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kondorong
Gambia
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 Posted - 27 Oct 2006 : 22:45:19
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1. Alexander Grant 1815 to 1821 and again from 1821 to 1829 when Gambia was briefly part of Sierra Leone. (Grants Street was named after him.
2. Alexander Findlay, Lieutnat Governor 1829 to 1830
3. George Rendall Lieutnant Governor 1830 to 1837
4.Thomas Lweis Ingram Lieutnant Governor 1837 to 1838. (Ingram Street was named after him). He served three terms as Governor at diffrent times. I will give you the times in chronological order to avoid confusion.
5. William Mackie Lieutnant Governor 1838 to 1839
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 27 Oct 2006 : 23:56:54
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6. Thomas lewis Grant Lieutnant Governor 1839 to 1840
7. Sir Henry Vere Huntley Lieutnat Governor 1840 to 1841
8.Thomas Lewis Ingram Lietnant Governor 1841 to 1843 (Third Term)
All the years from 1821 to 1843, the Gambia was a British Colony under sierra leoen.
Between 1843 to to 1866, the Gambia was administeterd as a full and seperate colony. This is why all the above governores were lieutnant Governors and not Governors..
9. 1843- Henry Froude Seagram, Governor
10. 1843 to 1844 Edmund Norcott Governor
11. 1844-1847 Charles Fitzerald Governor. (Fitzerald street was named after him)
12. 1847-1851 Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell Governor
13. 1851-1852 Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy Governor
14. 1852-1859 Like Smythe O'Connor Governor
15. 1859-1866 George Abbas Kooli D'Arcy Governor
After this period, Gambia was again ruled as part of Sierra Leone from 1866 to 1888. Instead of Lieutnant Governor, the rulers assumed the title of Administrator. I will deal with the next perod next week. Have a good weekend. |
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Alhassan
Sweden
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Posted - 30 Oct 2006 : 16:20:54
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Kondorong,
There is much to still to elaborate upon. The colony of Senegambia you have forgottened. Can you elaborate on that too? |
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 30 Oct 2006 : 17:45:47
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As far as i know there was only a period which could qualify as the The Colony of Senegambia. That is by 1800, the British had occuped Goree as a colony from the French and by 1815, they also coccupied Banjul. During this period, parts of present day senegal and gambia were under British rule.
Beyond this time, i cannot rememeber or have seen any moment when such situation ever happened. That was why the settlers in Banjul came from Goree and St. Louis because they were British subjects then and came to populate the new found colony of Banjul in 1815. Please note that Alexander Grant was not a Governor but a Commandant. It was more like a military expedition rather than an administrative officer. This is because at this time the colony had not taken shape yet. Consequently by 1821, Gambia was place under the colony of Sierraleone.
Officially there was nothing like colony of Senegambia. However, based on our traditions this period could qualify as Colony of Senegambia when both parts of Senegal and Gambia were under British Rule.
Rememeber that the British and French have been fighting each other for years until the treaty of Versailles. Infact that treaty is still celebrated today. I believe about two years ago, the Queen was in France to commemorate the treaty. This partly explains why Louisiana was sold by the French to the Americans to expand against British rule. The statute of Liberty in New York was donated by the French to the American independence struggle and they even helped fight the British. Lafayette is named afetr a French General a name that is replicated in many towms in the United states and many streets are named after him. |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 30 Oct 2006 : 22:01:24
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1866-1869 Charles George Edward Patey Administrator
1869-1871 Alenader Bravo Administrator
1871-1873 Jeremiah Thomas Fitzerald Callaghan Administrator (Fitzerald street was named after him. He was an Irish because Callaghan is an irish name).
1873-1875 Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright Administrator
1875-1877 Sir Samuel Rowe Administrator
1877-1884 Valerius Skipto Gouldsbury Administrator
1884-1886 Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney Administrator
1886-1888 Sir james Shaw Hay Administrator
This period ended Gambia being ruled from Sierraleone. It marked with the Berlin Conference of 1888 when boundaries were drawn and Gambia became a fully accepted seperate colony. The following year in 1889, the border with Senegal was demarcated which lasted to this day. |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 31 Oct 2006 : 01:43:41
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1888-1891 Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter Administrator
1891-1898 Robert Baxter Llewelyn Administrator (Llewelyn Street was named after him)
1898-1900 Sir Robert Baxter Llewelyn Administrator
1900- 11 January 1901 Sir George Chardin Denton Administrator
11th January 1901- 21 December 1911 Sir George Chardin Denton Governor( He was the first Governor of the Colony of the Gambia. Denton Bridge At Saaro was named after him).
