List of governors and governors-general of Nigeria

This article contains a list of governors and governors-general of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, and later of the Federation of Nigeria; both as a British overseas possession and an independent monarchy.[1][2]

Flag of Nigeria (1914–1952)

Flag of the governor-general of Nigeria

Governor-general of Nigeria, 1914–1919
Portrait Name Took office Left office Sovereign
Sir Frederick Lugard
(1858–1945)		1 January 19148 August 1919George V

Governors of Nigeria, 1919–1954
Portrait Name Took office Left office Sovereign
Sir Hugh Clifford
(1866–1941)		8 August 191913 November 1925George V
Sir Graeme Thomson
(1877–1933)		13 November 192517 June 1931George V
Sir Donald Cameron
(1872–1948)		17 June 19311 November 1935George V
Sir Bernard Bourdillon
(1883–1948)		1 November 19351 July 1940George V
Edward VIII
George VI
Sir John Evelyn Shuckburgh
(1877–1953)		1 July 19401942George VI
Sir Alan Burns
(1887–1980)		194218 Dec 1943George VI
Sir Arthur Richards
(1885–1978)		18 Dec 19435 February 1948George VI
Sir John Macpherson
(1898–1971)		5 February 19481 October 1954George VI
Elizabeth II

Governors-general of Nigeria, 1954–1963
Portrait Name Took office Left office Sovereign
Sir John Macpherson
(1898–1971)		1 October 195415 June 1955Elizabeth II
Sir James Wilson Robertson
(1899–1983)		15 June 195516 November 1960Elizabeth II
Nnamdi Azikiwe
(1904–1996)		16 November 19601 October 1963Elizabeth II

See also

References
  1. Kirk-Greene, Anthony H. M. (1978). "On Governorship and Governors in British Africa". In Duignan, Peter; Gann, L. H. (eds.). African Proconsuls: European Governors in Africa. New York: Free Press. pp. 244–250 – via WebAfriqa.net.
  2. Manton, John (2008). "'The Lost Province': Neglect and Governance in Colonial Ogoja". History in Africa. 35: 327–345. doi:10.1353/hia.0.0010.
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