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
| # | Name (birth–death) |
Took office | Left office | Notes | ||
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| 1 | Sir William Mackinnon (1823–1893) |
3 Sep 1888 | 1889 | |||
| Administrators | ||||||
| 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
| # | Name (birth–death) |
Took office | Left office | Notes | ||
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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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| 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
References
- ^ Williams, Susan (2004). "Grigg [née Dickson-Poynder], Joan Alice Katherine, Lady Altrincham (1897–1987), organizer of maternity and nursing services in Africa". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/76425. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 2021-01-24. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
