Colonial Heads of Kenya - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

List of the colonial heads of Kenya

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
British Suzerainty Suzerainty Suzerainty occurs where a region or people is a tributary to a more powerful entity which controls its foreign affairs while allowing the tributary vassal state some limited domestic autonomy. The dominant entity in the suzerainty relationship, or the more powerful entity itself, is called a...
25 May 1887	Coastal areas granted to the British East Africa Association by the Sultan of Zanzibar
25 May 1887 to 3 September 1888	Sir William Mackinnon, President of the British East Africa Association
3 September 1888 to 1889	Sir William Mackinnon, President of the Imperial British East Africa Company Imperial British East Africa Company The Imperial British East Africa Company was the administrator of British East Africa, which was the forerunner of the East Africa Protectorate, later Kenya. The IBEAC was a commercial association founded to develop African trade in the areas controlled by the British colonial power...
1889 to 1890	George Sutherland Mackenzie, Administrator
May 1890 to February 1891	Francis Walter de Winton, Administrator
September 1891 to 1892	Lloyd Williams Matthews, Administrator
February 1892 to 1893	Sir Gerald Herbert Portal Gerald Portal Sir Gerald Herbert Portal was a British diplomat, who was the Consul General for British East Africa and British Special Commissioner to Uganda, and a main figure in the establishment of the Uganda Protectorate.-Diplomatic career:... , Administrator
British East Africa Protectorate
1 July 1895
July 1895 to October 1900	Arthur Henry Hardinge Arthur Henry Hardinge Sir, ,Arthur Henry Hardinge , G.C.M.G.,1910, K.C.B.,1904, , a fluent speaker of the Spanish and the French languages, was the son of General Hon... , Commissioner	knighted during tenure
December 1900 to 1904	Sir Charles Eliot Charles Eliot (diplomat) Sir Charles Norton Edgecumbe Eliot GCMG, PC was a British knight diplomat, colonial administrator and botanist. He served as Commissioner of British East Africa in 1900-1904. He was British Ambassador to Japan in 1919-1925.He was also known as a malacologist and marine biologist... , Commissioner
20 June 1904 to 1 October 1905	Sir Donald William Stewart, Commissioner
12 December 1905 to 31 December 1905	Sir James Hayes Sadler James Hayes Sadler Colonel Sir James Hayes Sadler, KCMG, CB was a British diplomat and civil servant.In 1854 Sadler was commissioned into the Artillery Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia... , Commissioner
31 December 1905 to 1909	Sir James Hayes Sadler James Hayes Sadler Colonel Sir James Hayes Sadler, KCMG, CB was a British diplomat and civil servant.In 1854 Sadler was commissioned into the Artillery Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia... , Governor
16 September 1909 to July 1912	Sir Edouard Percy Cranwill Girouard, Governor
3 October 1912 to 1917	Sir Henry Conway Belfield Henry Conway Belfield Sir Henry Conway Belfield KCMG JP born on 29 November 1855 and died on 8 January 1923. Sir Henry attended the Rugby School, Warwickshire and University of Oxford. He was a qualified barrister in 1880 and practiced law in England until 1884. Sir Henry joined Malayan Civil Service from 1884 until 1912... , Governor
1917 to 1919	Sir Charles Calvert Bowring Charles Calvert Bowring Sir Charles Calvert Bowring was a British colonial administrator.Bowring was born in 1872. In 1909 he married Ethel Dorothy Watts.-East Africa / Kenya:... , acting Governor
22 July 1919 to 1920	Sir Edward Northey, Governor
Kenya Colony and Protectorate Kenya Colony The Colony and Protectorate of Kenya was part of the British Empire in Africa. It was established when the former East Africa Protectorate was transformed into a British crown colony in 1920...
1920 to 1922	Sir Edward Northey, Governor
15 August 1922 to 1925	Sir Robert Thorne Coryndon
2 October 1925 to 1930	Edward William Macleay Grigg
13 February 1931 to 1936	Sir Joseph Aloysius Byrne Joseph Aloysius Byrne Brigadier-General Sir Joseph Aloysius Byrne, GCMG, KBE, CB , was the Royal Irish Constabulary's Inspector-General from 1916 until 1920. He later served abroad in , and Kenya.-Biography:...
December 1936 to April 1937	Sir Armigel Wade Armigel Wade Sir Armigel de Vins Wade CMG OBE was a British colonial official.-Life:Wade was born at Henfield, Sussex on 17 October 1880 the son of Charles Wade, a solicitor, and his wife Sarah.... acting Governor
6 April 1937 to 1939	Sir Robert Brooke-Popham Robert Brooke-Popham Air Chief Marshal Sir Henry Robert Moore Brooke-Popham, GCVO, KCB, CMG, DSO, AFC, was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. During World War I he served in the Royal Flying Corps as wing commander and senior staff officer...
9 January 1940 to 1944	Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore Henry Monck-Mason Moore Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore GCMG, KStJ , was British Governor of Sierra Leone, Kenya and Ceylon.The son of Rev. Edward William Moore, he was educated at King's College School, Wimbledon and Jesus College, Cambridge, graduating in 1909....
11 December 1944 to 1952	Sir Philip Euen Mitchell Philip Euen Mitchell Sir Philip Euen Mitchell was a British Colonial administrator who served as Governor of Uganda , Governor of Fiji and Governor of Kenya .-Birth and education:...
30 September 1952 to 1959	Sir Evelyn Baring Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale, KG, GCMG, KCVO was Governor of Southern Rhodesia from 1942 to 1944 and Governor of Kenya from 1952 to 1959....
23 October 1959 to 1962	Sir Patrick Muir Renison
4 January 1963 to 12 December 1963	Malcolm John MacDonald Malcolm MacDonald Malcolm John MacDonald OM, PC was a British politician and diplomat.-Background:MacDonald was the son of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Margaret MacDonald. Like his father he was born in Lossiemouth, Moray...
12 December 1963	Independence as Kenya Kenya Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

For continuation after independence, see: Heads of state of Kenya

Heads of state of Kenya

-Heads of State of Kenya :-Affiliations:*KANU - Kenya African National Union*PNU - Party of National Unity-Latest election:-See also:*List of colonial heads of Kenya*Kenya**Heads of Government of Kenya**Vice-Presidents of Kenya...