List of colonial governors in 1937
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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...
-- Armand Léon AnnetArmand Léon AnnetArmand Léon Annet was a Governor for various colonies in French Colonial Empire.- Life :Annet was born in Paris....
, Governor of French Somaliland (1935-1937) - Marie François Julien Pierre-Alype, Governor of French Somaliland (1937-1938)
- Armand Léon Annet
- 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...
-- Louis Placide Blacher, Governor of Guinea (1936-1937)
- Pierre Tap, acting Governor of Guinea (1937-1938)
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...
- Takeshi Imamura, Governor-General of Karafuto (5 July 1932-7 May 1938) - 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....
- Jirō MinamiJiro Minami- Notes :...
, 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...
(1936-1942) - 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....
- Seizō Kobayashi, 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...
(June 1936-November 1940)
United Kingdom
- 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 Charles Dundas, Governor of The Bahamas (1934-1940)
- 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 Mark Aitchison YoungMark Aitchison YoungSir Mark Aitchison Young, GCMG was a British administrator who became the Governor of Hong Kong during the years immediately before and after the Japanese occupation of the territory.-Early life, service in war:...
, Governor of Barbados (1933-1938)
- Sir Mark Aitchison Young
- Bechuanaland
- Sir Charles Fernand Rey, Resident Commissioner (1930-1937)
- Sir Charles Noble Arden-ClarkeCharles Noble Arden-ClarkeSir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke was a British colonial administrator.He was the Resident Commissioner of the Bechuanaland Protectorate between 1937 and 1942 , a time at which the ruling regent Tschekedi Khama was in violent conflict with the British authorities...
, Resident Commissioner (1937-1942)
- 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 Geoffry Northcote, Governor of British Guiana (1935-1937)
- Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis JacksonWilfrid Edward Francis JacksonSir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson was a British colonial governor.Jackson was the 23rd Governor of Mauritius from August 30, 1930, to June 7, 1937, and was knighted on June 3, 1931. During this period the constitution was modified in 1933, and Dr Maurice Curé founded the worker's party as first...
, Governor of British Guiana (1937-1941)
- British Leeward IslandsBritish Leeward IslandsThe British Leeward Islands was a British colony existing between 1833 and 1960, and consisting of Antigua, Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla and Dominica....
- Sir Gordon James LethemGordon James LethemSir Gordon James Lethem was a British Civil Servant.He was Governor of British Guiana from 7 November 1941 to 1946. He was acting Governor from 1946 to 12 April 1947.The city of Lethem, Guyana is named after him....
, Governor of the British Leeward Islands (1936-1941)
- Sir Gordon James Lethem
- British Windward IslandsBritish Windward IslandsThe British Windward Islands was a British colony existing between 1833 and 1960 and consisting of the islands of Grenada, St Lucia, Saint Vincent, the Grenadines, Barbados , Tobago , and Dominica, previously included in the...
- Sir Selwyn MacGregor Grier, Governor of the British Windward Islands (1935-1937)
- Sir Henry Bradshaw Popham, Governor of the British Windward Islands (1937-1942)
- Ceylon
- Sir Reginald Edward StubbsReginald Edward StubbsSir Reginald Edward Stubbs, GCMG was a British colonial governor, who was once the Governor of Hong Kong...
, Governor of Ceylon (1933-1937) - Sir Andrew CaldecottAndrew CaldecottSir Andrew Caldecott, GCMG, KBE was a British colonial administrator.-Early Life, Education:Sir Andrew Caldecott was born on 26 October 1884 in Kent, England. His father was a cleric...
, Governor of Ceylon (1937-1944)
- Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs
- 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...
- Sir Herbert Richmond PalmerHerbert Richmond PalmerSir Herbert Richmond Palmer KCMG CBE was an English barrister, who became a colonial supervisor for Britain during the inter-World War period...
, Governor of Cyprus (1933-1939)
- Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer
- Hong KongHong KongHong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
- Sir Andrew CaldecottAndrew CaldecottSir Andrew Caldecott, GCMG, KBE was a British colonial administrator.-Early Life, Education:Sir Andrew Caldecott was born on 26 October 1884 in Kent, England. His father was a cleric...
, Governor of Hong Kong (1935-1937) - Sir Geoffry Northcote, Governor of Hong Kong (1937-1941)
- Sir Andrew Caldecott
- IndiaBritish RajBritish Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...
- The Marquess of LinlithgowVictor Hope, 2nd Marquess of LinlithgowVictor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow KG, KT, GCSI, GCIE, OBE, PC was a British statesman who served as Governor-General and Viceroy of India from 1936 to 1943.-Early life and family:...
, Viceroy of India (1936-1943)
- The Marquess of Linlithgow
- 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 Edward Brandis DenhamEdward Brandis DenhamSir Edward Brandis Denham, GCMG, KBE was a British colonial administrator. He served as Governor of The Gambia , British Guiana and Jamaica .-Life:...
, Governor of Jamaica (1935-1938)
- Sir Edward Brandis Denham
- KenyaKenyaKenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
- Armigel de Vins Wade, Governor of Kenya (1936-1937)
- Sir Robert Brooke-PophamRobert Brooke-PophamAir Chief Marshal Sir Henry Robert Moore Brooke-Popham, GCVO, KCB, CMG, DSO, AFC, was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. During World War I he served in the Royal Flying Corps as wing commander and senior staff officer...
, Governor of Kenya (1937-1939)
- NigeriaNigeriaNigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
- Sir Bernard Henry BourdillonBernard Henry BourdillonSir 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....
, Governor of Nigeria (1935-1940)
- Sir Bernard Henry Bourdillon
- Northern RhodesiaZambiaZambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
- Sir Hubert Winthrop Young, Governor of Northern Rhodesia (1935-1938)
- 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 Harold Baxter KittermasterHarold Baxter KittermasterSir Harold Baxter Kittermaster KCMG, KBE was governor of British Somaliland , British Honduras , and then of the Nyasaland protectorate in the period before the Second World War....
, Governor of Nyasaland (1934-1939)
- Sir Harold Baxter Kittermaster
- Straits SettlementsStraits SettlementsThe Straits Settlements were a group of British territories located in Southeast Asia.Originally established in 1826 as part of the territories controlled by the British East India Company, the Straits Settlements came under direct British control as a crown colony on 1 April 1867...
- Sir Shenton ThomasShenton ThomasSir Thomas Shenton Whitelegge Thomas, GCMG, GCStJ was the last Governor of the Straits Settlements, 1934–1942 during which time World War II began. He died at age 82...
, Governor of the Straits Settlements (1934-1942)
- Sir Shenton Thomas
- Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
- Sir Arthur George Murchison Fletcher, Governor of Trinidad and Tobago (1936-1938)
- UgandaUgandaUganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
- Sir Philip Euen MitchellPhilip Euen MitchellSir Philip Euen Mitchell was a British Colonial administrator who served as Governor of Uganda , Governor of Fiji and Governor of Kenya .-Birth and education:...
, Governor of Uganda (1935-1940)
- Sir Philip Euen Mitchell