Akójọ àwọn gómínà ìlẹtò ti Gambia

Governor of the Gambia
Gambia Colony and Protectorate
Style	His Excellency
Member of	Executive Council, Legislative Council
Reports to	Secretary of State for the Colonies
Formation	1843, 1901
First holder	Henry Froude Seagram
Final holder	John Paul
Abolished	1866, 1965
Deputy	Colonial Secretary of the Gambia

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Èyí jẹ́ àkójọ ti àwọn gómìnà amúnisìn ati àwọn alábòójútó ní Gambia lati ìdásílẹ̀ ibùgbé Ìlú Gẹẹsi kan lori St Mary's Island, ti a mọ ni sìn bi Banjul Island, ni ọdun 1816, titi de Ominira Gambia Colony ati Protectorate lati United Kingdom ni ọdun 1965.

Orúkọ ìpẹlẹ àṣẹ ti Alákóso St Mary's Island ni a fun gẹgẹ bi Alákóso Ìpínlẹ̀ Ìlú Gẹẹsi ní St Mary's ni ọdun 1823. Ni Ọdún 1821, Gambia di ìlẹtò ìjọba Gẹẹsi ti o di apákan ti Sierra Leone. Ní ọdún 1829, a yan Gómínà Lieutenant kan ti o jẹ amúgbá lẹgbẹ si Gómínà ti Sierra Leone. Láàrin 1843 sí 1866, Gambia ni Gómínà tirẹ̀ ti òmìnira ti Sierra Leone. Lẹẹkansi ó di igbákẹjì ní 1866, Pẹ̀lú Alákóso tí a yàn lati ṣàkóso agbègbè náà. A tún yan Gómínà Olómìnira ní ọdún 1901 ti o tún ṣé gẹ́gẹ́ bi Alákósọ Alákóso ti ìlẹtò naa.

Gambia gba òmìnira ní ọdún 1965. Lẹ́hìn naa, igbákejì adé ọba Gẹẹsi ni Gambia di Gomina Gbogbogbo ti Gambia, títí tí ó fi kọ Queen sílẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́bí olóri orilẹede ni Ọdún 1970.

Ṣáájú ọdún 1816

Ṣáájú ọdún 1816, ìlẹtò ijoba amúnisìn tó wà ní Gambia kò kọjá James Island (tí a mọ si St Andrew's Island láti 1456 si 1660, ati bi Kunta Kinteh Island lati ọdún 2011).

Àwọn aláṣẹ ti St Mary's Island (1816-1830)

Alakoso		Igba ti ọfiisi		Ṣaaju tabi awọn ọfiisi nigbakanna	Akowe ileto	Oba	Ref
	Lieutenant Colonel Sir Alexander Grant (1775–1827)	Oṣu Kẹrin Ọjọ 23 Ọdun 1816	1 Oṣu Kẹjọ Ọdun 1826	– Oṣiṣẹ pẹlu Royal African Corps (1804-1825) – Adaṣe Gomina ti Sierra Leone (1820–1821; 1821)	Ko si	<b id="mwOA">George III</b> (1760 – 1820)
		Alakoso ileto Gẹẹsi akọkọ ni Gambia lati ọdun 1783. Idunadura iyalo ti St Mary's Island ni ọdun 1816. Ilu ti Bathurst ti a da. Awọn iṣẹ iwuri ti Wesleyans ati Quakers . Subordinated to Sierra Leone ni 1821. Ra MacCarthy Island ni 1823 o si da Georgetown . Ti gba Ceded Mile lati ọdọ Ọba Barra ni ọdun 1826.				<b id="mwUQ">George IV</b> (1820 – 1830)
	Colonel Alexander Findlay <small id="mwYQ">KH</small> (1784–1851)	1 Oṣu Kẹjọ Ọdun 1826	8 Oṣu Kẹta Ọdun 1829	– Oṣiṣẹ pẹlu Royal African Corps	Ko si
		Ti yan igbimọ imọran ti iṣowo.
	William Hutton (17?–18??)	8 Oṣu Kẹta Ọdun 1829	8 Oṣu Kẹjọ Ọdun 1829	– Aṣoju Consul fun Ijọba Ashanti	Ko si
		Iṣeduro ipa lẹhin Findlay pada si Ilu Gẹẹsi. Ti ipilẹṣẹ oniṣòwo-atilẹyin April 1829 irin ajo si isalẹ awọn Gambia. Ti fowo si awọn adehun pẹlu Ọba Wuli ati olori Kantalikunda, nigbamii ti fagile. Ti yọ kuro fun iwa aiṣedeede.
	Captain James Jackson (17?–18??)	8 Oṣu Kẹjọ Ọdun 1829	28 Oṣu Kini Ọdun 1830	– Oṣiṣẹ pẹlu 3rd West India Regiment	Ko si
		Ti gba lati Hutton. Ti fowo si iwe adehun ikoko pẹlu Ọba Kombo nipa ipadabọ awọn ẹru ti o salọ. Adehun nigbamii kọ nipasẹ Akowe Colonies .

