List of colonial governors of British Cameroons

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Incumbent Notes
26 August 1914 to 7 April 1916 Joseph Gauderique Aymerich, Military Commander Military Commander of French Cameroon
7 April 1916 to 8 October 1916 Joseph Gauderique Aymerich, Administrator Administrator of French Cameroon
8 October 1916 to 6 March 1919 Lucien Louis Fourneau, Administrator Administrator of French Cameroon
6 March 1919 to 28 June 1919 Jules Gaston Henri Carde, Commissioner Commissioner of French Cameroon
28 June 1919 Formal division into French and British Cameroons
British-occupied territory
Tenure Incumbent Notes
1916 to 1916 Kenneth V. Elphinstone, Resident  
1916 to 1917 E.C. Duff, Resident  
1917 to 1919 P.V. Young, Resident  
1919 to 1919 W.G. Ambrose, Resident  
1919 to 1919 John C. Maxwell, Resident  
28 June 1919 Formal division into French and British Cameroons
1919 to 20 July 1920 John Humphrey Davidson, Resident  
British Cameroons, League of Nations Mandated Territory
20 July 1920 to 1925 William Edgar Hunt, District Officer  
1925 to 1928 Edward John Arnett, Resident 1st Term
1928 to 1928 H.J. Aveling, acting Resident  
1928 to 1928 Buchanan Smith, Resident  
1928 to 1929 Edward John Arnett, Resident 2nd Term
1929 to 1932 Granville St.John Orde Brown, Senior Officer  
1932 to 193? Frederick Bernard Carr, District Officer  
193? to 193? J.W.C. Rutherford, Resident  
193? to 193? D.W. Firth, Senior Resident  
193? to 193? George Hugo Findlay, Senior Resident  
193? to 193? K.V. Hanitsch, Deputy Resident  
193? to 1939 A.E.F. Murray, Resident  
1939 to 1942 N.C. Denton, Resident  
1942 to 194? Sealy-King, Resident  
194? to 194? P.G. Harris, Resident  
1943 to 1945 J. Macrae Simpson, Resident  
20 March 1945 to 10 October 1945 A. Leeming, Senior District Officer  
1945 to 1946 A.F.B. Bridges, Resident  
14 February 1946 to 13 December 1946 N. Mackenzie, Senior District Officer  
British Cameroons, United Nations trust territory  
13 December 1946 to 4 August 1949 N. Mackenzie, Senior District Officer  
25 August 1949 to 31 December 1949 D.A.F. Shute, Senior Resident  
1949 to 1 October 1954 Edward John Gibbons, Special Resident  
October 1954 Autonomous territory within Nigeria
1 October 1954 to 1956 Edward John Gibbons, Commissioner  
1956 to 1 October 1961 John Osbaldiston Field, Commissioner  
(1 June 1961) Northern British Cameroons incorporated into Nigeria
1 October 1961 Southern British Cameroons incorporated into Republic of Cameroon

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