List of colonial heads of British Cameroons

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
26 August 1914 to 7 April 1916	Joseph Gauderique Aymerich, Military Commander	Military Commander of French Cameroon
7 April 1916 to 8 October 1916	Joseph Gauderique Aymerich, Administrator	Administrator of French Cameroon
8 October 1916 to 6 March 1919	Lucien Louis Fourneau, Administrator	Administrator of French Cameroon
6 March 1919 to 28 June 1919	Jules Gaston Henri Carde, Commissioner	Commissioner of French Cameroon
28 June 1919	Formal division into French and British Cameroons

British-occupied territory
Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
1916 to 1916	Kenneth V. Elphinstone, Resident
1916 to 1917	E.C. Duff, Resident
1917 to 1919	P.V. Young, Resident
1919 to 1919	W.G. Ambrose, Resident
1919 to 1919	John C. Maxwell, Resident
28 June 1919	Formal division into French and British Cameroons
1919 to 20 July 1920	John Humphrey Davidson, Resident
British Cameroons, League of Nations Mandated Territory
20 July 1920 to 1925	William Edgar Hunt, District Officer
1925 to 1928	Edward John Arnett, Resident	1st Term
1928 to 1928	H.J. Aveling, acting Resident
1928 to 1928	Buchanan Smith, Resident
1928 to 1929	Edward John Arnett, Resident	2nd Term
1929 to 1932	Granville St.John Orde Brown, Senior Officer
1932 to 193?	Frederick Bernard Carr, District Officer
193? to 193?	J.W.C. Rutherford, Resident
193? to 193?	D.W. Firth, Senior Resident
193? to 193?	George Hugo Findlay, Senior Resident
193? to 193?	K.V. Hanitsch, Deputy Resident
193? to 1939	A.E.F. Murray, Resident
1939 to 1942	N.C. Denton, Resident
1942 to 194?	Sealy-King, Resident
194? to 194?	P.G. Harris, Resident
1943 to 1945	J. Macrae Simpson, Resident
20 March 1945 to 10 October 1945	A. Leeming, Senior District Officer
1945 to 1946	A.F.B. Bridges, Resident
14 February 1946 to 13 December 1946	N. Mackenzie, Senior District Officer
British Cameroons, United Nations trust territory
13 December 1946 to 4 August 1949	N. Mackenzie, Senior District Officer
25 August 1949 to 31 December 1949	D.A.F. Shute, Senior Resident
1949 to 1 October 1954	Edward John Gibbons, Special Resident
October 1954	Autonomous territory within Nigeria
1 October 1954 to 1956	Edward John Gibbons, Commissioner
1956 to 1 October 1961	John Osbaldiston Field, Commissioner
(1 June 1961)	Northern British Cameroons incorporated into Nigeria
1 October 1961	Southern British Cameroons incorporated into Republic of Cameroon

See also

• Cameroons
  • Heads of government of British Cameroon (Cameroons)
  • Colonial heads of French Cameroon (Cameroun)
  • Heads of government of French Cameroon (Cameroun)
  • Colonial heads of German Cameroon (Kamerun)
• Lists of office-holders