Àwọn Gómínà Lieutenant ti Gambia (1830-1843)

Lieutenant Governor		Term of office		Prior or concurrent offices	Colonial Secretary	Monarch	Ref
	Colonel Alexander Findlay KH (1784–1851)	28 January 1830	3 April 1830	– Officer with the Royal African Corps – Commandant of St Mary's Island (1826–1829)	None	<b id="mwyw">George IV</b> (1820 – 1830)
		Almost immediately appointed as Lieutenant Governor of Sierra Leone.
	George Rendall (d. 1837)	3 April 1830	20 September 1837	– Chief Justice of Sierra Leone (1829–1830)	Andrew Hunter
		Established a Liberated Africans Department in 1831. 1831–32 Barra War, also known as the Anglo-Niumi War. Groundnuts shipped to Britain for the first time in 1834. Failed expedition against Kemintang Kamara in 1835. Died of yellow fever in office.				<b id="mw9A">William IV</b> (1830 – 1837)
						<b id="mw_g">Victoria</b> (1837 – 1901)
	Anthony Clogstoun (1815–1851)	20 September 1837	October 1838	– Writer in the Colonial Secretary's Office	Thomas Lewis Ingram
		Assumed role immediately after Rendall's death in office.
	Major Sir William Mackie (d. 1839)	October 1838	17 September 1839	– Officer with the 88th Regiment of Foot	Thomas Lewis Ingram
		Died in office.
	Thomas Lewis Ingram (1807–1868)	17 September 1839	10 April 1840	– Colonial Secretary of the Gambia (1837–1849)	Himself
		Then-Acting Colonial Secretary. Appointed Acting Lieutenant Governor despite objections of Bathurst merchants.
	Captain Sir Henry Vere Huntley RN (1795–1864)	10 April 1840	31 May 1841	– Captain of HMS Lynx	Thomas Lewis Ingram
		Agreed cession of part of Kombo from King of Kombo in 1840, creating British Kombo. Left in May 1841.
	Thomas Lewis Ingram (1807–1868)	31 May 1841	1 April 1843	– Colonial Secretary of the Gambia (1837–1849)	Himself
		Re-appointed after Huntley left the Gambia.

Àwọn Gómínà Gambia (1843–1866)

Governor		Term of office		Prior or concurrent offices	Colonial Secretary	Monarch	Ref
	Henry Froude Seagram (1802–1843)	1 April 1843	26 August 1843	– Unknown	Thomas Lewis Ingram	<b id="mwAaA">Victoria</b> (1837 – 1901)
		First Governor as a distinct colony. Almost immediately appointed as Lieutenant Governor of Sierra Leone.
	Thomas Lewis Ingram (1807–1868)	26 August 1843	7 August 1844	– Colonial Secretary of the Gambia (1837–1849)	Himself
		Established a Liberated Africans Department in 1831. Failed expedition against Kemintang Kamara in 1835. Died of yellow fever in office.
	Edmund Nash Norcott (1794–1874)	30 October 1843	15 March 1844	– Unknown	Thomas Lewis Ingram
		Did not take office.
	Sir John Iles Mantell (1813–1893)	7 August 1844	9 December 1844	– Queen's Advocate in the Gambia (1841–1847)	Himself
		Acting Governor while serving as Queen's Advocate.
	Captain Charles Fitzgerald RN (1791–1887)	9 December 1844	18 April 1847	– Unknown	Thomas Lewis Ingram
		Agreed cession of part of Kombo from King of Kombo, creating British Kombo. Left in May 1841.
	Thomas Lewis Ingram (1807–1868)	18 April 1847	21 December 1847	– Colonial Secretary of the Gambia (1837–1849)	Himself
		Re-appointed after Fitzgerald left the Gambia.
	Richard Graves MacDonnell (1814–1881)	21 December 1847	18 August 1852	– Chief Justice of the Gambia (1843–1847)	Thomas Lewis Ingram
	Daniel Robertson (1813–1892)	11 August 1851	12 March 1852	– Colonial Secretary of the Gambia (1849–1865)	Himself
		Brief period as Acting Governor in place of MacDonnell.
	Arthur Kennedy (1809–1883)	May 1852	May 1852	– Poor Law Commission administrator (1846–1851)	Daniel Robertson
		Before formally taking up role, was re-appointed to Governor of Sierra Leone, so never entered office.
	Daniel Robertson (1813–1892)	18 August 1852	21 October 1852	– Colonial Secretary of the Gambia (1849–1865)	Himself
		Appointed Acting Governor after MacDonnell left the Gambia, and after Kennedy did not take up role.
	Lieutenant Colonel Luke Smythe O'Connor (1806–1873)	21 October 1852	23 April 1859	– Officer with the 1st West India Regiment	Daniel Robertson
		Upper Kombo ceded to the British by the King of Kombo in 1853. Commanded British soldiers at both sackings of Sabbajee. Negotiated end to Soninke-Marabout War (1850–1856). Albreda ceded by the French to the British in 1857.
	Daniel Robertson (1813–1883)	23 April 1859	6 September 1859	– Colonial Secretary of the Gambia (1849–1865)	Himself
	George Abbas Kooli D'Arcy (1818–1885)	6 September 1859	19 February 1866	– Officer with the 3rd West India Regiment	Daniel Robertson
		Ma Bah begins attacks on the Soninke at Baddibu in 1862. Death of Maba Diakhou Bâ at the Battle of Fandane-Thiouthioune in 1867.

