List of colonial governors and administrators of Kenya
Commissioners and Governors of the East Africa Protectorate/Kenya

List of colonial governors and administrators of Kenya

Section Title: Commissioners and Governors of the East Africa Protectorate/Kenya
Table Section Text: None

#	Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Notes

Commissioners and Governors of the East Africa Protectorate

1	Sir Arthur Henry Hardinge (1859–1933)	1 Jul 1895	7 Oct 1900	British Foreign Office assumes control of Imperial British East Africa Company territory Construction begins of Uganda Railway Founding of Nairobi, Port Florence

–	C.H. Craufurd	7 Oct 1900	30 Dec 1900	Acting Commissioner

2	Sir Charles Eliot (1861–1931)	30 Dec 1900	20 May 1904	Uganda transfers its Eastern Province to the East Africa Protectorate Founding of Kericho, Nakuru and Nyeri The African Standard established Native Civil hospital founded

–	Frederick John Jackson (1860–1929)	20 May 1904	1 Aug 1904	Acting Commissioner

3	Sir Donald William Stewart (1860–1905)	1 Aug 1904	1 Oct 1905	First Maasai Treaty Administration transferred from Foreign Office to Colonial Office

–	Frederick John Jackson (1860–1929)	1 Oct 1905	12 Dec 1905	Acting Commissioner

4	Sir James Hayes Sadler (1827–1910)	12 Dec 1905	12 Apr 1909	Government House built Office of Commissioner replaced with office of Governor Establishment of Legislative Council of Kenya Legislative Council publishes Report of the Land Commission Colonial office accepts principle that White Highlands be reserved for European settlement Capital moved from Mombasa to Nairobi

–	Sir Charles Calvert Bowring (1872–1945)	12 Apr 1909	16 Sep 1909

5	Sir Percy Girouard (1867–1932)	16 Sep 1909	17 Jul 1912	Second Maasai Treaty

–	Sir Charles Calvert Bowring (1872–1945)	17 Jul 1912	3 Oct 1912	Acting Governor

6	Sir Henry Conway Belfield (1855–1923)	3 Oct 1912	14 Apr 1917	Founding of Eldoret Crown Lands Ordinance passed East African Campaign begins as part of First World War

–	Sir Charles Calvert Bowring (1872–1945)	14 Apr 1917	1 Feb 1919	Acting Governor

7	Sir Edward Northey (1811–1879)	1 Feb 1919	11 Jun 1920	Franchise extended to European women First general election held

Governors of The Colony and Protectorate of Kenya

1	Sir Edward Northey (1868–1953)	11 Jun 1920	28 Aug 1922	East Africa Protectorate renamed The Colony and Protectorate of Kenya. 10 mile coastal strip under the domain of the Sultan of Zanzibar becomes a Protectorate.

2	Sir Robert Coryndon (1870–1925)	31 Aug 1922	10 Feb 1925	Devonshire White Paper Franchise extended to Indians and Arabs.

–	Edward Brandis Denham (1876–1938)	10 Feb 1925	3 Oct 1925	Acting Governor Jubaland ceded to Italian Somaliland

3	Edward Grigg (1879–1955)	3 Oct 1925	27 Sep 1930	Native Lands Trust Ordinance Rudolf Province ceded from Uganda Coryndon Museum opened

–	Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore (1887–1964)	27 Sep 1930	13 Feb 1931	Acting Governor

4	Sir Joseph Byrne (1874–1942)	13 Feb 1931	22 Dec 1936

–	Sir Armigel Wade (1880–1966)	22 Dec 1936	6 Apr 1937	Acting Governor

5	Sir Robert Brooke-Popham (1878–1953)	6 Apr 1937	9 Jan 1940

–	Walter Harragin	30 Sep 1939	9 Jan 1940	Acting Governor

6	Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore (1887–1964)	9 Jan 1940	25 Oct 1944	Founding of Kenya African Union

7	Sir Philip Mitchell (1890–1964)	11 Dec 1944	21 Jun 1952	East African High Commission established Nairobi National Park established

–	Henry Steven Potter	21 Jun 1952	29 Sept 1952	Acting Governor

8	Sir Evelyn Baring (1903–1973)	30 Sept 1952	4 Oct 1959	Mau Mau Uprising begins The Lyttleton Constitution Franchise extended to Africans Nairobi Embakasi Airport opened

–	Walter Coutts (1912–1988)	4 Oct 1959	23 Oct 1959	Acting Governor

9	Sir Patrick Muir Renison (1911–1965)	23 Oct 1959	17 Nov 1962	Mau Mau Uprising ends Founding of Kenya African National Union and Kenya African Democratic Union

–	Sir Eric Griffith-Jones	17 Nov 1962	4 Jan 1963	Acting Governor

10	Malcolm MacDonald (1901–1981)	4 Jan 1963	12 Dec 1964	Kenya becomes a dominion MacDonald becomes Governor General of Kenya (only holder of post) briefly on 12 December 1964 and replaced the same day.

Sentence(s)

Sir Robert Coryndon was the Governor of Kenya.

final_sentence: Sir Robert Coryndon was the Governor of Kenya.