Richard Turnbull (colonial administrator)
Sir Richard Gordon Turnbull, GCMG (7 July 1909[2] – 21 December 1998[3])[4] was a British colonial governor and the last governor of the British mandate of Tanganyika from 1958 to 1961. Following the country's independence, he was governor-general from 9 December 1961 to 9 December 1962.
Richard Gordon Turnbull | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Tanganyika | |
| In office 15 July 1958 – 9 December 1961 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Edward Twining |
| Succeeded by | himself (as Governor-General) |
| Governor-General of Tanganyika | |
| In office 9 December 1961 – 9 December 1962 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Office established himself (as Governor) |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 July 1909 St Albans |
| Died | 21 December 1998 (aged 89)[1] Gloucestershire |
Biography
Richard Turnbull was chief secretary of Kenya during the Mau Mau Uprising.[5] In 1958, he succeeded Edward Twining as governor of Tanganyika.[5] Following the first elections to the Legislative Council, Turnbull appointed five members of Julius Nyerere's Tanganyika African National Union party.[5] At the end of 1961, Tanganyika became independent with Nyerere as prime minister and Turnbull as governor-general. He served for a year until Tanganyika became a republic in December 1962. He later became the penultimate High Commissioner of Aden in 1965.
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- Mwakikagile, Godfrey (2009). Life in Tanganyika in The Fifties. Godfrey Mwakikagile. p. 142. ISBN 9987-16-012-3.
