List of colonial governors of Nyasaland

The British Central Africa Protectorate (dark pink), 1897.
Nyasaland (bordered in green), 1935.

This article lists the governors of the British Central Africa Protectorate and Nyasaland from 1891 to 1964. They administered the territory of modern-day Malawi on behalf of the United Kingdom.

List

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Portrait Incumbent Notes
Nyasaland Districts Protectorate
1 February 1891 to 1893Harry Johnston,
Commissioner
British Central Africa Protectorate
1893 to 16 April 1896Harry Johnston,
Commissioner
16 April 1896 to 1 April 1907Alfred Sharpe,
Commissioner		From 1 January 1902 he was Commissioner, Commander-in-Chief and Consul-General[1]
Nyasaland
1 April 1907 to September 1907Francis Barrow Pearce,
acting Commissioner
October 1907 to 1 May 1908William Manning,
acting Governor		1st term
1 May 1908 to 1 April 1910Alfred Sharpe,
Governor
1 April 1910 to 4 July 1910Francis Barrow Pearce,
acting Governor
4 July 1910 to 6 February 1911Henry Richard Wallis,
acting Governor
6 February 1911 to 23 September 1913William Manning,
acting Governor		2nd term
23 September 1913 to 12 April 1923George Smith,
Governor		Knighted during tenure
12 April 1923 to 27 March 1924Richard Rankine,
acting Governor
27 March 1924 to 30 May 1929Charles Calvert Bowring,
Governor
30 May 1929 to 7 November 1929Wilfred Bennett Davidson-Houston,
acting Governor
7 November 1929 to 22 November 1932Shenton Thomas,
Governor		Knighted during tenure
22 November 1932 to 9 April 1934Hubert Winthrop Young,
Governor
9 April 1934 to 21 September 1934Kenneth Lambert Hall,
acting Governor
21 September 1934 to 20 March 1939Harold Baxter Kittermaster,
Governor
20 March 1939 to 8 August 1942Donald Mackenzie-Kennedy,
Governor
8 August 1942 to 27 March 1947Edmund Charles Smith Richards,
Governor
30 March 1947 to 10 April 1956Geoffrey Colby,
Governor		Knighted during tenure
1 August 1953 to 31 December 1963Incorporated into the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
10 April 1956 to 10 April 1961Robert Perceval Armitage,
Governor
10 April 1961 to 6 July 1964Glyn Jones,
Governor
6 July 1964Independence as Malawi

For continuation after independence, see: List of heads of state of Malawi

References

  1. ↑ "No. 27396". The London Gazette. 10 January 1902. p. 219.

See also

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