List_of_colonial_governors_of_Kenya
This article contains a list of chairmen, administrators, commissioners and governors of British Kenya Colony.
Not to be confused with Governors of Kenyan Counties.
The office of Governor of Kenya was replaced by the office of Governor-General in 1963 and then later replaced by a President of Kenya, upon Kenya becoming a Republic in 1964. For continuation after independence, see: List of heads of state of Kenya.
Chairmen/Administrators of the Imperial British East Africa Company
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| 1 | Sir William Mackinnon (1823–1893) |
3 Sep 1888 | 1889 | |||
| Administrators | ||||||
| 1 | George Mackenzie (1844–1910) |
3 Sep 1889 | May 1890 | |||
| 2 | Francis de Winton (1835–1901) |
May 1890 | Feb 1891 |
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| - | George Mackenzie (1844–1910) |
Feb 1891 | Jun 1891 |
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| 3 | Ernest Berkeley (1857–1932) |
Jun 1891 | Sep 1891 | |||
| 4 | Lloyd Mathews (1850–1901) |
Sep 1891 | Feb 1892 | |||
| 5 | Sir Gerald Portal (1858–1894) |
Feb 1892 | May 1893 |
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| 6 | John Pigott | 1893 | Jul 1895 |
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Commissioners and Governors of the East Africa Protectorate/Kenya
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| # | Name (birth–death) |
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| Commissioners and Governors of the East Africa Protectorate | ||||||
| 7 | Sir Arthur Henry Hardinge (1859–1933) |
1 Jul 1895 | 7 Oct 1900 |
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| 8 | Trevor Ternan | 7 Oct 1900 | 30 Dec 1900 |
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| 9 | Sir Charles Eliot (1861–1931) |
30 Dec 1900 | 20 May 1904 |
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| 10 | Frederick John Jackson (1860–1929) |
20 May 1904 | 1 Aug 1904 |
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| 11 | Sir Donald William Stewart (1860–1905) |
1 Aug 1904 | 1 Oct 1905 |
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| 10 | Frederick John Jackson (1860–1929) |
1 Oct 1905 | 12 Dec 1905 |
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| 12 | Sir James Hayes Sadler (1827–1910) |
12 Dec 1905 | 12 Apr 1909 |
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| 13 | Sir Charles Calvert Bowring (1872–1945) |
12 Apr 1909 | 16 Sep 1909 | |||
| 14 | Sir Percy Girouard (1867–1932) |
16 Sep 1909 | 17 Jul 1912 |
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| 13 | Sir Charles Calvert Bowring (1872–1945) |
17 Jul 1912 | 3 Oct 1912 |
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| 15 | Sir Henry Conway Belfield (1855–1923) |
3 Oct 1912 | 14 Apr 1917 |
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| 13 | Sir Charles Calvert Bowring (1872–1945) |
14 Apr 1917 | 1 Feb 1919 |
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| 16 | Sir Edward Northey (1811–1879) |
1 Feb 1919 | 11 Jun 1920 |
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| Governors of The Colony and Protectorate of Kenya | ||||||
| 16 | Sir Edward Northey (1868–1953) |
11 Jun 1920 | 28 Aug 1922 |
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| 17 | Sir Robert Coryndon (1870–1925) |
31 Aug 1922 | 10 Feb 1925 |
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| 18 | Edward Brandis Denham (1876–1938) |
10 Feb 1925 | 3 Oct 1925 |
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| 19 | Edward Grigg (1879–1955) |
3 Oct 1925 | 27 Sep 1930 |
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| 20 | Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore (1887–1964) |
27 Sep 1930 | 13 Feb 1931 |
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| 21 | Sir Joseph Byrne (1874–1942) |
13 Feb 1931 | 22 Dec 1936 | |||
| 22 | Sir Armigel Wade (1880–1966) |
22 Dec 1936 | 6 Apr 1937 |
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| 23 | Sir Robert Brooke-Popham (1878–1953) |
6 Apr 1937 | 9 Jan 1940 | |||
| 24 | Walter Harragin (1890–1966) |
30 Sep 1939 | 9 Jan 1940 |
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| 20 | Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore (1887–1964) |
9 Jan 1940 | 25 Oct 1944 |
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| 25 | Sir Philip Mitchell (1890–1964) |
11 Dec 1944 | 21 Jun 1952 |
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| 26 | Henry Steven Potter (1904–1976) |
21 Jun 1952 | 29 Sept 1952 |
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| 27 | Sir Evelyn Baring (1903–1973) |
30 Sept 1952 | 4 Oct 1959 |
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| 28 | Walter Coutts (1912–1988) |
4 Oct 1959 | 23 Oct 1959 |
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| 29 | Sir Patrick Muir Renison (1911–1965) |
23 Oct 1959 | 17 Nov 1962 |
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| 30 | Sir Eric Griffith-Jones (1913–1979) |
17 Nov 1962 | 4 Jan 1963 |
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| 31 | Malcolm MacDonald (1901–1981) |
4 Jan 1963 | 12 Dec 1964 |
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