 1 Jul 1895 | 7 Oct 1900 |
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8 | Trevor Ternan | 7 Oct 1900 | 30 Dec 1900 |
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9 | Sir Charles Eliot (1861–1931) | 30 Dec 1900 | 20 May 1904 |
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10 | Frederick John Jackson (1860–1929) | 20 May 1904 | 1 Aug 1904 |
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11 | Sir Donald William Stewart (1860–1905) | 1 Aug 1904 | 1 Oct 1905 |
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10 | Frederick John Jackson (1860–1929) | 1 Oct 1905 | 12 Dec 1905 |
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12 | Sir James Hayes Sadler (1827–1910) | 12 Dec 1905 | 12 Apr 1909 |
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13 | Sir Charles Calvert Bowring (1872–1945) | 12 Apr 1909 | 16 Sep 1909 | |||
14 | Sir Percy Girouard (1867–1932) | 16 Sep 1909 | 17 Jul 1912 |
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13 | Sir Charles Calvert Bowring (1872–1945) | 17 Jul 1912 | 3 Oct 1912 |
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15 | Sir Henry Conway Belfield (1855–1923) | 3 Oct 1912 | 14 Apr 1917 |
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13 | Sir Charles Calvert Bowring (1872–1945) | 14 Apr 1917 | 1 Feb 1919 |
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16 | Sir Edward Northey (1811–1879) | 1 Feb 1919 | 11 Jun 1920 |
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Governors of The Colony and Protectorate of Kenya | ||||||
16 | Sir Edward Northey (1868–1953) | 11 Jun 1920 | 28 Aug 1922 |
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17 | Sir Robert Coryndon (1870–1925) | 31 Aug 1922 | 10 Feb 1925 |
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18 | Edward Brandis Denham (1876–1938) | 10 Feb 1925 | 3 Oct 1925 |
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19 | Edward Grigg (1879–1955) | 3 Oct 1925 | 27 Sep 1930 |
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20 | Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore (1887–1964) | 27 Sep 1930 | 13 Feb 1931 |
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21 | Sir Joseph Byrne (1874–1942) | 13 Feb 1931 | 22 Dec 1936 | |||
22 | Sir Armigel Wade (1880–1966) | 22 Dec 1936 | 6 Apr 1937 |
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23 | Sir Robert Brooke-Popham (1878–1953) | 6 Apr 1937 | 9 Jan 1940 | |||
24 | Walter Harragin (1890–1966) | 30 Sep 1939 | 9 Jan 1940 |
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20 | Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore (1887–1964) | 9 Jan 1940 | 25 Oct 1944 |
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25 | Sir Philip Mitchell (1890–1964) | 11 Dec 1944 | 21 Jun 1952 |
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26 | Henry Steven Potter (1904–1976) | 21 Jun 1952 | 29 Sept 1952 |
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27 | Sir Evelyn Baring (1903–1973) | 30 Sept 1952 | 4 Oct 1959 |
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28 | Walter Coutts (1912–1988) | 4 Oct 1959 | 23 Oct 1959 |
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29 | Sir Patrick Muir Renison (1911–1965) | 23 Oct 1959 | 17 Nov 1962 |
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30 | Sir Eric Griffith-Jones (1913–1979) | 17 Nov 1962 | 4 Jan 1963 |
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31 | Malcolm MacDonald (1901–1981) | 4 Jan 1963 | 12 Dec 1964 |
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Grigg [née Dickson-Poynder], Joan Alice Katherine, Lady Altrincham (1897–1987), organizer of maternity and nursing services in Africa". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/76425. Retrieved 2021-01-24.