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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.

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

commissioners

{| class="wikitable"

|- align=left

!No

!Portrait

! width="40%"|Name

! colspan="2" width="18%" |Tenure

! width="20%" |Notes

|-

| colspan="6" |British Suzerainty

|- valign=top

| colspan="6" |Bechuanaland Protectorate

|-

|

|||John Mackenzie,

|1884

|January 1885||&nbsp;

|-

|

||| Charles Warren,

|23 March 1885

|24 September 1885||

|-

|

||| Frederick Carrington,

|24 September 1885

|30 September 1885||

|- valign=top

| colspan="6" |(30 September 1885 to 16 November 1885)&nbsp;Divided into British Bechuanaland Crown Colony (south) and Bechuanaland Protectorate (north)

|-

|

||| Frederick Carrington,

|30 September 1885

| 23 October 1885||

|-

|

|||Sidney Godolphin Alexander Shippard,

|23 October 1885

| 16 November 1885||

|- valign="top"

| colspan="6" |Bechuanaland Protectorate

|-

|

|||Sidney Godolphin Alexander Shippard,

|30 September 1885

| 9 May 1891||

|- valign="top"

| colspan="6" |Bechuanaland High Commission Territory

|-

|

||| Sidney Godolphin Alexander Shippard,

|9 May 1891

| 1895||&nbsp;

|- valign="top"

| colspan="6" |Under the High Commissioner for Southern Africa to 3 October 1963

|-

|

|||Francis James Newton,

|1895

| 1897||&nbsp;

|-

|

|||Hamilton John Goold-Adams,

|1897

| 1901||&nbsp;

|-

|

||| Ralph Champneys Williams,

|1901

| 1906||&nbsp;

|-

|

|||Francis William Panzera,

|1906

| 1917||&nbsp;

|-

|

|||Edward Charles Frederick Garraway,

|1917

| 1917||&nbsp;

|-

|

|||James Comyn Macgregor,

|1917

| 1923||&nbsp;

|-

|

|||Jules Ellenberger,

|1923

| 1928||&nbsp;

|-

|

|||Rowland Mortimer Daniel,

|1928

| 1930||&nbsp;

|-

|

|||Charles Fernand Rey,

|1930

| 1937||&nbsp;

|-

|

|||Charles Noble Arden-Clarke,

|1937

| 1942||&nbsp;

|-

|

|||Aubrey Denzil Forsyth-Thompson,

|1942

| 1946||&nbsp;

|-

|

|||Anthony Sillery,

|1946

| 1950||&nbsp;

|-

|

|||Edward Betham Beetham,

|1950

| 1953||&nbsp;

|-

|

|||Martin Osterfield Wray,

|1953

| 1953||&nbsp;

|-

|

|||William Forbes Mackenzie,

|1954

| 1959||&nbsp;

|-

|

|||John Redcliffe Maud,

|1959

| 1960||&nbsp;

|-

| colspan="3" |Independence Day Republic of Botswana

| colspan="2" |30 September 1960

|

|-

|

|||Peter Fawcus,

|1960

| 1965||&nbsp;

|-

|

|||Hugh Selby Norman-Walker,

|1965

| 30 September 1966||

|- valign="top"

| colspan="5" |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