List of colonial governors of Nyasaland
List of Colonial Heads of Malawi (Nyasaland)
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Term | Incumbent | Notes |
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Nyasaland Districts Protectorate | ||
1 February 1891 to 1893 | Harry Hamilton Johnston, Commissioner | |
British Central Africa Protectorate | ||
1893 to 16 April 1896 | Harry Hamilton Johnston, Commissioner | |
16 April 1896 to 1 April 1907 | Alfred Sharpe, Commissioner | from 1 January 1902 he was Commissioner, Commander-in-Chief and Consul-General[1] |
Nyasaland | ||
1 April 1907 to September 1907 | Francis Barrow Pearce, acting Commissioner | |
October 1907 to 1 May 1908 | William Henry Manning, acting Governor | 1st Term |
1 May 1908 to 1 April 1910 | Alfred Sharpe, Governor | |
1 April 1910 to 4 July 1910 | Francis Barrow Pearce, acting Governor | |
4 July 1910 to 6 February 1911 | Henry Richard Wallis, acting Governor | |
6 February 1911 to 23 September 1913 | William Henry Manning, acting Governor | 2nd Term |
23 September 1913 to 12 April 1923 | George Smith, Governor | Knighted during tenure |
12 April 1923 to 27 March 1924 | Richard Sims Donkin Rankine, acting Governor | |
27 March 1924 to 30 May 1929 | Charles Calvert Bowring, Governor | |
30 May 1929 to 7 November 1929 | Wilfred Bennett Davidson-Houston, acting Governor | |
7 November 1929 to 22 November 1932 | Shenton Thomas, Governor | Knighted during tenure |
22 November 1932 to 9 April 1934 | Hubert Winthrop Young, Governor | |
9 April 1934 to 21 September 1934 | Kenneth Lambert Hall, acting Governor | |
21 September 1934 to 20 March 1939 | Harold Baxter Kittermaster, Governor | |
20 March 1939 to 8 August 1942 | Donald Mackenzie-Kennedy, Governor | |
8 August 1942 to 27 March 1947 | Edmund Charles Smith Richards, Governor | |
30 March 1947 to 10 April 1956 | Geoffrey Francis Taylor Colby, Governor | Knighted during tenure |
1 August 1953 to 31 December 1963 | Incorporated into the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland | |
10 April 1956 to 10 April 1961 | Robert Perceval Armitage, Governor | |
10 April 1961 to 6 July 1964 | Glyn Smallwood Jones, Governor | |
6 July 1964 | Independence as Malawi |
For continuation after independence, see: List of heads of state of Malawi
References
- ^ "No. 27396". The London Gazette. 10 January 1902. p. 219.
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