List of commissioners of Bechuanaland

This is a list of the commissioners of the Protectorate, which gained full independence as Botswana in 1966. From 1885 to 1891, the post was known as Deputy Commissioner; from 1891 to 1964 as Resident Commissioner; and from 1964 to independence as Queen's Commissioner. ^[1]

In the table below, dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office.

commissioners

No	Portrait	Tenure	Name	Notes
		British Suzerainty
		Bechuanaland Protectorate
		1884 to January 1885	John Mackenzie , Resident
		23 March 1885 to 24 September 1885	SirCharles Warren, Special Commissioner, Military Commander
		24 September 1885 to 30 September 1885	Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Carrington , Special Commissioner, Military Commander
		(30 September 1885 to 16 November 1885) Divided into British Bechuanaland Crown Colony (south) and Bechuanaland Protectorate (north)
		British Bechuanaland Crown Colony Military Commander 1 Sep 1885 - 23 Oct 1885 Frederick Carrington (b. 1844 - d. 1913) Administrator 23 Oct 1885 - 16 Nov 1895 Sidney Godolphin Alexander Shippard (b. 1837 - d. 1902)
		30 September 1885 to 23 October 1885	Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Carrington , Special Commissioner, Military Commander
		23 October 1885 to 16 November 1885	Sidney Godolphin Alexander Shippard, Administrator
		Bechuanaland Protectorate
		30 September 1885 to 9 May 1891	Sidney Godolphin Alexander Shippard, Administrator	knighted during tenure
		Bechuanaland High Commission Territory
		9 May 1891 to 1895	SirSidney Godolphin Alexander Shippard, Resident Commissioner
		Under the High Commissioner for Southern Africa to 3 October 1963
		19 November 1895 to 1897	Francis James Newton, Resident Commissioner
		21 December 1897 to 1900	Hamilton John Goold-Adams, Resident Commissioner
		January 1901 to 1906	SirRalph Champneys Williams, Resident Commissioner
		1906 to 1916	Francis William Panzera, Resident Commissioner
		1916 to 1917	Edward Charles Frederick Garraway, Resident Commissioner
		1917 to 1923	James Comyn Macgregor, Resident Commissioner	knighted during tenure
		1923 to 1927	Jules Ellenberger , Resident Commissioner
		1928 to 1930	Rowland Mortimer Daniel, Resident Commissioner
		1930 to 1937	Charles Fernand Rey, Resident Commissioner
		1937 to 1942	Charles Noble Arden-Clarke, Resident Commissioner
		1942 to 1946	Aubrey Denzil Forsyth-Thompson, Resident Commissioner
		1946 to 1950	Anthony Sillery , Resident Commissioner
		1950 to 1953	Edward Betham Beetham, Resident Commissioner
		1955 to 1959	Martin Osterfield Wray, Resident Commissioner
		1953 to 1955	William Forbes Mackenzie, Resident Commissioner
		1959 to 1960	John Redcliffe Maud, Resident Commissioner
		30 September 1960	Independence Day Republic of Botswana
		1960 to 1965	Peter Fawcus , Resident Commissioner
		1965 to 30 September 1966	Hugh Selby Norman-Walker, Commissioner	knighted during tenure
		30 September 1966	Independence Day Republic of Botswana

For continuation after independence see: Heads of State of Botswana

Sources

• http://www.rulers.org/rulb1.html#botswana
• African States and Rulers, John Stewart, McFarland
• Heads of State and Government, 2nd Edition, John V da Graca, MacMillan Press 2000
• Whitaker's Almanack 1965, J. Whitaker and Sons Ltd

See also

• High Commissioner for Southern Africa
• Botswana
  • Heads of state of Botswana
  • Heads of government of Botswana
  • Vice-Presidents of Botswana
• Lists of office-holders

References

1. Morton, Fred; Ramsay, Jeff; Mgadla, Part Themba (2008). "Resident Commissioner". Historical Dictionary of Botswana. African Historical Dictionaries. Vol. 108 (4th ed.). Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press. pp. 288–9. ISBN   978-0-8108-5467-3.