Àwọn alábòójútó Gambia (1866–1901)

Administrator		Term of office		Prior or concurrent offices	Colonial Secretary	Monarch	Ref
	George Abbas Kooli D'Arcy (1818–1885)	19 February 1866	18 December 1866	– Officer with the 3rd West India Regiment – Governor of the Gambia (1859–1866)	Unknown	<b id="mwAwA">Victoria</b> (1837 – 1901)
	Rear Admiral Charles George Edward Patey RN (retd) (1811–1881)	18 December 1866	21 April 1869	– Administrator of Lagos (1866)
	Major Alexander Bravo (18??–18??)	21 April 1869	12 September 1870	– Unknown
		Acting Administrator during a major cholera outbreak in 1869. British government accepts proposals on cession to France in principle. Native petitions and opposition in the House of Commons leads to the abandonment of the proposal.
	Lieutenant Colonel Henry Anton (1824–1871)	12 September 1870	7 August 1871	– Acting Administrator.
	Thomas F. Callaghan (1827–1881)	7 August 1871	21 April 1872	– Governor of Labuan (1861–1866)
	Henry William John Fowler (1842–1893)	21 April 1872	7 October 1872	– Acting Administrator.
	Captain Henry T. M. Cooper (1838–1877)	7 October 1872	2 October 1873	– Unknown
	Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright (1817–1897)	2 October 1873	12 February 1875	– Lieutenant Governor of Tobago (1864–1872)
	Captain Henry T. M. Cooper (1838–1877)	12 February 1875	2 July 1875	– Unknown
	Brigade Surgeon Samuel Rowe (retd) (1835–1888)	2 July 1875	3 July 1875	– Colonial Surgeon of the Gold Coast (1875) – Governor of Sierra Leone (1875–1881)
		Day after arrival, was re-assigned as Acting Governor of Sierra Leone.
	Captain Henry T. M. Cooper (1838–1877)	3 July 1875	9 January 1877	– Unknown
		Tomani Bojang, last Soninke King of Kombo, surrenders to Fodi Silla. British government proposes cession to France again, but abandons the idea in 1876. Died in office.
	William Hamilton Berkeley (18??–18??)	9 January 1877	30 March 1877	– Unknown
		Acting Administrator until the arrival of Gouldsbury.
	Surgeon Lieutenant Colonel Valesius Skipton Gouldsbury CMG (1839–1896)	30 March 1877	3 March 1884	– Civil Commandant at Accra
		Civil war in Baddibu begins in 1877. First issue of The Bathurst Observer and West African Gazette in 1883. J. D. Richards appointed as first African member of the Legislative Council in 1883.
	Cornelius Alfred Moloney CMG (1848–1913)	3 March 1884	December 1885	– Colonial Secretary of Lagos (1879–1884)
	Gilbert Thomas Carter CMG (1848–1927)	December 1885	8 February 1886	– Treasurer and Postmaster of the Gambia (1882–1888)
	James Shaw Hay (1839–1924)	8 February 1886	12 June 1886	– Unknown
	Gilbert Thomas Carter CMG (1848–1927)	12 June 1886	29 April 1887	– Treasurer and Postmaster of the Gambia (1882–1888)
		From 1886 to December 1888, Carter was the Acting Administrator.
	Brigade Surgeon Samuel Rowe (retd) (1835–1888)	29 April 1887	27 November 1887	– Governor of British West Africa (1885–1888)
		Effectively acting in this role from Sierra Leone.
	Thomas Risely Griffith (1848–1???)	27 November 1887	6 June 1888	– Unknown – Governor of Sierra Leone (1875–1881)
		Acting Administrator from 6 June 1888 to 29 November 1888.
	Gilbert Thomas Carter CMG (1848–1927)	6 June 1888	2 March 1891	– Treasurer and Postmaster of the Gambia (1882–1888)
		Acting Administrator from 6 June 1888 to 29 November 1888. The Gambia becomes separate colony for the last time in 1888 as administrative link with Sierra Leone is severed. Anglo-French agreement in 1889 fixes border of The Gambia.
	Charles Herbert Harley Moseley (1857–1933)	16 March 1891	19 April 1891	– Unknown
	Robert Baxter Llewelyn (1845–1919)	19 April 1891	21 March 1900	– Commissioner of Saint Lucia (1889–1891)
		Fodi Kabba driven into Casamance by British forces in 1892. First Travelling Commissioners, J. H. Ozanne and C. F. Sitwell, appointed in 1893. First comprehensive ordnance for governing the colony in 1894.
	Horace Major Brandford Griffith (1863–1909)	21 March 1900	10 January 1901	– Unknown
		Killing of Travelling Commissioners Sitwell and Silva in June 1900.
	Sir George Chardin Denton KCMG FRGS FZS (1851–1928)	10 January 1901	4 March 1901	– Lieutenant Governor of Lagos (1900)
		Upgraded to Governor in March 1901.				Edward VII (1901 – 1910)

