List of colonial governors in 1913
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France
- French SomalilandDjiboutiDjibouti , officially the Republic of Djibouti , is a country in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the southeast. The remainder of the border is formed by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden at the east...
- Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal, Governor of French Somaliland (1911–1915) - GuineaGuineaGuinea , officially the Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea , it is today sometimes called Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from its neighbour Guinea-Bissau. Guinea is divided into eight administrative regions and subdivided into thirty-three prefectures...
-- Jean Louis Georges PoiretJean Louis Georges PoiretJean Louis Georges Poiret was Lieutenant-Governor of Guinea when it was a French colony....
, acting Lieutenant-Governor of Guinea (1912–1913) - Jean Jules Émile Peuvergne, Lieutenant-Governor of Guinea (1913–1915)
- Jean Louis Georges Poiret
Japan
- KarafutoKarafuto Prefecture, commonly called South Sakhalin, was the Japanese administrative division corresponding to Japanese territory on Sakhalin from 1905 to 1945. Through the Treaty of Portsmouth, the portion of Sakhalin south of 50°N became a colony of Japan in 1905...
- Hiraoka Teitarō, Governor-General of Karafuto (12 June 1908-5 June 1914) - KoreaKorea under Japanese ruleKorea was under Japanese rule as part of Japan's 35-year imperialist expansion . Japanese rule ended in 1945 shortly after the Japanese defeat in World War II....
- Terauchi MasatakeTerauchi Masatake, GCB was a Japanese military officer and politician. He was a Field Marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army and the 18th Prime Minister of Japan from 9 October 1916 to 29 September 1918.-Early period:...
, Governor-General of KoreaGovernor-General of KoreaThe post of Japanese Governor-General of Korea served as the chief administrator of the Japanese government in Korea while it was held as the Japanese colony of Chōsen from 1910 to 1945...
(1910–1916) - TaiwanTaiwan under Japanese ruleBetween 1895 and 1945, Taiwan was a dependency of the Empire of Japan. The expansion into Taiwan was a part of Imperial Japan's general policy of southward expansion during the late 19th century....
- Sakuma SamataSakuma Samata-External links:*...
, Governor-General of TaiwanGovernor-General of TaiwanThe position of Governor-General of Taiwan existed when Taiwan and the Pescadores were part of the Empire of Japan, from 1895 to 1945.The Japanese Governors-General were members of the Diet, civilian officials, Japanese nobles or generals...
(15 April 1906 - May 1915)
Portugal
- AngolaAngolaAngola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
- José Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos, Governor-General of Angola (1912–1915)
United Kingdom
- Australia -
- Governor-General - Lord DenmanThomas Denman, 3rd Baron DenmanThomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman GCMG, KCVO, PC was a British Liberal politician and the fifth Governor-General of Australia.-Early years:...
, Governor-General of AustraliaGovernor-General of AustraliaThe Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative in Australia at federal/national level of the Australian monarch . He or she exercises the supreme executive power of the Commonwealth...
(1911–1914) - Prime Minister -
- Andrew FisherAndrew FisherAndrew Fisher was an Australian politician who served as the fifth Prime Minister on three separate occasions. Fisher's 1910-13 Labor ministry completed a vast legislative programme which made him, along with Protectionist Alfred Deakin, the founder of the statutory structure of the new nation...
, Prime Minister of AustraliaPrime Minister of AustraliaThe Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia is the highest minister of the Crown, leader of the Cabinet and Head of Her Majesty's Australian Government, holding office on commission from the Governor-General of Australia. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful...
(1910–1913) - Joseph CookJoseph CookSir Joseph Cook, GCMG was an Australian politician and the sixth Prime Minister of Australia. Born as Joseph Cooke and working in the coal mines of Silverdale, Staffordshire during his early life, he emigrated to Lithgow, New South Wales during the late 1880s, and became General-Secretary of the...
, Prime Minister of AustraliaPrime Minister of AustraliaThe Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia is the highest minister of the Crown, leader of the Cabinet and Head of Her Majesty's Australian Government, holding office on commission from the Governor-General of Australia. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful...
(1913–1914)
- Andrew Fisher
- Governor-General - Lord Denman
- The BahamasThe BahamasThe Bahamas , officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is a nation consisting of 29 islands, 661 cays, and 2,387 islets . It is located in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba and Hispaniola , northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and southeast of the United States...
