List of colonial governors and administrators of British Cyprus
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| Governor of British Cyprus | |
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Coat of Arms of the Governor of Cyprus
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| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Government House |
| Appointer | King/Queen of the United Kingdom |
| Precursor | High Commissioner of Cyprus |
| Formation | 10 March 1925 |
| First holder | Sir Malcolm Stevenson |
| Final holder | Sir Hugh Mackintosh Foot |
| Abolished | 16 August 1960 |
| Succession | President of Cyprus |
The following is a list of colonial governors and administrators of British Cyprus.
Hitherto a territory of the Ottoman Empire, a British protectorate under Ottoman suzerainty was established over Cyprus by the Cyprus Convention of 4 June 1878. The United Kingdom declared war on the Ottoman Empire on 5 November 1914 and annexed Cyprus. Turkey recognised British possession of Cyprus by the Treaty of Lausanne on 24 July 1923 and the island became a Crown Colony on 10 March 1925. Following the London and Zurich Agreements of 19 February 1959 Cyprus became independent on 16 August 1960.
Contents
List of High Commissioners (1878–1925)[edit]
| Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lord John Hay (1827–1916) (acting) |
12 July 1878 | 22 July 1878 | |
| Sir Garnet Joseph Wolseley (1833–1913) |
22 July 1878 | 23 June 1879 | |
| Sir Robert Biddulph (1835–1918) |
23 June 1879 | 9 March 1886 | |
| Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer (1836–1914) |
9 March 1886 | 5 April 1892 | |
| Sir Walter Joseph Sendall (1832–1904) |
5 April 1892 | 23 April 1898 | |
| Sir William Frederick Haynes Smith (1839–1928) |
23 April 1898 | 17 October 1904 | |
| Sir Charles Anthony King-Harman (1851–1939) |
17 October 1904 | 12 October 1911 | |
| Hamilton Goold-Adams (1858–1920) |
12 October 1911 | 8 January 1915 | |
| Sir John Eugene Clauson (1866–1918) |
8 January 1915 | 31 December 1918 (died in office) |
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| Sir Malcolm Stevenson (1878–1927) |
31 December 1918 (acting to 31 July 1920) |
10 March 1925 |
List of Governors (1925–1960)[edit]
| Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Malcolm Stevenson (1878–1927) |
10 March 1925 | 30 November 1926 | |
| Sir Ronald Storrs (1881–1955) |
30 November 1926 | 29 October 1932 | |
| Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs (1876–1947) |
29 October 1932 | 8 November 1933 | |
| Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer (1877–1958) |
8 November 1933 | 4 July 1939 | |
| William Denis Battershill (1896–1959) |
4 July 1939 | 3 October 1941 | |
| Charles Campbell Woolley (1893–1981) |
3 October 1941 | 24 October 1946 | |
| Reginald Fletcher, 1st Baron Winster (1885–1961) |
24 October 1946 | 4 August 1949 | |
| Sir Andrew Barkworth Wright (1895–1971) |
4 August 1949 | 1954 | |
| Sir Robert Perceval Armitage (1906–1990) |
1954 | 25 September 1955 | |
| Sir John Alan Francis Harding (1896–1989) |
25 September 1955 | 22 October 1957 | |
| Sir Hugh Mackintosh Foot (1907–1990) |
3 December 1957 | 16 August 1960 |
Deputy Governors[edit]
- Sir George Evelyn Sinclair: 1955–1960