List of colonial Governors and administrators of Kenya - wikipedia List of colonial Governors and administrators of Kenya Not to be confused with the Governors of Kenyan Counties. This page contains a list of Chairmen, Administrators, Commissioners and Governors of British colonial Kenya. The office of Governor of Kenya was replaced by the office of Governor General in 1963 and the latter replaced by a President of Kenya upon Kenya becoming a Republic in 1964. For continuation after independence, see : Heads of state of Kenya. For the Governors of Kenyan Counties, see ( ( ) ) Contents 1 Chairman of the Imperial British East Africa Company 2 Administrators of the Imperial British East Africa Company 3 Commissioners of the British East Africa Protectorate 4 Governors of the British East Africa Protectorate 5 Governors of the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya 6 See also 7 References Chairman of the Imperial British East Africa Company # Image Name Term start Term end 1. Sir William Mackinnon 3 September 1888 1889 Administrators of the Imperial British East Africa Company # Image Name Term start Term end 2. George Sutherland Mackenzie 3 Sept 1889 May 1890 3. Francis Walter de Winton May 1890 February 1891 4. George Sutherland Mackenzie February 1891 1891 Acting Greg Martin 1891 June 1891 5. Lloyd Williams Matthews June 1891 February 1892 6. Sir Gerald Herbert Portal February 1892 1893 Acting John R.W. Pigott 1893 July 1895 Commissioners of the British East Africa Protectorate # Image Name Term start Term end 7. Sir Arthur Henry Hardinge 1 July 1895 7 Oct 1900 Acting C.H. Craufurd 7 Oct 1900 30 December 1900 8. Sir Charles Eliot 30 December 1900 20 May 1904 Acting Frederick John Jackson 20 May 1904 1 August 1904 9. Sir Donald William Stewart 1 August 1904 1 October 1905 Acting Frederick John Jackson 1 October 1905 12 December 1905 10. Sir James Hayes Sadler 12 December 1905 31 December 1905 Governors of the British East Africa Protectorate # Image Name Term start Term end 10. Sir James Hayes Sadler 31 December 1905 12 April 1909 Acting Sir Charles Calvert Bowring 12 April 1909 16 September 1909 11. Sir Edouard Percy Cranwill Girouard 16 September 1909 17 July 1912 Acting Sir Charles Calvert Bowring 17 July 1912 3 October 1912 12. Sir Henry Conway Belfield 3 October 1912 14 April 1917 Acting Sir Charles Calvert Bowring 14 April 1917 1 February 1919 13. Sir Edward Northey 1 February 1919 1920 Governors of the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya # Image Name Term start Term end 13. Sir Edward Northey 1920 28 August 1922 14. Sir Robert Thorne Coryndon 31 August 1922 10 February 1925 Acting Edward Denham 10 February 1925 3 October 1925 15. Edward William Macleay Grigg 10 February 1925 27 September 1930 Acting Sir Henry Monck - Mason Moore 27 September 1930 13 February 1931 16. Sir Joseph Aloysius Byrne 13 February 1931 22 December 1936 Acting Sir Armigel Wade 22 December 1936 6 April 1937 17. Sir Robert Brooke - Popham 6 April 1937 9 January 1940 Acting Walter Harragin 30 September 1939 9 January 1940 Acting Sir Henry Monck - Mason Moore 9 January 1940 25 October 1944 Acting Gilbert McCall Rennie 25 October 1944 12 December 1944 18. Sir Philip Euen Mitchell 11 December 1944 21 June 1952 Acting Henry Steven Potter 21 June 1952 29 September 1952 19. Sir Evelyn Baring 30 September 1952 23 October 1959 Acting Walter Fleming Coutts 4 October 1959 23 October 1959 20. Sir Patrick Muir Renison 23 October 1959 17 November 1962 Acting Sir Eric Griffith - Jones 17 November 1962 4 January 1963 21. Malcolm MacDonald 4 January 1963 12 December 1963 See also Kenya Heads of state of Kenya Heads of Government of Kenya Vice-Presidents of Kenya Lists of incumbentss References Jump up ^ Kenya Gazette, 24 June 1952. Kenyan Colonial Government. Retrieved 6 August 2014. Governors, Civil Commissioners and Administrators of British dependencies Overseas territories Governor of Anguilla Governor of Bermuda Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory Governor of the Virgin Islands Governor of the Cayman Islands Governor of the Falkland Islands Governor of Gibraltar Governor of Montserrat Governor of the Pitcairn Islands Administrator of the Pitcairn Islands Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Governor of St Helena Governor of Ascension Administrator of Ascension Governor of Tristan da Cunha Administrator of Tristan da