21 December 1911 to 11 April 1914 Henry Lionel Galway Governor
11 April 1914 to 1916 Edward John Cameron Governor (Cameron street was named after him)
1916 to 1920 Sir Edward John Cameron Governor. However, between 1918 to 1919 Herbert Henniker was appointed Acting Governor of the Colony while Cameron was away.
1920 to January 3 1921 Herbert Henniker Acting Governor
January 3 1921 to March 10, 1927 Sie Cecil Hamilton Armitage Governor. (Armitage High School was named after him. He also approved the establishment of Mohammedan Primary School for islamic religious education).
March 10 1927 to Novenmber 29 1928 Sir John Middleton Governor
November 29 1928 to September 11 1930 Sir Edward Brandis Denham Governor. Lady Denham (Ship)was named after him.
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serenata
Germany
1400 Posts |
Posted - 31 Oct 2006 : 17:56:07
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| Maybe they should rename the streets. It is Gambian history, but the names recall a mostly unpleasant era... |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 31 Oct 2006 : 18:29:25
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I was on ebay yesterday and saw articles supposedly being sold as properties of Governor Cecil Armitage. The notes say that he ruled in the gambia in 1895 which is not true. He was in the Gambia from 1921 to 1927. He fought in the Ashanti expedition in Ghana and was a captain in the service of the crown. Watch out what you buy and do a bit of research.
Governor Cecil was actually head of the london Reptile Zoo and discovered a lizard in the Gambia which was named after him called "Chalcides armitagei". He was born in 1869 and there was no way he could have been governor of a colony by 1895 given the traditional British emphasis on seniority and service for promotion. |
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njucks
Gambia
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Posted - 01 Nov 2006 : 20:25:24
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Originally posted by kondorong
I was on ebay yesterday and saw articles supposedly being sold as properties of Governor Cecil Armitage.
are you trying to raise some money for your old school??
definely, you are an expert on pre-independence gambia. i saw you mentioned real independence in 1970. i also read that they had a referandum for a republic earlier and didnt get enough 'yes' votes and had to do it again before we became a republic.
i find this strange, dont you? |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 01 Nov 2006 : 20:57:22
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No. It was a tripatrite struggle between the elite in Banjul and those of the protectorate. The christian elite in Banjul,on one side, the Muhammedan primary school old boys club , and the rural boys on the other. Gambians went secretly to London arguing against independence. This was why we were the last colony in west africa to be independent.
One of them, used to have an old telephone and pretended calling the Queen in London and encouraged a NO vote because he did not like to see his opponent win and become chief minister. He was ahead of his time as mobile phones did not exist but many believed in him and voted no.
This struggle for the national pie from hitherto, unimportant quarters fuelled the infighting. The civil service was taking a new shape and faces and those who had power during the colonial times saw their influence eroding. I met an old man who told me that they were handed loaves of bread along Wellington street and TEFESH to go home TO WHEREVER THEY CAME FROM. It was called BABA NATA.
BABA NATA is more like a treat for kids quite common in the villages especially from a journey. In wollof its called SERI CHEH. Its different from YOBAL.
This bad blood in politics resulted in a United Nations mission to Gambia to see for themslves and know the truth. You see, saboteurs were always around. The collapse of NADD is part of our pre-independence political climate. Pre colOnial political interest groups were still functioning in NADD.
Some relevant reading materials are: "Independence without revolt" and "The Birth of an Improbable Nation".
Eventually Gambians organised huge demonstrations in Banjul when UN mission visited calling for independence and denouncing politicians who went to London or sent secret letters against independence. It was this demonstration that convinced the UN for us to have independence. We were thought incapable to be independent and the UN did not want to see a member nation starve herself to death.