Àwọn Gómínà Gambia (1901–1965)

Governor		Term of office		Prior or concurrent offices	Colonial Secretary	Monarch	Ref
	Sir George Chardin Denton KCMG FRGS FZS (1851–1928)	11 January 1901	21 December 1911	– Administrator of the Gambia (1901)	Charles O'Brien	Edward VII (1901 – 1910)
		Death of Fodi Kabba in 1901. Establishment of the Gambia Company in 1901. Expedition of parasitologist Joseph Everett Dutton. S. J. Forster appointed as permanent member of the Legislative Council for the first time in 1906, dies in 1940.				George V (1910 – 1936)
	Lieutenant Colonel Sir Henry Galway KCMG DSO (1859–1949)	21 December 1911	30 January 1914	– Governor of Saint Helena (1903–1911)	Charles O'Brien
		Ordnance for governing the protectorate revised in 1913.
	Cecil Gwyn (18??–19??)	30 January 1914	10 April 1914	– Unknown
	Sir Edward John Cameron KCMG (1858–1947)	11 April 1914	July 1920	– Commissioner of Saint Lucia (1909–1914)
		Governor during World War I. Establishment of the Gambia Section of the National Congress of British West Africa in 1920.
	Herbert Henniker-Heaton (1880–1961)	1920	1921	– Lieutenant Governor of Tobago (1864–1872)
	Sir Cecil Hamilton Armitage KBE CMG DSO (1869–1833)	3 January 1921	10 March 1927	– Chief Commissioner of the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast (1910–1920)	Charles R. M. Workman
		Demonetization of the French franc in 1922. Ousman Jeng appointed to the Legislative Council representing the Muslims of Bathurst in 1922. First issue of The Gambia Outlook and Senegambian Reporter, published by Edward Francis Small, in 1922. Opening of the Armitage School in 1927.
	Sir John Middleton KBE CMG (1870–1954)	10 March 1927	October 1928	– Governor of the Falkland Islands (1920–1927)	Charles R. M. Workman
	Charles Rufus Marshall Workman (1874–1942)	October 1928	29 November 1928	– Unknown
		Acting Governor between Middleton's departure and Denham's arrival.
	Sir Edward Brandis Denham GCMG KBE (1876–1938)	29 November 1928	13 January 1930	– Colonial Secretary of Kenya (1923–1928)	Charles R. M. Workman
		Bathurst Trade Union formed in 1929. BTU organises successful strike the same year. Denham leaves shortly afterwards having found it difficult to cope.
	Charles Rufus Marshall Workman (1874–1942)	13 January 1930	11 September 1930	– Unknown
		Acting Governor between Denham's departure and Palmer's arrival.
	Sir Richmond Palmer KCMG CBE (1877–1958)	11 September 1930	12 April 1933	– Governor of Northern Nigeria (1925–1930)	Charles R. M. Workman Godfrey Charles Brian Parish
		Bathurst Urban District Council (BUDC) formed in 1930. Sheikh Omar Fye appointed as Muslim member of the Legislative Council in 1932, replacing Jeng. He serves until 1947. BTU becomes first registered trade union in Africa. A general reorganization of government takes place in 1933.
	Godfrey Charles Brian Parishh (1897–1934)	12 April 1933	April 1934	– Unknown	Himself
		Acting Governor between the departure of Palmer and the arrival of Richards.
	Sir Arthur Richards GCMG (1885–1978)	April 1934	30 May 1936	– Governor of North Borneo (1930–1934)
		Establishment of the Bathurst Advisory Town Council (BATC) in 1935, replacing the BUDC.				Edward VIII (1936)
	Harris Rendell Oke (1891–1940)	30 May 1936	22 October 1936	– Unknown	Himself
		Acting Governor between Richards' departure and Southorn's arrival.
	Sir Thomas Southorn KCMG KBE (1879–1957)	22 October 1936	23 March 1942	– Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong (1925–1936)	Kenneth Blackburne
