Henry Hesketh Bell

Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell
Governor of Northern Nigeria
Seal of The Governor of Northern Nigeria
In office
1909–1911
Preceded by Sir Percy Girouard
Succeeded by Sir Charles Lindsay
Personal details
Born 1864
United Kingdom
Died 1952

Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell GCMG (1864–1952) was a British colonial administrator and author.

He began his career in the colonial service in the Bahamas with a minor position but was promoted to Administrator of Dominica within a few years. He was the Commissioner, and Governor of the Uganda Protectorate (1905–1909) where he was hugely successful in eradicating sleeping sickness. Port Bell in Kampala is named in his honour. He was later Governor of Northern Nigeria Protectorate (1909–1912), Governor of the Leeward Islands (1912–1916) and the 21st Governor of Mauritius (1916–1924).[1][2]

Bell authored several books including memoirs, fiction, and colonial history and administration.[1]

Government offices
Preceded by
Sir James Hayes Sadler
Governor of Uganda
1907–1910
Succeeded by
Sir Herbert James Read
Preceded by
Sir Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott
Governor of the Leeward Islands
1912–1916
Succeeded by
Sir Edward Marsh Merewether
Preceded by
Sir John Robert Chancellor
Governor of Mauritius
1916–1924
Succeeded by
Sir Herbert James Read

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