List of Governors-General of Nigeria
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This page contains a list of Governors and Governors-General of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria.
Governor-General of Nigeria, 1914-1919
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Sir Frederick Lugard Frederick Lugard Frederick John Dealtry Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard GCMG, CB, DSO, PC , known as Sir Frederick Lugard between 1901 and 1928, was a British soldier, mercenary, explorer of Africa and colonial administrator, who was Governor of Hong Kong and Governor-General of Nigeria .-Early life and education:Lugard... |
1 January 1914 | 8 August 1919 |
Governors of Nigeria, 1919-1954
| Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office |
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Sir Hugh Clifford Hugh Clifford Sir Hugh Charles Clifford, GCMG, GBE was a British colonial administrator.-Early life:Clifford was born in Roehampton, London, the sixth of the eight children of Major-General Sir Henry Hugh Clifford and his wife Josephine Elizabeth, née Anstice; his grandfather was Hugh Clifford, 7th Baron... |
8 August 1919 | 13 November 1925 |
| Sir Graeme Thomson Graeme Thomson Sir Graeme Thomson G.C.M.G. K.C.B. was a British Civil Servant in the Admiralty, who served as a colonial civil servant and then governor in several British colonies.-Civil Servant:... |
13 November 1925 | 17 June 1931 | |
| Sir Donald Charles Cameron | 17 June 1931 | 1 November 1935 | |
| Sir Bernard Henry Bourdillon Bernard Henry Bourdillon Sir Bernard Henry Bourdillon was a British colonial administrator who was Governor of Uganda and of Nigeria .-Early years:Bourdillon was born on 3 December 1883 at Emu Bay, Tasmania.... |
1 November 1935 | 1943 | |
| Sir Arthur Richards | 1943 | 5 February 1948 | |
| Sir John Stuart Macpherson | 5 February 1948 | 1 October 1954 |
Governors-General of Nigeria, 1954-1963
| Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office |
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| Sir John Stuart Macpherson | 1 October 1954 | 15 June 1955 | |
| Sir James Wilson Robertson James Wilson Robertson Sir James Wilson Robertson, KT, GCMG, GCVO, KBE, Order of the Nile , KStJ was the last British Head of Nigeria.He was educated at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh and Balliol College, Oxford... |
15 June 1955 | 16 November 1960 | |
| Nnamdi Azikiwe Nnamdi Azikiwe Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe , usually referred to as Nnamdi Azikiwe and popularly known as "Zik", was one of the leading figures of modern Nigerian nationalism who became the first President of Nigeria after Nigeria secured its independence from the United Kingdom on 1 October 1960; holding the... |
16 November 1960 | 1 October 1963 | |
See also
- List of heads of state of Nigeria
- Lists of incumbents