18 Governors of the Gambia

This is a list of colonial governors and administrators in the Gambia from the establishment of a British settlement on St Mary's Island in 1816, through to the Gambia Colony and Protectorate's independence from the United Kingdom in 1965.

Sir Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood was a British colonial administrator and governor. He served as the Governor of the Gambia from 1942 to 1947, the Governor of Barbados from 1947 to 1949, and the Governor of Mauritius from 1949 to 1954.

Sir Edward John Cameron (1858–1947) was a British colonial administrator who served as governor of the Gambia from February 1914 to 1920.

Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter was an administrative officer in the Royal Navy and a colonial official for the British Empire.

George Abbas Kooli D'Arcy was a British soldier and colonial administrator. He was governor of the Gambia from 1859 to 1866, and governor of the Falkland Islands from 1870 to 1876.

Sir George Chardin Denton was a British colonial administrator and former military officer who served as the Administrator, and later Governor, of the Gambia from 1900 to 1911.

Captain Charles Fitzgerald was the Governor of The Gambia from 1844 until 1847, then Governor of Western Australia from 1848 to 1855.

Lieutenant Colonel Sir Henry Lionel Galway, was a British Army officer and the Governor of South Australia from 18 April 1914 until 30 April 1920.

Sir Henry Vere Huntley was an English naval officer and colonial administrator. He was the eleventh Governor of Prince Edward Island.

William Hutton was a British writer. He is notable for having written A Voyage to Africa, which was published in 1821. He also served briefly in the British foreign service in the Kingdom of Ashanti and as Commandant of St Mary's Island, the Gambia.

Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy was a British colonial administrator who served as governor of a number of British colonies, namely Sierra Leone, Western Australia, Vancouver Island, Hong Kong and Queensland.

Sir Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright, was a British civil servant who held positions including Governor of British Guiana.

Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell was an Anglo-Irish lawyer, judge and colonial governor. His posts as governor included Governor of the British Settlements in West Africa, Governor of Saint Vincent, Governor of South Australia, Governor of Nova Scotia and Governor of Hong Kong. Several places around the world are named for him including MacDonnell Road in Hong Kong; and, the MacDonnell Ranges and Sir Richard Peninsula in Australia.

Arthur Frederick Richards, 1st Baron Milverton, was a British colonial administrator who over his career served as Governor of North Borneo, Gambia, Fiji, Jamaica, and Nigeria.

Luke Smythe O'Connor was a British army officer and colonial administrator. He served as Governor of the Gambia from 1852 to 1859, and held senior roles in the Colony of Jamaica during the 1860s, including President of the Privy Council of Jamaica.

Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer was an English barrister, who became a colonial supervisor for Britain during the inter-World War period. He served as a Lieutenant Governor in Nigeria, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of The Gambia and Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Cyprus.

Sir Samuel Rowe was a British doctor and colonial administrator who was twice governor of Sierra Leone, and also served as administrator of the Gambia, governor of the Gold Coast and governor-general of the West Africa settlements. He was known for his ability to form pro-British relationships with the local people. He was in favour of a vigorous programme of expansion from the coast into the interior in response to French activity in the Sahel region, at times in opposition to Colonial Office policy.

Sir Wilfrid Thomas Southorn, known as Tom, was a British colonial administrator, spending the large part of career in Ceylon before serving as Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong, then Governor of The Gambia.