Somaliland (01)

1884-1960 British colony


1884-1950

YEAR DATE EVENT GOVERNOR
1884 UK occupation Frederick Mercer Hunter
1887 20 july Part of UK Aden colony
1906 8 may UK Protectorate Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux
1910 january Sir William Henry Manning
1911 july Horace Archer Byatt
1914 may Sir Geoffrey Francis Archer
1922 17 august Gerald Henry Summers
1926 26 january Sir Harold Baxter Kittermaster
1932 18 june Sir Arthur Salisbury Lawrance
1939 2 march Vincent Goncalves Glenday
1940 18 august Italian occupation Guglielmo Nasi
1940 october Carlo De Simone
1941 16 march UK Protectorate Arthur Reginald Chater
1943 3 march Gerald Thomas Fisher
1948 15 november Sir Gerald Reece

1950-1960

YEAR DATE EVENT PRIME MINISTER GOVERNOR
1954 Sir Theodore Ousley Pike
1956 19 may Abdullah Isa
1959 Sir Douglas Hall


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