List of governors and governors-general of Nigeria

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The Governor-General of Nigeria was the representative of the

Nigerian head of state
.

The office was created on 1 October 1954, when the

Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was created as an autonomous federation within the British Empire. After independence in 1960, the governor-general became the representative of the Nigerian monarch, and the office continued to exist till 1963, when Nigeria abolished its monarchy, and became a republic.[1][2][3]

Flag of the governor-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.[4][5]

Flag of Nigeria (1914–1952)

Governor-general of Nigeria, 1914–1919

Portrait Name Took office Left office Sovereign
Sir Frederick Lugard
(1858–1945)		 1 January 1914 8 August 1919 George V

Governors of Nigeria, 1919–1954

Portrait Name Took office Left office Sovereign
Sir Hugh Clifford
(1866–1941)		 8 August 1919 13 November 1925 George V
Sir Graeme Thomson
(1877–1933)		 13 November 1925 17 June 1931 George V
Sir Donald Cameron
(1872–1948)		 17 June 1931 1 November 1935 George V
Sir Bernard Bourdillon
(1883–1948)		 1 November 1935 1 July 1940 George V
Edward VIII
George VI
Sir John Evelyn Shuckburgh
(1877–1953)		 1 July 1940 1942 George VI
Sir
Alan Burns

(1887–1980)		 1942 18 Dec 1943 George VI
Sir Arthur Richards
(1885–1978)		 18 Dec 1943 5 February 1948 George VI
Sir John Macpherson
(1898–1971)		 5 February 1948 1 October 1954 George VI
Elizabeth II

Governors-general of Nigeria, 1954–1963

Following is a list of people who have served as governor-general of Nigeria.[1]

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Monarch
(Reign)
Took office Left office Time in office
monarch of the United Kingdom
1 Sir John Stuart Macpherson
(1898–1971) 		1 October
1954 		15 June
1955 		257 days
Elizabeth II

(1954–1960)
2 Sir James Wilson Robertson
(1899–1983) 		15 June
1955 		1 October
1960 		5 years, 108 days
monarch of Nigeria
(2) Sir James Wilson Robertson
(1899–1983) 		1 October
1960 		16 November
1960 		46 days
Elizabeth II

(1960–1963)
3 Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe
(1904–1996) 		16 November
1960 		1 October
1963 		2 years, 319 days

Flag of the governor-general

  • Flag used in Colonial Nigeria (1954 to 1960)
    Flag used in Colonial Nigeria (1954 to 1960)
  • Flag used in independent Nigeria (1960 to 1963)
    Flag used in independent Nigeria (1960 to 1963)

See also

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 9789781322662
  2. ISBN 9780905838793
    .
  3. ^ Federal Nigeria: Volumes 6-11, Consulate General of Nigeria, 1963, p. 2
  4. ^ 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.
  5. doi:10.1353/hia.0.0010
    .

External links
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