- Sir George Haddon-Smith, Governor of the Bahamas (1912–1914) - BahrainBahrain' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...
- Native Ruler (Hakim) - `Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifah, Ruler of Bahrain (1869–1932)
- British Political Agent - Arthur Prescott Trevor, British Political Agent in Bahrain (1912–1914)
- BarbadosBarbadosBarbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
- Sir Leslie Probyn, Governor of Barbados (1911–1918) - BasutolandBasutolandBasutoland or officially the Territory of Basutoland, was a British Crown colony established in 1884 after the Cape Colony's inability to control the territory...
-- Paramount Chief - Nathaniel Griffith Lerotholi, Paramount Chief of Basutoland (1913–1939)
- High Commissioner - Viscount Gladstone, High Commissioner for Southern AfricaHigh Commissioner for Southern AfricaThe British office of High Commissioner for South Africa was responsible for governing British possessions in Southern Africa, latterly the protectorates Basutoland , the Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland, as well as for relations with autonomous governments in the area...
(1910–1914) - Resident Commissioner - Sir Herbert Sloley, Resident Commissioner of Basutoland (1902–1916)
- Bechuanaland
- High Commissioner - Viscount Gladstone, High Commissioner for Southern AfricaHigh Commissioner for Southern AfricaThe British office of High Commissioner for South Africa was responsible for governing British possessions in Southern Africa, latterly the protectorates Basutoland , the Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland, as well as for relations with autonomous governments in the area...
(1910–1914) - Resident Commissioner - Francis William Panzera, Resident Commissioner of Bechuanaland (1906–1916)
- High Commissioner - Viscount Gladstone, High Commissioner for Southern Africa
- BermudaBermudaBermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
- Sir George Mockworth Bullock, Governor of Bermuda (1912–1917) - British East Africa - Sir Henry Conway BelfieldHenry Conway BelfieldSir Henry Conway Belfield KCMG JP born on 29 November 1855 and died on 8 January 1923. Sir Henry attended the Rugby School, Warwickshire and University of Oxford. He was a qualified barrister in 1880 and practiced law in England until 1884. Sir Henry joined Malayan Civil Service from 1884 until 1912...
, Governor of British East Africa (1912–1917) - British GuianaBritish GuianaBritish Guiana was the name of the British colony on the northern coast of South America, now the independent nation of Guyana.The area was originally settled by the Dutch at the start of the 17th century as the colonies of Essequibo, Demerara, and Berbice...
- Sir Walter EgertonWalter EgertonWalter Egerton had a long career in the administration of the British Empire, holding a number of senior positions including the Governorships of Lagos Colony Southern Nigeria and British Guiana .-Early career:...
, Governor of British Guiana (1912–1917) - British HondurasBritish HondurasBritish Honduras was a British colony that is now the independent nation of Belize.First colonised by Spaniards in the 17th century, the territory on the east coast of Central America, south of Mexico, became a British crown colony from 1862 until 1964, when it became self-governing. Belize became...
- Wilfred Collet, Governor of British Honduras (1913–1918) - BruneiBruneiBrunei , officially the State of Brunei Darussalam or the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace , is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia...
- Sultan - Muhammad Jamalul Alam, Sultan of Brunei (1906–1924)
- Regent - Council of Regency (1906–1918)
- British Resident - Francis William Douglas, British Resident in Brunei (1913–1915)
- CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
- Governor-General - The Duke of Connaught, Governor-General of Canada (1911–1916)
- Prime Minister - Robert Laird Borden, Prime Minister of CanadaPrime Minister of CanadaThe Prime Minister of Canada is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus head of government for Canada, charged with advising the Canadian monarch or viceroy on the exercise of the executive powers vested in them by the constitution...
(1911–1920)
- CyprusCyprusCyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
- Hamilton Goold-AdamsHamilton Goold-AdamsMajor Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams, GCMG, CB was an Irish soldier and colonial administrator who was Governor of Queensland in Australia from 1915 to 1920.-Biography:...
, High Commissioner of Cyprus (1911–1915) - EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
- Monarch - Abbas Hilmi PashaAbbas II of EgyptHH Abbas II Hilmi Bey was the last Khedive of Egypt and Sudan .-Early life:...
, Khedive of Egypt (1892–1914) - Prime Minister - Muhammad Said PashaMuhammad Said PashaMuhammad Said Pasha , was Prime Minister of Egypt from 1910 to 1914, and again in 1919. He was born in Alexandria to a family of Turkish origin.-References:...
