List of Governors of Sierra Leone
This is a list of the governors of Sierra Leone until independence in 1961.
Governors
| Term of office | Official | comment |
|---|---|---|
| Administrator | ||
| May 14, 1787 - September 1787 | Thomas B. Thompson | |
| governor | ||
| 1788-1789 | John Taylor | |
| Authorized representative | ||
| January 1791 – March 1792 | Alexander Falconbidge | |
| Commissioner | ||
| March 1792 - July 1792 | John Clarkson | |
| governor | ||
| July 1792 -31. December 1792 | John Clarkson | |
| December 31, 1792 - March 1794 | William Dawes | 1. Term of office |
| March 1794–6. May 1795 | Zachary Macaulay | 1. Term of office |
| May 6, 1795 - March 1796 | William Dawes | 2. Term of office |
| March 1796 – April 1799 | Zachary Macaulay | 2. Term of office |
| April 1799-May 1799 | John Gray | 1. Term of office |
| May 1799-1800 | Thomas Ludlum | 1. Term of office |
| 1800 – January 1801 | John Gray | 2. Term of office |
| January 1801 – February 1803 | William Dawes | 3. Term of office |
| February 1803-1803 | William Day | 1. Term of office |
| 1803-1805 | Thomas Ludlum | 2. Term of office |
| 1805-4. November 1805 | William Day | 2. Term of office |
| November 4, 1805-1806 | ... | |
| 1806– January 1, 1808 | Thomas Ludlum | representative |
| January 1, 1808 -21. July 1808 | Thomas Ludlum | 3. Term of office |
| July 21, 1808-12. February 1810 | Thomas Perronet Thompson | |
| February 12, 1810-May 1811 | Edward H. Columbine | |
| May 1811–1. July 1811 | Robert Bones | representative |
| July 1, 1811 – July 1814 | Charles William Maxwell | |
| July 1814 – December 1814 | Charles MacCarthy | representative |
| December 1814 – January 1815 | J. Mailing | representative |
| January 1815 – March 1815 | R. Purdie | representative |
| March 1815 – June 1815 | William Appleton | representative |
| June 1815 – July 1815 | HB Hyde | representative |
| July 1815– January 1, 1816 | Charles MacCarthy | representative |
| January 1, 1816 - 1820 | Charles MacCarthy | 2. Term of office |
| 1820 - July 1820 | Charles MacCarthy | 3. Term of office |
| July 1820-1821 | Alexander Grant | representative |
| 1821 | Burke | representative |
| 1821 – November 1821 | Alexander Grant | representative |
| November 1821-21. January 1824 | Charles MacCarthy | 3. Term of office |
| January 21, 1824-5. February 1824 | Daniel Molloy Hamilton | representative |
| February 5, 1824-7. March 1826 | Charles Turner | |
| March 8, 1826 - August 1826 | Kenneth Macaulay | |
| 1826 | Samuel Smart | representative |
| August 1826 – December 1827 | Neil Campbell | |
| Lieutenant Governor | ||
| December 1827 – May 1828 | Hugh Lumley | 1. Term of office |
| May 1828-9. June 1828 | Dixon Denham | |
| June 9, 1828-July 1828 | Hugh Lumley | 2. Term of office |
| July 1828 – November 1828 | Samuel Smart | representative |
| November 1828–1829 | Henry John Ricketts | representative |
| 1829-1830 | Augustine Fitzgerald Evans | representative |
| 1830 | Alexander Maclean Fraser | representative |
| 1830 – July 1833 | Alexander Findlay | |
| July 1833 – December 1833 | Michael Linning Melville | representative |
| December 1833-1834 | Octavius Temple | |
| 1834 – February 1835 | Thomas Cole | representative |
| February 1835-1837 | Henry Dundas Campbell | |
| 1837 | Thomas Cole | representative |
| governor | ||
| 1837-1840 | Richard Doherty | |
| 1840 – April 1841 | John Jeremie | |
| April 1841 – September 1841 | J. Carr | representative |
| September 1841 – January 1842 | William Fergusson | representative |
| January 1842 – July 1844 | George MacDonald | |
| July 1844-1845 | William Fergusson | |
| 1845-1852 | Norman William MacDonald | |
| 1852-1854 | Arthur Edward Kennedy | 1. Term of office |
| 1854 | Robert Dougan | representative |
| 1854-1855 | Stephan John Hill | 1. Term of office |
| 1855 | Robert Dougan | |
| 1855-1859 | Stephan John Hill | 2. Term of office |
| 1859-1860 | Alexander Fitzjames | |
| 1860-1861 | Stephan John Hill | 3. Term of office |
| 1861-1862 | William Hill | |
| 1862 | Smith | representative |
| 1862-1865 | Samuel Wensley Blackall | 1. Term of office |
| 1865-19. February 1866 | Chamberlayne | representative |
| February 19, 1866-1867 | Samuel Wensley Blackall | 2. Term of office |
| 1867 | Gustavus Yonge | representative |