Cunha Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands Crown dependencies Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man Lieutenant Governor of Jersey Former ( Africa ) Governor of British Mauritius Governor of British Cameroons Governor of Cape Colony Governor of the Gambia Governor of Gold Coast Lieutenant Governor of Griqualand West Governor of Kenya Governor of Lagos Colony Governor - General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Governor of Northern Rhodesia Governor of Nyasaland Governor of Southern Rhodesia Governor of Natal Governor of Nigeria Governor of Senegal Governor of the Seychelles Governor of Sierra Leone Governor - General of the Union of South Africa High Commissioner for Southern Africa Governor of British Somaliland Governors of Tanganyika Governor of Uganda Resident in Zanzibar Former ( Americas ) Governor of Barbados Lieutenant Governor of Grenada Lieutenant - Governor of Berbice Governor of British Guiana Governor of British Honduras Governor of Cuba Governor of Dominica Lieutenant - Governor of Demerara - Essequibo Governor of Grenada Governor of Jamaica Governor of the Leeward Islands Governor of St. Lucia Governor of St. Vincent Governor of Trinidad and Tobago Lieutenant governors of Tobago Governor of Trinidad Governor of Newfoundland Governor General of Canada Governor of British Columbia Governor of New Brunswick Governor of Nova Scotia Governor of Prince Edward Island Lieutenant Governor of Quebec Governor of Saint Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla Governor - in - Chief of the Windward Islands Governor - General of the West Indies Federation Colonial Governors of Connecticut Colonial governors of Delaware Colonial Governors of Florida Colonial Governors of Georgia Colonial Governors of Maryland Colonial Governors of Massachusetts Colonial Governors of New Hampshire Colonial Governors of New Jersey Colonial Governor of New York Colonial Governors of North Carolina Colonial Governors of Pennsylvania Colonial Governors of Rhode Island Colonial Governors of South Carolina Colonial Governors of Virginia Former ( Asia ) Governor of Aden Governor of Burma Governor of Ceylon High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States Senior British representatives in the constituent protected states Senior British representatives in the neighbouring Malayan protected states General Adviser to the Government of Johore Adviser to the Sultan of Kedah Adviser to the Government of Kelantan Adviser to the Government of Perlis Adviser, Trengganu Governor of Hong Kong Viceroy and Governor - General of India Heads of the provinces of British India Governor of Aden Governor of Bengal Governor of Bombay Governor of Madras Governor of Sind Senior British representatives in neighbouring protected states Resident of Gwalior High Commissioner for Iraq Governor of Labuan High Commissioner for Malaya Governor of the Malayan Union Governor of North Borneo Resident Minister in Nepal High Commissioners for Palestine and Transjordan Governor of Penang Governor of Sarawak Governor of Singapore Former ( Australasia ) Governor - General of Australia Government Resident of Central Australia Governor of New South Wales Government Resident of North Australia Governor of Queensland Governor of South Australia Governor of Tasmania Governor of Victoria Governor of Western Australia Lieutenant Governor of the Swan River Colony Governor - General of New Zealand Governor - General of Papua New Guinea Consul in Tonga Former ( Europe ) Governor of Cyprus Lieutenant Governor of Heligoland High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands Governor of the Isle of Wight Governor of Malta Governor of Minorca Governor of Northern Ireland Former ( Oceania ) Governor of Fiji Governor of the Solomon Islands High Commissioner for the Western Pacific Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_colonial_governors_and_administrators_of_Kenya&oldid=808383337 '' Categories : History of Kenya Lists of political office - holders in Kenya Lists of office - holders in the United Kingdom Governors of Kenya Lists of British colonial governors and administrators Talk Contents About Wikipedia Kiswahili Edit links This page was last edited on 2 November 2017, at 15 : 09. 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Question: who was the first commissioner of kenya when it became a british protectorate
Answer: Sir Arthur Henry Hardinge