List of Governors-General of Nigeria

This page contains a list of Governors and Governors-General of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria.

Contents

Governor-General of Nigeria, 1914-1919

Portrait Name Took office Left office
Sir Frederick Lugard 1 January 1914 8 August 1919

Governors of Nigeria, 1919-1954

Portrait Name Took office Left office
Sir Hugh Clifford 8 August 1919 13 November 1925
Sir Graeme Thomson 13 November 1925 17 June 1931
Sir Donald Charles Cameron 17 June 1931 1 November 1935
Sir Bernard Henry Bourdillon 1 November 1935 1943
Sir Arthur Richards 1943 5 February 1948
Sir John Stuart Macpherson 5 February 1948 1 October 1954

Governors-General of Nigeria, 1954-1963

Portrait Name Took office Left office
Sir John Stuart Macpherson 1 October 1954 15 June 1955
Sir James Wilson Robertson 15 June 1955 16 November 1960
Nnamdi Azikiwe 16 November 1960 1 October 1963

See also

Current
Former