List of governors and governors-general of Nigeria

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The governor-general of Nigeria was the representative of the monarch of the United Kingdom in Colonial Nigeria from 1954 to 1960, and after Nigerian independence in 1960, the representative of the Nigerian head of state.

The office was created on 1 October 1954, when the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was created as an autonomous federation within the British Empire. After independence in 1960, the governor-general became the representative of the Nigerian monarch, and the office continued to exist till 1963, when Nigeria abolished its monarchy, and became a republic.<ref name=dco/><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref>

File:Flag of the Governor of Nigeria (1914–1952).svg
Flag of the governor-general of Nigeria

This article contains a list of governors and governors-general of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, and later of the Federation of Nigeria; both as a British overseas possession and an independent monarchy.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

File:Flag of Nigeria (1914–1952).svg
Flag of Nigeria (1914–1952)

Governor-general of Nigeria, 1914–1919

Portrait Name Took office Left office Sovereign
File:LordLugard.jpg Sir Frederick Lugard
(1858–1945)		 1 January 1914 8 August 1919 George V

Governors of Nigeria, 1919–1954

Portrait Name Took office Left office Sovereign
File:Hugh Charles Clifford (The Straits Times, 15 October 1929).jpg Sir Hugh Clifford
(1866–1941)		 8 August 1919 13 November 1925 George V
Sir Graeme Thomson
(1877–1933)		 13 November 1925 17 June 1931 George V
Sir Donald Cameron
(1872–1948)		 17 June 1931 1 November 1935 George V
Sir Bernard Bourdillon
(1883–1948)		 1 November 1935 1 July 1940 George V
Edward VIII
George VI
File:Flag of Nigeria (1914–1952).svg Sir John Evelyn Shuckburgh
(1877–1953)		 1 July 1940 1942 George VI
File:Sir Alan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns.jpg Sir Alan Burns
(1887–1980)		 1942 18 Dec 1943 George VI
Arthur Richards, 1st Baron Milverton
(1885–1978)		 18 Dec 1943 5 February 1948 George VI
File:Sir John Macpherson, Governor-General of Nigeria (cropped).jpg Sir John Macpherson
(1898–1971)		 5 February 1948 1 October 1954 George VI
Elizabeth II

Governors-general of Nigeria, 1954–1963

Following is a list of people who have served as governor-general of Nigeria.<ref name=dco>Template:Citation</ref>

Template:Abbr Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Monarch
(Reign)
Took office Left office Time in office
File:Arms of the United Kingdom.svg Governors-general representing the monarch of the United Kingdom
1 File:Sir John Macpherson, Governor-General of Nigeria (cropped).jpg Sir John Stuart Macpherson
Template:Small 		1 October
1954 		15 June
1955 		Template:Ayd File:Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1959).jpg
Elizabeth II
File:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom.svg
(1954–1960)
2 Sir James Wilson Robertson
Template:Small 		15 June
1955 		1 October
1960 		Template:Ayd
File:Insigne Nigeriae.svg Governors-General representing the monarch of Nigeria
(2) Sir James Wilson Robertson
Template:Small 		1 October
1960 		16 November
1960 		Template:Ayd File:Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1959).jpg
Elizabeth II
File:Coat of arms of Nigeria (1960–1979).svg
(1960–1963)
3 File:Nnamdi Azikiwe PC (cropped).jpg Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe
Template:Small 		16 November
1960 		1 October
1963 		Template:Ayd

Flag of the governor-general

See also

References

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