Past Governors of The Gambia at Government House, Bathurst. 1965

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Reference
- GB 115 RCS/Y30447C
Dates of Creation
- 1965
Language of Material
- English .
Physical Description
- 1 item(s) 1 image

Scope and Content

One print, measuring 157 x 204 mm, with identifications on the reverse. A group portrait taken on the steps of Government House, Bathurst on the occasion of Gambian Independence in 1965. Included in the photograph of five past Governors and the Governor-General are:
Sir John Warburton Paul (b. 1916); ADC and Private Secretary to Governor of Sierra Leone 1945; Colonial Administrative Service, Sierra Leone 1947-1962; Governor of The Gambia 1962-5; Governor-General 1965-6; Governor and C.-in-C. British Honduras 1966-72; Governor and C.-in-C. Bahamas 1972-3, Governor-General 1973.
Sir Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood (1893-1967); Ceylon Civil Service 1920-30; Colonial Secretary, Grenada 1930-4, Sierra Leone 1934-42; Governor and C.-in-C. The Gambia 1942-7, Barbados 1947-9, Mauritius 1949-54; Vice-President, Royal Commonwealth Society 1963.
Sir Arthur Frederick Richards (1885-1978); Cadet, Malayan Civil Service 1908; Acting Secretary to High Commissioner 1923; Under Secretary 1926; Acting general advisor, Government of Johore 1929; Governor, North Borneo 1930-33; The Gambia 1933-36, Fiji 1936-38, Jamaica 1938-43, Nigeria 1943-7.
Sir Andrew Barkworth Wright (1895-1971); Cadet, Cyprus 1922; Colonial Secretary 1937; Colonial Secretary, Trinidad 1943; Governor, The Gambia 1947-49; Cyprus 1949-54.
Sir Edward Henry Windley (1909-1972); Cadet, Kenya 1931; Provincial Commissioner 1949; Chief Native Commissioner 1954; Governor, The Gambia 1958-62.
Sir Percy Wyn Harris (1903-1979); District Officer, Kenya 1926-45; District Commissioner 1941; Provincial Commissioner 1945; Chief Native Commissioner 1947; Governor, The Gambia 1949-58; Administrator, Northern Cameroon (U.N. Plebiscite) 1960.

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