Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
List of colonial governors of the Gambia
Table title:
Governors of the Gambia (1843–1866)
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Governor </th><th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Term of office </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Prior or concurrent offices </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Colonial Secretary </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Monarch </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Ref </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=2 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Henry Froude Seagram (1802–1843) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1 April 1843 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 26 August 1843 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > – Unknown </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Thomas Lewis Ingram </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=26 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=4 rowspan=1 > First Governor as a distinct colony. Almost immediately appointed as Lieutenant Governor of Sierra Leone. </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=2 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Thomas Lewis Ingram (1807–1868) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 26 August 1843 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 7 August 1844 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > – Colonial Secretary of the Gambia (1837–1849) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Himself </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=4 rowspan=1 > Established a Liberated Africans Department in 1831. Failed expedition against Kemintang Kamara in 1835. Died of yellow fever in office. </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=2 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Edmund Nash Norcott (1794–1874) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 30 October 1843 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 15 March 1844 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > – Unknown </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Thomas Lewis Ingram </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=4 rowspan=1 > Did not take office. </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=2 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Sir John Iles Mantell (1813–1893) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 7 August 1844 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 9 December 1844 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > – Queen's Advocate in the Gambia (1841–1847) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Himself </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=4 rowspan=1 > Acting Governor while serving as Queen's Advocate. </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Captain Charles Fitzgerald RN (1791–1887) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 9 December 1844 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 18 April 1847 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > – Unknown </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Thomas Lewis Ingram </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=4 rowspan=1 > Agreed cession of part of Kombo from King of Kombo, creating British Kombo. Left in May 1841. </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=2 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Thomas Lewis Ingram (1807–1868) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 18 April 1847 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 21 December 1847 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > – Colonial Secretary of the Gambia (1837–1849) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Himself </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=4 rowspan=1 > Re-appointed after Fitzgerald left the Gambia. </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Richard Graves MacDonnell (1814–1881) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 21 December 1847 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 18 August 1852 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > – Chief Justice of the Gambia (1843–1847) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Thomas Lewis Ingram </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 >  </td></tr>
<tr> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=2 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Daniel Robertson (1813–1892) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 11 August 1851 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 12 March 1852 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > – Colonial Secretary of the Gambia (1849–1865) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Himself </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=4 rowspan=1 > Brief period as Acting Governor in place of MacDonnell. </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Arthur Kennedy (1809–1883) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > May 1852 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > May 1852 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > – Poor Law Commission administrator (1846–1851) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Daniel Robertson </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=4 rowspan=1 > Before formally taking up role, was re-appointed to Governor of Sierra Leone, so never entered office. </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=2 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Daniel Robertson (1813–1892) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 18 August 1852 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 21 October 1852 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > – Colonial Secretary of the Gambia (1849–1865) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Himself </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=4 rowspan=1 > Appointed Acting Governor after MacDonnell left the Gambia, and after Kennedy did not take up role. </td></tr>
<tr> <td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Lieutenant Colonel Luke Smythe O'Connor (1806–1873) </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 21 October 1852 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 23 April 1859 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > – Officer with the 1st West India Regiment </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Daniel Robertson </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td class="highlighted"  colspan=4 rowspan=1 > Upper Kombo ceded to the British by the King of Kombo in 1853. Commanded British soldiers at both sackings of Sabbajee. </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=2 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Daniel Robertson (1813–1883) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 23 April 1859 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 6 September 1859 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > – Colonial Secretary of the Gambia (1849–1865) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Himself </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 >  </td></tr>
<tr> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Samuel Hodge.JPG </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > George Abbas Kooli D'Arcy (1818–1885) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 6 September 1859 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 19 February 1866 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > – Officer with the 3rd West India Regiment </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Daniel Robertson </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=4 rowspan=1 > Ma Bah begins attacks on the Soninke at Baddibu in 1862. Death of Maba Diakhou Bâ at the Battle of Fandane-Thiouthioune in 1867. </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
Who was appointed governor in 1852?
Answer:
In 1852, O'Connor was appointed as Governor of the Gambia and commanded British troops.