| 1867-1868 | Samuel Wensley Blackall | 3. Term of office |
| 1868-1869 | John Jennings Kendall | representative |
| 1869-1871 | Arthur Edward Kennedy | 2. Term of office |
| 1871 | John Jennings Kendall | representative |
| 1871 | Sheppard | representative |
| 1871 – January 1872 | Arthur Edward Kennedy | 3. Term of office |
| January 1872 – February 1872 | John Jennings Kendall | representative |
| January 1872–7. March 1873 | John Pope Hennessey | |
| March 7, 1873-17. March 1873 | Robert Keate | |
| March 17, 1873–2. October 1873 | Alexander Bravo | |
| 1873 | Robert William Harley | representative |
| October 2, 1873–4. March 1874 | Garnet Wolseley | |
| March 4, 1874-17. December 1874 | George Berkeley | |
| December 17, 1874-1875 | George French | representative |
| 1875 | Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright | 1. Term of office |
| 1875-1876 | Samuel Rowe | 1. Term of office |
| 1876-1877 | Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright | 2. Term of office |
| 1877 | Horatio James Huggins | representative |
| 1877-1880 | Samuel Rowe | 2. Term of office |
| 1880-1881 | William Streeten | representative |
| 1881 | Samuel Rowe | 3. Term of office |
| 1881 | Frana's Frederick Pinkett | representative |
| 1881-1883 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | 1. Term of office |
| 1883 | Frana's Frederick Pinkett | representative |
| 1883-1884 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | 2. Term of office |
| 1884 | Arthur Mills Tarleton | representative |
| 1884-1885 | Frana's Frederick Pinkett | representative |
| 1885-1886 | Samuel Rowe | 4. Term of office |
| 1886-1887 | James Shaw Hay | representative |
| 1887-1888 | Samuel Rowe | 5. Term of office |
| 1888 | JM Maltby | representative |
| 1888– November 24, 1888 | James Shaw Hay | representative |
| November 24, 1888-1889 | James Shaw Hay | 1. Term of office |
| 1889 | Patchett | representative |
| 1889 | Foster | representative |
| 1889-1890 | JM Maltby | |
| 1890-1891 | James Shaw Hay | 2. Term of office |
| 1891-1892 | John Joseph Crooks | representative |
| 1892 | William Hollingworth Quayle Jones | representative |
| 1892-1893 | Francis Fleming | 1. Term of office |
| 1893 | William Hollingworth Quayle Jones | representative |
| 1893-1894 | Francis Fleming | 2. Term of office |
| 1894 | William Hollingworth Quayle Jones | representative |
| 1894-1895 | Frederic Cardew | 1. Term of office |
| 1895-24. August 1895 | Caulfield | representative |
| August 24 1895- 1897 | Frederic Cardew | 2. Term of office |
| 1897 -1897 | Frederic Cardew | 3. Term of office |
| 1897 | JC Gore | representative |
| 1897 | Caulfield | representative |
| 1897-1899 | Frederic Cardew | 4. Term of office |
| 1899 | Matthew Nathan | representative |
| 1899-1900 | Frederic Cardew | 5. Term of office |
| 1900-11. December 1900 | Caulfield | representative |
| December 11, 1900–3. October 1904 | Charles Anthony King-Harman | |
| October 3, 1904–1910 | Leslie Probyn | |
| 1910-1913 | Edward Marsh Merewethe | 1. Term of office |
| 1913 | Claude Hollis | representative |
| 1913-1916 | Edward Marsh Merewether | 2. Term of office |
| March 9, 1916-1921 | Richard James Wilkinson | 1. Term of office |
| 1921 | John C. Maxwell | representative |
| 1921-4. May 1922 | Richard James Wilkinson | 2. Term of office |
| 4 May 1922- 1924 | Alexander Ransford Slater | 1. Term of office |
| 1924 -24. September 1927 | Alexander Ransford Slater | 2. Term of office |
| September 24, 1927-1929 | Joseph Aloysius Byrne | 1. Term of office |
| 1929-1930 | Mark Young | representative |
| 1930-23. May 1931 | Joseph Aloysius Byrne | 2. Term of office |
| May 23, 1931-17. July 1934 | Arnold Wienholt Hodgson | |
| July 17, 1934-21. May 1937 | Henry Monck-Mason Moore | |
| May 21, 1937-5. July 1941 | Douglas James Jardine | |
| July 5, 1941 - September 1947 | Hubert Craddock Stevenson | |
| September 1947 – December 1952 | George Beresford-Stooke | |
| December 1952–1. September 1956 | Robert de Zouche Hall | |
| 1 September 1956- 1957 | Maurice Henry Dorman | |
| 1957 - April 27, 1961 | Maurice Henry Dorman | |
| April 27, 1961 | Independence of the colony of Sierra Leone | |
See also
Web link and source
- Sierra Leone on WorldStatesmen.org (English)