List of colonial governors of the Gambia
Lieutenant Governors of the Gambia (1830–1843)

List of colonial governors of the Gambia

Section Title: Lieutenant Governors of the Gambia (1830–1843)
Table Section Text: None

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	-

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.	-

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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.

Sentence(s)

Thomas Lewis Ingram (1807 – 1868) served as the acting Lieutenant Governor of the Gambia.

final_sentence: Thomas Lewis Ingram (1807 – 1868) served as the acting Lieutenant Governor of the Gambia.