List of governors and governors-general of Nigeria

This page 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.[1][2]

Flag of the Governor-General of Nigeria

Governor-General of Nigeria, 1914–1919
Portrait Name Took office Left office Sovereign
Sir Frederick Lugard
(1858–1945)		1 January 19148 August 1919George V

Governors of Nigeria, 1919–1954
Portrait Name Took office Left office Sovereign
Sir Hugh Clifford
(1866–1941)		8 August 191913 November 1925George V
Sir Graeme Thomson
(1877–1933)		13 November 192517 June 1931George V
Sir Donald Cameron
(1872–1948)		17 June 19311 November 1935George V
Sir Bernard Bourdillon
(1883–1948)		1 November 19351 July 1940George V
Edward VIII
George VI
Sir John Evelyn Shuckburgh
(1877–1953)		1 July 19401942George VI
Sir Alan Burns
(1887–1980)		194218 Dec 1943George VI
Sir Arthur Richards
(1885–1978)		18 Dec 19435 February 1948George VI
Sir John Macpherson
(1898–1971)		5 February 19481 October 1954George VI
Elizabeth II

Governors-General of Nigeria, 1954–1963
Portrait Name Took office Left office Sovereign
Sir John Macpherson
(1898–1971)		1 October 195415 June 1955Elizabeth II
Sir James Wilson Robertson
(1899–1983)		15 June 195516 November 1960Elizabeth II
Nnamdi Azikiwe
(1904–1996)		16 November 19601 October 1963Elizabeth II

See also

References
  1. "African Proconsuls. European Governors in Africa". 13 June 2018.
  2. ""The Lost Province": Neglect and Governance in Colonial Ogoja". 13 June 2018.
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