List of governors and governors-general of Nigeria
Governors of Nigeria, 1919–1954

List of governors and governors-general of Nigeria

Section Title: Governors of Nigeria, 1919–1954
Table Section Text: None

Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Sovereign

-	Sir Hugh Clifford (1866–1941)	8 August 1919	13 November 1925	George V

-	Sir Graeme Thomson (1877–1933) |	13 November 1925	17 June 1931	George V

-	Sir Donald Cameron (1872–1948)	17 June 1931	1 November 1935	George V

-	Sir Bernard Bourdillon (1883–1948)	1 November 1935	1 July 1940	George V Edward VIII George VI

-	Sir John Evelyn Shuckburgh (1877–1953)	1 July 1940	1942	George VI

-	Sir Alan Burns (1887–1980)	1942	18 Dec 1943	George VI

-	Sir Arthur Richards (1885–1978)	18 Dec 1943	5 February 1948	George VI

-	Sir John Macpherson (1898–1971)	5 February 1948	1 October 1954	George VI Elizabeth II

Sentence(s)

Sir John Macpherson (1898 – 1971) served as the Governor-General of Nigeria from 1948.

final_sentence: Sir John Macpherson (1898 – 1971) served as the Governor-General of Nigeria from 1948.