Ambas Bay is a bay of southwest Cameroon, joining to the Gulf of Guinea. The port of Limbe lies along Ambas Bay.[1] Alfred Saker founded a settlement of freed slaves on the bay in 1858, which was lated renamed Victoria.[2] in 1884 Britain established the Ambas Bay Protectorate, of which Victoria was the capital. It was then ceded to Germany in 1887.[3]
Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
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Victoria Colony | ||
1858 | Foundation of Victoria Colony by English Baptist Missionary Society | |
1858 to 1876 | Alfred Saker, Administrator | |
1877 to 1878 | George Grenfell, Administrator | |
1878 to 1879 | Q. W. Thomson, Administrator | |
1879 to July 1884 | ..., Administrator | |
British Ambas Bay Protectorate | ||
19 July 1884 | ||
July 1884 to 21 April 1885 | Edward H. Hewitt, Administrator | |
21 April 1885 to 28 March 1887 | ..., Administrator | |
28 March 1887 | Ambas Bay becomes part of German possessions |