List of British colonial administrators of Aden

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Map of the Colony of Aden, including insular dependencies (the islands of Kamaran, Perim and Khuriya Muriya).

This is a list of British colonial administrators of Aden from the 1839 Aden Expedition to the 1967 withdrawal from Aden. They were appointed from British India until 1937 when the Chief Commissioner's Province of Aden became the Colony of Aden under the responsibility of the Colonial Office in London.

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Aden merged into independent South Yemen on 30 November 1967. For British representation since then, see: List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Yemen .

List

British colonial administrators of Aden [1] [2]
PortraitNameTerm of office
Political Agents
Stafford Haines.jpg Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Indian Navy 18391854
SirJamesOutram.jpg Major-General James Outram 18541856
Political Residents
Colonel William Marcus Coghlan18541862
Major-General R. W. Honner18621862
Colonel William Marcus Coghlan18621863
Colonel Sir W. L. Merewether, C.B., K.S.I.png Major William Merewether 18631867
Major-General Sir Edward Russell18671870
Major-General Charles William Tremenheere18701872
Brigadier John Schneider18721877
Brigadier Francis Adam Ellis Loch18771882
James Blair VC IWM Q 80473.jpg Brigadier James Blair 18821885
Brigadier Adam George Forbes Hogg18901890
Brigadier John Jopp18901895
Brigadier Charles Alexander Cunningham18951899
General O'Moore Creagh, VC, Colonel of 129th Baluchis, 1912 copyv.jpg Brigadier Garratt O'Moore Creagh 18991901
Brigadier Pelham James Maitland19011904
Major-General Harry Macan Mason19041906
Major-General, Sir Ernest De Brath.jpg Major-General Ernest de Brath19061910
Brigadier General Sir James Alexander Bell.jpg Brigadier James Alexander Bell19101914
Brigadier Charles Henry Uvedale Price19151915
Major-General James Marshall Stewart19161920
Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Edwin Scott.jpg Major-General Thomas Edwin Scott19201925
Major-General John Henry Keith Stewart19251928
Sir George Stewart Symes.png Lieutenant Colonel George Stewart Symes 19281930
Bernard Rawdon Reilly.jpg Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Rawdon Reilly 19301932
Chief Commissioner
Bernard Rawdon Reilly.jpg Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Rawdon Reilly 19321937
Governors
Bernard Rawdon Reilly.jpg Sir Bernard Reilly 19371940
Sir John Hathorn Hall 19401944
Sir Reginald Champion 19441951
Sir Tom Hickinbotham [3] [4] 19511956
Sir William Henry Luce 19561960
Sir Charles Johnston 19601963
High Commissioners
Sir Kennedy Trevaskis 19631965
Sir Richard Turnbull 19651967
Sir Humphrey Trevelyan 19671967

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References

  1. "Records of the British Administration in Aden, 1839–1967". The National Archives. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
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