		Governor during home front build-up in early World War II.				George VI (1936 – 1952)
	Sir Hilary Blood <small id="mwBy8">GBE</small> KCMG (1893–1967)	23 March 1942	October 1946	– Colonial Secretary of Sierra Leone (1934–1942)	Kenneth Blackburne George D. Chamberlain
		Governor during the deployment of Gambia Regiment soldiers to Burma in 1944 and 1945. Drew up plans on how the Colonial Development and Welfare Acts funds were to be spent. Modernized the Bathurst water system, established a sewage system, paved streets, and improved the port. Established the Bathurst Town Council in 1946. Drew up 1947 Constitution that created direct elections.
	George D. Chamberlain (1???–19??)	October 1946	29 March 1947	– Unknown	Himself
		Acting Governor between Blood's departure and Wright's arrival.
	Lieutenant Colonel Sir Andrew Barkworth Wright KCMG CBE MC (1895–1971)	29 March 1947	May 1949	– Colonial Secretary of the Windward Islands (1943–1947)
		Yundum egg scheme failure. Organised first direct election to Legislative Council of Edward Francis Small in 1947. Began policy of Africanization of the civil service and the reduction of European privilege. Departure to Cyprus led to protests due to his popularity.
	Edward Rex Ward (1902–19??)	May 1949	December 1949	– Unknown	Himself
		Acting Governor between Wright's departure and Wyn-Harris' arrival.
	Sir Percy Wyn-Harris KCMG MBE KStJ (1903–1979)	December 1949	9 April 1958	– Chief Native Commissioner of Kenya (1947–1949)
		Opposed broadly to the development of self-government. Expanded elected and unofficial places on the Executive and Legislative Councils. I.M. Garba-Jahumpa founds the Gambia Muslim Congress in 1952. Dismissal of Pierre Sarr N'Jie from the Executive Council. Wyn-Harris is unpopular among Colony, but popular among Protectorate due to efforts to improve conditions there. Forced to leave role incognito across the Senegal border.				Elizabeth II (1952 – 1970)
	Alexander Nicol Anton Waddell (1913–1999)	9 April 1958	19 June 1958	– Unknown	Himself
		Acting Governor between Wyn-Harris' departure and Windley's arrival.
	Sir Edward Henry Windley KCMG KCVO (1909–1972)	19 June 1958	29 March 1962	– Chief Native Commissioner of Kenya (1953–1958)
		Drew up 1959 Constitution which established the House of Representatives. Foundation of the People's Progressive Party in 1959. Explored possibility of union with Senegal. Gambia Workers' Union carries out successful general strike in 1960. Drew up 1961 Constitution that led to full self-government. Appointed Pierre Sarr N'Jie as Chief Minister in 1961.
	Kenneth Graeme Stewart Smith (1918–2001)	28 February 1962	29 March 1962	– Unknown	Himself
		Acting Governor between Windley's departure and Paul's arrival.
	Captain Sir John Paul GCMG OBE MC (1916–2004)	29 March 1962	18 February 1965	– Secretary to the Cabinet of Sierra Leone (1960–1962)
		Appointed Dawda Jawara as Prime Minister in 1962 following the 1962 election. First major census of the Gambia in 1963. Independence conference in London in 1964, post-independence agreements reached with Senegal. Independence from the UK on 18 February 1965, Paul becomes first Governor-General.

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Ẹni tó wà nínú ipò yìí jẹ́ ẹni tó ń ṣèpò yìí lásìkò yẹn nímúlò, lórúkọ ẹni tí wọ́n yàn sílẹ̀ pátápátá.^β

Elizabeth Kejì ṣì jẹ́ ọba Aládé ti Gambia láti ọdún 1965 títí di 1970, nípa ipo rẹ gẹ́gẹ́ bí Ayaba Gambia.