Richard Turnbull (colonial governor)

Richard Gordon Turnbull
Governor of Tanganyika
In office
1958–1961
Preceded by Edward Twining
Succeeded by himself (as Governor-General)
Governor-General of Tanganyika
In office
1961–1962
Preceded by Office established
himself (as Governor)
Succeeded by Office abolished
Julius Nyerere (as President of Tanganyika)
Personal details
Born 7 July 1909
St Albans
Died 21 December 1998 (aged 89)[1]
Gloucestershire

Sir Richard Gordon Turnbull, GCMG (7 July 1909[2] – 21 December 1998[3])[4] was a British colonial governor and the last governor of the British mandate of Tanganyika from 1958 to 1961. Following the country's independence, he was governor-general from 9 December 1961 to 9 December 1962.

Biography

Richard Turnbull was chief secretary of Kenya during the Mau Mau Uprising.[5] In 1958, he succeeded Edward Twining as governor of Tanganyika.[5] Following the first elections to the Legislative Council, Turnbull appointed five members of Julius Nyerere's Tanganyika African National Union party.[5] At the end of 1961, Tanganyika became independent with Nyerere as prime minister and Turnbull as governor-general. He served for a year until Tanganyika became a republic in December 1962. He later became the penultimate High Commissioner of Aden in 1965.

References

  1. ↑ Mwakikagile, G. (2009). My Life as an African: Autobiographical Writings. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. p. 52. ISBN 9781448612567. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Europa Publications Limited (1970). The Middle East and North Africa. Europa Publications. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  3. ↑ https://www.rulers.org/1998-12.html
  4. ↑ "Tanzania", worldstatesmen.org, 2000, retrieved 19 April 2010
  5. 1 2 3 Mwakikagile, Godfrey (2009). Life in Tanganyika in The Fifties. Godfrey Mwakikagile. p. 142. ISBN 9987-16-012-3.
Government offices
Preceded by
Edward Twining		 Governors of Tanganyika
1958–1961		 Succeeded by
Position abolished
Preceded by
Kennedy Trevaskis		 High Commissioner of Aden
1965–1967		 Succeeded by
Position abolished
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