List of governors of Uganda

Governor of Uganda
Standard of the Governor of Uganda
Reports to	The Monarch of the United Kingdom
Residence	State House, Entebbe
Formation	26 December 1890
First holder	Frederick John Dealtry Lugard
Final holder	Walter Coutts
Abolished	9 October 1962

This is a list of military administrators, commissioners, governors and governors-general of Uganda.

The governor of Uganda was ultimately replaced by a president of Uganda after a brief transition to a governor-general.

Military administrator, 1890–1892

• Frederick John Dealtry Lugard (b. 1858 – d. 1945) 26 December 1890 – May 1892

Commissioners, 1893–1910

• Sir Gerald Herbert Portal (b. 1858 – d. 1897): 1 April 1893 – 30 May 1893
• James Ronald Leslie MacDonald (b. 1862 – d. 1927): 30 May 1893 – 4 November 1893 (acting)
• Sir Henry Edward Colville (b. 1852 – d. 1907): 4 November 1893 – 10 May 1894
• Frederick Jackson: 10 May 1894 – 24 August 1894 (acting)

• George Wilson CB (b. 1862 – d. 1943): Dec 1894 (civil charge), 31 July 1895 (sub), 5 November 1897 - 29 January 1898 (acting and consul-general), 1 April 1902 - 1904 (deputy and vice-consul general), 1904-1907 (Acting Commissioner, HM Commander-in-Chief and Consul-General)

• Ernest James Berkeley (b. 1857 – d. 1932): 24 August 1894 – December 1899
• Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston (b. 1858 – d. 1927): December 1899 – November 1901
• Sir James Hayes Sadler (b. 1851 – d. 1910): 1 January 1902 – 20 November 1907 (Commissioner, Commander-in-Chief and Consul-General)
• Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell (b. 1864 – d. 1952): 20 November 1907 – 31 January 1910
• Sir Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux (b. 1870 – d. 1943): 1 Feb 1910 – 18 Oct 1910

Governors of Uganda, 1910–1962

• Sir Harry Cordeaux: 1910–1911 (also Commissioner in early 1910)
• Sir Frederick Jackson: 1911–1918
• Sir Robert Coryndon: 1918–1922
• Sir Geoffrey Archer: 1922–1925
• Sir William Gowers: 1925–1932
• Sir Bernard Henry Bourdillon: 1932–1935
• Sir Philip Mitchell: 1935–1940
• Sir Charles Dundas: 1940–1945
• Sir John Hathorn Hall: 1945–1952
• Sir Andrew Cohen: 1952–1957
• Sir Frederick Crawford: 1957–1961
• Sir Walter Coutts: 1961–1962 (also Governor-General until 1963)

Governor-General of Uganda, 1962–1963

• Sir Walter Coutts: 9 October 1962 – 9 October 1963

See also

• President of Uganda
• Prime Minister of Uganda
• Lists of office-holders