List of colonial governors of the Gambia
Governors of the Gambia (1843–1866)

List of colonial governors of the Gambia

Section Title: Governors of the Gambia (1843–1866)
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Governor	Term of office	Prior or concurrent offices	Colonial Secretary	Monarch	Ref

Henry Froude Seagram (1802–1843)	1 April 1843	26 August 1843	– Unknown	Thomas Lewis Ingram	-

First Governor as a distinct colony. Almost immediately appointed as Lieutenant Governor of Sierra Leone.

Thomas Lewis Ingram (1807–1868)	26 August 1843	7 August 1844	– Colonial Secretary of the Gambia (1837–1849)	Himself

Established a Liberated Africans Department in 1831. Failed expedition against Kemintang Kamara in 1835. Died of yellow fever in office.

Edmund Nash Norcott (1794–1874)	30 October 1843	15 March 1844	– Unknown	Thomas Lewis Ingram

Did not take office.

Sir John Iles Mantell (1813–1893)	7 August 1844	9 December 1844	– Queen's Advocate in the Gambia (1841–1847)	Himself

Acting Governor while serving as Queen's Advocate.

Captain Charles Fitzgerald RN (1791–1887)	9 December 1844	18 April 1847	– Unknown	Thomas Lewis Ingram

Agreed cession of part of Kombo from King of Kombo, creating British Kombo. Left in May 1841.

Thomas Lewis Ingram (1807–1868)	18 April 1847	21 December 1847	– Colonial Secretary of the Gambia (1837–1849)	Himself

Re-appointed after Fitzgerald left the Gambia.

Richard Graves MacDonnell (1814–1881)	21 December 1847	18 August 1852	– Chief Justice of the Gambia (1843–1847)	Thomas Lewis Ingram

Daniel Robertson (1813–1892)	11 August 1851	12 March 1852	– Colonial Secretary of the Gambia (1849–1865)	Himself

Brief period as Acting Governor in place of MacDonnell.

Arthur Kennedy (1809–1883)	May 1852	May 1852	– Poor Law Commission administrator (1846–1851)	Daniel Robertson

Before formally taking up role, was re-appointed to Governor of Sierra Leone, so never entered office.

Daniel Robertson (1813–1892)	18 August 1852	21 October 1852	– Colonial Secretary of the Gambia (1849–1865)	Himself

Appointed Acting Governor after MacDonnell left the Gambia, and after Kennedy did not take up role.

Lieutenant Colonel Luke Smythe O'Connor (1806–1873)	21 October 1852	23 April 1859	– Officer with the 1st West India Regiment	Daniel Robertson

Upper Kombo ceded to the British by the King of Kombo in 1853. Commanded British soldiers at both sackings of Sabbajee.

Daniel Robertson (1813–1883)	23 April 1859	6 September 1859	– Colonial Secretary of the Gambia (1849–1865)	Himself

Samuel Hodge.JPG	George Abbas Kooli D'Arcy (1818–1885)	6 September 1859	19 February 1866	– Officer with the 3rd West India Regiment	Daniel Robertson

Ma Bah begins attacks on the Soninke at Baddibu in 1862. Death of Maba Diakhou Bâ at the Battle of Fandane-Thiouthioune in 1867.

Sentence(s)

In 1852, Richard Graves MacDonnell was the Governor of the Gambia.

final_sentence: In 1852, Richard Graves MacDonnell was the Governor of the Gambia.