Malawi (01)

1889-1966 British rule


1889-1914

YEAR DATE EVENT GOVERNOR
1889 21 september UK protectorate of Shiré River Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston
1891 15 may UK Protectorate of Nyasaland
1893 23 february UK Central Africa Protectorate
1896 16 april Sir Alfred Sharpe (I)
1907 1 april Francis Barrow Pearce (I)
1907 UK Nyasaland Protectorate
1907 october Sir William Henry Manning (I)
1908 1 may Sir Alfred Sharpe (II)
1910 1 april Francis Barrow Pearce (II)
1910 4 july Henry Richard Wallis
1911 6 february Sir William Henry Manning (II)
1913 23 september Sir George Smith

1914-1953

YEAR DATE EVENT GOVERNOR
1914 11 may
1923 12 april Richard Sims Donkin Rankine
1924 27 march Sir Charles Calvert Bowring
1929 30 may Wilfred Bennett Davidson-Houston
1929 7 november Sir Thomas Shenton Whitelegge Thomas
1932 22 november Sir Hubert Winthrop Young
1934 9 april Kenneth Lambert Hall
1934 21 september Sir Harold Baxter Kittermaster
1939 20 march Henry Charles Donald Cleveland Mackenzie-Kennedy
1942 8 august Sir Edmund Charles Smith Richards
1948 30 march Sir Geoffrey Francis Taylor Colby

1953-1966

YEAR DATE EVENT KING PRIME MINISTER GOVERNOR
1953 1 august State of Rhodesia Federation Sir Geoffrey Francis Taylor Colby
1956 10 april Sir Robert Perceval Armitage
1961 10 april Sir Glyn Smallwood Jones
1963 9 may Self-governig State under Rhodesia Federation Hastings Kamuzu Banda
1964 6 july Independent into Commonwealth queen Elisabeth II Hastings Kamuzu Banda Sir Glyn Smallwood Jones


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