List of colonial governors of Bechuanaland
This is a list of the colonial heads of Bechuanaland Protectorate, which gained independence as Botswana in 1966. From 1885 to 1891 the post was known as Deputy Commissioner; from 1891 to 1964 as Resident Commissioner; and from 1964 to independence as The Queen's Commissioner.

List of colonial governors of Bechuanaland

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Table Section Text: This is a list of the colonial heads of Bechuanaland Protectorate, which gained independence as Botswana in 1966. From 1885 to 1891 the post was known as Deputy Commissioner; from 1891 to 1964 as Resident Commissioner; and from 1964 to independence as The Queen's Commissioner.

No	Tenure	Name	Notes

British Suzerainty

Bechuanaland Protectorate

1884 to January 1885	John Mackenzie, Resident

23 March 1885 to 24 September 1885	Sir Charles Warren, Special Commissioner, Military Commander

24 September 1885 to 30 September 1885	Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Carrington, Special Commissioner, Military Commander

(30 September 1885 to 16 November 1885) Divided into British Bechuanaland Crown Colony (south) and Bechuanaland Protectorate (north)

British Bechuanaland Crown Colony

30 September 1885 to 23 October 1885	Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Carrington, Special Commissioner, Military Commander

23 October 1885 to 16 November 1885	Sidney Godolphin Alexander Shippard, Administrator

Bechuanaland Protectorate

30 September 1885 to 9 May 1891	Sidney Godolphin Alexander Shippard, Administrator	knighted during tenure

Bechuanaland High Commission Territory

9 May 1891 to 1895	Sir Sidney Godolphin Alexander Shippard, Resident Commissioner

Under the High Commissioner for Southern Africa to 3 October 1963

19 November 1895 to 1897	Francis James Newton, Resident Commissioner

21 December 1897 to 1900	Hamilton John Goold-Adams, Resident Commissioner

January 1901 to 1906	Sir Ralph Champneys Williams, Resident Commissioner

1906 to 1916	Francis William Panzera, Resident Commissioner

1916 to 1917	Edward Charles Frederick Garraway, Resident Commissioner

1917 to 1923	James Comyn Macgregor, Resident Commissioner	knighted during tenure

1923 to 1927	Jules Ellenberger, Resident Commissioner

1928 to 1930	Rowland Mortimer Daniel, Resident Commissioner

1930 to 1937	Charles Fernand Rey, Resident Commissioner

1937 to 1942	Charles Noble Arden-Clarke, Resident Commissioner

1942 to 1946	Aubrey Denzil Forsyth-Thompson, Resident Commissioner

1946 to 1950	Anthony Sillery, Resident Commissioner

1950 to 1953	Edward Betham Beetham, Resident Commissioner

1955 to 1959	Martin Osterfield Wray, Resident Commissioner

1953 to 1955	William Forbes Mackenzie, Resident Commissioner

1959 to 1960	John Redcliffe Maud, Resident Commissioner

30 September 1960	Independence Day Republic of Botswana

1960 to 3 October 1963	Peter Fawcus, Resident Commissioner

3 October 1963 to 1 August 1964	Peter Fawcus, Commissioner	knighted during tenure

Bechuanaland

1 August 1964 to 3 March 1965	Sir Peter Fawcus, KBE, CMG, Commissioner

Bechuanaland	Self-Rule

3 March 1965 to 1965	Sir Peter Fawcus, KBE, CMG, Commissioner

1965 to 30 September 1966	Hugh Selby Norman-Walker, Commissioner	knighted during tenure

30 September 1966	Independence Day Republic of Botswana

Sentence(s)

Fawcus was resident commissioner of Bechuanaland until 1963 and Queen's Commissioner from 1963 to 1965.

final_sentence: Fawcus was resident commissioner of Bechuanaland until 1963 and Queen's Commissioner from 1963 to 1965.