The best reading material on this issue is titled: SENEGAMBIA ALLIANCE OR ENTENTE. It gives a detailed account of events when we were almost given away to Senegal.
By the way please send money to save Armitage.. If not for anything but the for the free history discussion on Bantaba. |
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njucks
Gambia
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Posted - 01 Nov 2006 : 21:19:02
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quote:
Originally posted by kondorong
By the way please send money to save Armitage.. If not for anything but the for the free history discussion on Bantaba.
NO. I will not. I will not pour water into a basket.
but i appreciate the history. learning quite a lot. |
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 01 Nov 2006 : 21:32:24
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Originally posted by njucks
quote:
Originally posted by kondorong
By the way please send money to save Armitage.. If not for anything but the for the free history discussion on Bantaba.
NO. I will not. I will not pour water into a basket.
but i appreciate the history. learning quite a lot.
Ok then dont send it into a basket. Send it to me through
Kondorong
Yorobawol Village
District of Hope for Rural Electrification
Do you Exist Region
Gambia
I will receive it and will utilised it judicously. |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 01 Nov 2006 : 21:59:01
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List continues
September 11 1930 to april 12 1934 Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer Governor
April 12 1934 to october 22 1936 Sir Arthur Frederick Richards Governor
October 22 1936 to March 23 1942 Sir Wilfred Thomas Southorn Governor
March 23 1942 to 1944 Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood Governor
1944 to to March 29 1947 Sir Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood Governor (note knighthood)
March 29 1947 to 1948 Andrew Barkworth Wright Governor
1948 to December 1949 Sir Andrew Barkworth Wright Governor (note knighthood)
December 1949 to 1952 Percy Wyn-Harris Governor
1952 to June 19 1958 Sir Percy Wybb-Harris Governor (note knighthood)
June 19 1958 March 29 1962 Sir Edward Henry Windley Governor
March 29 1962 to 18th February 1965 Sir John Warburton Paul Governor. He actually died in 2004.
18th February 1965 to 24th april 1970 Queen Elizabeth II
24th April 1970 to July 1981 D.K. Jawara
July 30 1981 to Augst 5 1981 Kukoi Samba Sanyang, Chairman National Revolutionary Council
August 5, 1981 to July 22nd 1994 D.K. Jawrara
July 22 1994 to Date HE, Alhaji, Colonel, Dr., Yaya, Abdul, Aziz, Jamus, Junkung, Jammeh
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njucks
Gambia
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Posted - 01 Nov 2006 : 22:29:34
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you have made a mistake and forgot, more importantly Farimang Signhateh.
QEII was not head of state only in 1965-1970. monarchs are always head of state, and appoint governors to rep them. so the other governors were not head of state but head of government (local affairs) and had their monarchs.
you cannot list governors and omit the only gambian to be governor!!!
edit you posting and do justice to dear Farimang S. |
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 01 Nov 2006 : 22:39:23
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I did it for a reason. IT WAS DELIBERATE. Farimamg and Warbuton were the only Governor generals from 1965 to 1970. I did not want to equate them with the other Governors because they were transitional heads. They barked but could not bite.
During this period, it was called "QUEEN OF THE GAMBIA AND OF HER OTHER REALMS AND TERRITORIES, HEAD OF COMMONWEALTH.
Internal rule was in the hands of Gambians and foreign policy was made at No. 10 Downing Street. So they were figure heads. Thats why i listed the Queen.
Any way good observation. I did for a purpose and you fell for it. No mistakes and no editing. |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 08 Nov 2006 : 21:19:54
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quote:
Originally posted by njucks
you have made a mistake and forgot, more importantly Farimang Signhateh.
QEII was not head of state only in 1965-1970. monarchs are always head of state, and appoint governors to rep them. so the other governors were not head of state but head of government (local affairs) and had their monarchs.
you cannot list governors and omit the only gambian to be governor!!!
edit you posting and do justice to dear Farimang S.
This quote is the reason why i ommitted him. Governor John Paul described the role of the new Governor General thus:
"Well as the personal representative of Her Majesty, he wears feathers in his hat, opens bazaars and attends parades. You know all that sort of thing ....." Governor John Paul. Concidentally, he became the first Governor General |
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