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A narrow state centered on the Gambia River estuary, and entirely surrounded by Senegal, aside from the coast. The local population is largely Malinke, Fulani, and Wolof.
Ruler Name | Start Year | End Year | Notes | Dynasty | Kingdom |
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To British Sierra Leone | 1815 | 1843 | Gambia | ||
To Great Britain | 1843 | 1965 | Gambia | ||
Alexander Grant | 1815 | 1823 | British Commandant | Gambia | |
Alexander Findlay | 1829 | 1830 | Lieutenant Governors | Gambia | |
George Rendall | 1830 | 1837 | Gambia | ||
Thomas Lewis Ingram | 1837 | 1838 | Gambia | ||
William Mackie | 1838 | 1839 | Gambia | ||
Thomas Lewis Ingram | r. 1839 | 1840 | Gambia | ||
Sir Henry Vere Huntley | 1840 | 1841 | Gambia | ||
Thomas Lewis Ingram | rr. 1841 | 1843 | Gambia | ||
Henry Froude Seagram | 1843 | 1843 | Governors | Gambia | |
Edmund Norcott | 1843 | 1844 | Gambia | ||
Charles Fitzgerald | 1844 | 1847 | Gambia | ||
Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell | 1847 | 1851 | Gambia | ||
Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy | 1851 | 1852 | Gambia | ||
Luke Smythe O'Connor | 1852 | 1859 | Gambia | ||
George Abbas Kooli d'Arcy | 1859 | 1866 | Gambia | ||
Subordinate to Sierra Leone | 1866 | 1888 | Gambia | ||
Charles George Edward Patey | 1866 | 1869 | Administrators | Gambia | |
Alexander Bravo | 1869 | 1871 | Gambia | ||
Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan | 1871 | 1873 | Gambia | ||
Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright | 1873 | 1875 | Gambia | ||
Sir Samuel Rowe | 1875 | 1877 | Gambia | ||
Valerius Skipton Gouldsbury | 1877 | 1884 | Gambia | ||
Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney | 1884 | 1886 | Gambia | ||
Sir James Shaw Hay | 1886 | 1888 | Gambia | ||
Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter | 1888 | 1891 | Gambia | ||
Sir Robert Baxter Llewelyn | 1891 | 1900 | Gambia | ||
Sir George Chardin Denton | 1900 | 1911 | Governors | Gambia | |
Henry Lionel Galway | 1911 | 1914 | Gambia | ||
Sir Edward John Cameron | 1914 | 1920 | Gambia | ||
Herbert Henniker | 1920 | 1920 | Acting Governor. | Gambia | |
Sir Cecil Hamilton Armitage | 1921 | 1927 | Gambia | ||
Sir John Middleton | 1927 | 1928 | Gambia | ||
Sir Edward Brandis Denham | 1928 | 1930 | Gambia | ||
Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer | 1930 | 1934 | Gambia | ||
Sir Arthur Frederick Richards | 1934 | 1936 | Gambia | ||
Sir Thomas Southorn | 1936 | 1942 | Gambia | ||
Sir Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood | 1942 | 1947 | Gambia | ||
Sir Andrew Barkworth Wright | 1947 | 1949 | Gambia | ||
Sir Percy Wyn-Harris | 1949 | 1958 | Gambia | ||
Sir Edward Henry Windley | 1958 | 1962 | Gambia | ||
Independent within the Commonwealth | 1965 | 1970 | Gambia | ||
Sir John Warburton Paul | 1962 | 1966 | Governors-General | Gambia | |
Sir Farimang Mamadi Singhateh | 1966 | 1982 | Gambia | ||
To Republic of Gambia | 1970 | 1994 | Gambia | ||
Sir Dawda Jawara | 1970 | 1994 | Gambia | ||
Yahya Jammeh | 1994 | 2017 | Military dictator 1994-1996; 2nd Republic after 1996. | Gambia | |
Adama Barrow | 2017 | Present | Gambia |
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