, Prime Minister of EgyptPrime Minister of EgyptThe Prime Minister of Egypt is the head of the Egyptian government. According to the constitution, the prime minister is the leader of the largest political party in the Egyptian Parliament....
(1910–1914) - British Agent - Viscount Kitchener, British-Consul General in Egypt (1911–1914)
- Monarch - Abbas Hilmi Pasha
- Falkland IslandsFalkland IslandsThe Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located about from the coast of mainland South America. The archipelago consists of East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 lesser islands. The capital, Stanley, is on East Falkland...
- William Lamond AllardyceWilliam Lamond AllardyceSir William Lamond Allardyce KCMG was a career British civil servant in the Colonial Office who served as governor of Fiji , the Falkland Islands , Bahamas , Tasmania , and Newfoundland .Allardyce was born near Bombay, India, the son of Georgina Dickson Abbott and Colonel James Allardyce...
, Governor of the Falkland IslandsGovernor of the Falkland IslandsThe Governor of the Falkland Islands is the representative of the British Crown in the Falkland Islands, acting "in Her Majesty's name and on Her Majesty's behalf" as the islands' de facto head of state in the absence of the British monarch...
(1904–1915) - FijiFijiFiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
- Sir Ernest Sweet-Escott, Governor of FijiGovernor of FijiFiji was a British Crown Colony from 1874 to 1970, and an independent dominion in the British Commonwealth from 1970 to 1987. During this period, the Head of State was the British Monarch, but in practice his or her functions were normally exercised locally by the Governor prior to independence ,...
(1912–1918) - The GambiaThe GambiaThe Republic of The Gambia, commonly referred to as The Gambia, or Gambia , is a country in West Africa. Gambia is the smallest country on mainland Africa, surrounded by Senegal except for a short coastline on the Atlantic Ocean in the west....
- Henry Lionel Galway, Governor of The GambiaColonial Heads of the GambiaThis is a list of colonial administrators in The Gambia from the establishment of the Fort James by the United Kingdom in 1815 until The Gambia's independence in 1965.-Commandants of Fort James :* Alexander Grant, 1815–1821...
(1911–1914) - GibraltarGibraltarGibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of , it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region...
- Sir Herbert MilesHerbert MilesLieutenant General Sir Herbert Scott Gould Miles GCB GCMG GBE CVO was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:Miles was commissioned into the 101st Regiment of Foot in 1869....
, Governor of GibraltarGovernor of GibraltarThe Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar is the representative of the British monarch in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. The Governor is appointed by the British Monarch on the advice of the British Government...
(1913–1918) - Gilbert and Ellice IslandsGilbert and Ellice IslandsThe Gilbert and Ellice Islands were a British protectorate from 1892 and colony from 1916 until 1 January 1976, when the islands were divided into two different colonies which became independent nations shortly after...
- Edward Carlyon EliotEdward Carlyon EliotEdward Carlyon Eliot was a British diplomat and Colonial Service administrator.-Personal:Eliot is described as a neat, slim man of medium height with very black hair....
, Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands - Gold CoastGold Coast (British colony)The Gold Coast was a British colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa that became the independent nation of Ghana in 1957.-Overview:The first Europeans to arrive at the coast were the Portuguese in 1471. They encountered a variety of African kingdoms, some of which controlled substantial...
- Sir Hugh Clifford, Governor of Gold Coast (1912–1919) - GuernseyGuernseyGuernsey, officially the Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.The Bailiwick, as a governing entity, embraces not only all 10 parishes on the Island of Guernsey, but also the islands of Herm, Jethou, Burhou, and Lihou and their islet...
'- Lieutenant Governor - Edward Owen Fisher Hamilton, Lieutenant Governor of GuernseyLieutenant Governor of GuernseyThe Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey is the representative of the British monarch in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a Crown dependency of the British Crown. The role of the Lieutenant Governor is to act as the de facto head of state in Guernsey and as liaison between the governments of Guernsey and the...
(1911–1914) - Bailiff - William Carey, Bailiff of Guernsey (1908–1915)
- Lieutenant Governor - Edward Owen Fisher Hamilton, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
- Hong Kong - Sir Francis MayFrancis Henry MaySir Francis Henry May, GCMG was a British colonial administrator who became Governor of Hong Kong.-Early life and education:...
