Henry Hesketh Bell

**Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell**
Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell
Preceded by	Sir William Frederick Gowers
Succeeded by	Cyril Wilson Alexander
Governor of Northern Nigeria
	In office; 1925–1930
Personal details
Born	17 December 1864; Chambéry, Savoie, France
Died	1 August 1952 (aged 87); London, United Kingdom

Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell GCMG (17 December 1864 – 1 August 1952)^[1]^[2] was a British colonial administrator and author.

He began his career in the colonial service in the Bahamas with a minor position but was promoted to Administrator of Dominica within a few years. He was the Commissioner, and Governor of the Uganda Protectorate (1905–1909) where he was hugely successful in eradicating sleeping sickness. Port Bell in Kampala is named in his honour. He was later Governor of Northern Nigeria Protectorate (1909–1912), Governor of the Leeward Islands (1912–1916) and the 21st Governor of Mauritius (1916–1924).^[3]^[4]

Bell authored several books including memoirs, fiction, and colonial history and administration.^[3]

Government offices
Preceded by Sir James Hayes Sadler	Governor of Uganda 1907–1910	Succeeded by Sir Herbert James Read
Preceded by Sir Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott	Governor of the Leeward Islands 1912–1916	Succeeded by Sir Edward Marsh Merewether
Preceded by Sir John Robert Chancellor	Governor of Mauritius 1916–1924	Succeeded by Sir Herbert James Read

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