, Governor of Hong KongGovernor of Hong KongThe Governor of Hong Kong was the head of the government of Hong Kong during British rule from 1843 to 1997. The governor's roles were defined in the Hong Kong Letters Patent and Royal Instructions...
(1912–1919) - IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
- Lord Hardinge of PenshurstCharles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of PenshurstCharles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, was a British diplomat and statesman who served as Viceroy of India from 1910 to 1916.-Background and education:...
, Viceroy and Governor-General of India (1910–1916) - IrelandIrelandIreland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
- The Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Lieutenant of IrelandLord Lieutenant of IrelandThe Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was the British King's representative and head of the Irish executive during the Lordship of Ireland , the Kingdom of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
(1905–1915) - Isle of ManIsle of ManThe Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...
- Lord RaglanGeorge Somerset, 3rd Baron RaglanGeorge FitzRoy Henry Somerset, 3rd Baron Raglan GBE, CB , styled The Honourable George Somerset until 1884, was a British soldier and Conservative politician...
, Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man (1902–1918) - JamaicaJamaicaJamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
- Sir William Manning, Governor of Jamaica (1913–1918) - JerseyJerseyJersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and...
- Lieutenant Governor - Sir Alexander Rochefort, Lieutenant Governor of JerseyLieutenant Governor of JerseyThe Lieutenant Governor of Jersey is the representative of the British monarch in the Bailiwick of Jersey, a Crown dependency of the British Crown....
(1910–1916) - Bailiff - Sir William Venables-Vernon, Bailiff of Jersey (1899–1931)
- Lieutenant Governor - Sir Alexander Rochefort, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
- KuwaitKuwaitThe State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...
- Native Ruler - Mubarak al-Lahab Al Sabah, Ruler of Kuwait (1896–1915)
- British Political Agent - William Henry Irvine Shakespear, British political agent in Kuwait (1909–1914)
- Leeward IslandsLeeward IslandsThe Leeward Islands are a group of islands in the West Indies. They are the northern islands of the Lesser Antilles chain. As a group they start east of Puerto Rico and reach southward to Dominica. They are situated where the northeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean...
- Sir Henry BellHenry BellHenry Bell was a Scottish engineer who is famed for introducing the first successful passenger steamboat service in Europe.-Early career:...
, Governor of the Leeward Islands (1912–1916) - NewfoundlandDominion of NewfoundlandThe Dominion of Newfoundland was a British Dominion from 1907 to 1949 . The Dominion of Newfoundland was situated in northeastern North America along the Atlantic coast and comprised the island of Newfoundland and Labrador on the continental mainland...
- Governor - Sir Walter DavidsonWalter Edward DavidsonSir Walter Edward Davidson KCMG was a colonial Administrator and diplomat. He served periods as Governor of the Seychelles, Governor of Newfoundland and as Governor of New South Wales, in which he died in office....
, Governor of Newfoundland (1913–1917) - Prime Minister - Sir Edward Morris, Prime Minister of Newfoundland (1909–1917)
- Governor - Sir Walter Davidson
- Northern RhodesiaNorthern RhodesiaNorthern Rhodesia was a territory in south central Africa, formed in 1911. It became independent in 1964 as Zambia.It was initially administered under charter by the British South Africa Company and formed by it in 1911 by amalgamating North-Western Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia...
- Lawrence Aubrey WallaceLawrence Aubrey WallaceSir Lawrence Aubrey Wallace was a British colonial administrator. He was the administrator of North-Eastern Rhodesia from April 1907 to January 1909, administrator of North-Western Rhodesia from January 1909 to August 1911, and administrator of Northern Rhodesia from August 1911 until March...
, Administrator of Northern Rhodesia (1911–1921) - NyasalandNyasalandNyasaland or the Nyasaland Protectorate, was a British protectorate located in Africa, which was established in 1907 when the former British Central Africa Protectorate changed its name. Since 1964, it has been known as Malawi....
- Sir George Smith, Governor of Nyasaland (1913–1923) - Windward IslandsWindward IslandsThe Windward Islands are the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles, within the West Indies.-Name and geography:The Windward Islands are called such because they were more windward to sailing ships arriving in the New World than the Leeward Islands, given that the prevailing trade winds in the...
- Sir James SadlerJames SadlerJames Sadler may refer to:* James Sadler , first English balloonist* Sir James Hayes Sadler, British civil servant*James C. Sadler, American meteorologist* James Robert Sadler, birth name of the actor Jerry Desmonde...
, Governor of the Windward Islands (1909–1914)