Richard Turnbull (colonial administrator)

Richard Gordon Turnbull
Richard Gordon Turnbull
Governor of Tanganyika
	In office; 15 July 1958 – 9 December 1961
Preceded by	Edward Twining
Succeeded by	himself (as Governor-General)
Governor-General of Tanganyika
	In office; 9 December 1961 – 9 December 1962
Preceded by	Office established; himself (as Governor)
Succeeded by	Office abolished; Julius Nyerere (as President of Tanganyika)
Personal details
Born	7 July 1909; St Albans
Died	21 December 1998 (aged 89)[1]; Gloucestershire

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.

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.

References

Mwakikagile, G. (2009). My Life as an African: Autobiographical Writings. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. p. 52. ISBN 9781448612567.
Europa Publications Limited (1970). The Middle East and North Africa. Europa Publications.
https://www.rulers.org/1998-12.html
"Tanzania", worldstatesmen.org, 2000, retrieved 19 April 2010
Mwakikagile, Godfrey (2009). Life in Tanganyika in The Fifties. Godfrey Mwakikagile. p. 142. ISBN 9987-16-012-3.

Government offices
Preceded by Edward Twining	Governors of Tanganyika 1958–1961	Succeeded by Position abolished
Preceded by Kennedy Trevaskis	High Commissioner of Aden 1965–1967	Succeeded by Humphrey Trevelyan

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[google-1] Mwakikagile, G. (2009). My Life as an African: Autobiographical Writings. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. p. 52. ISBN 9781448612567.

[google2-2] Europa Publications Limited (1970). The Middle East and North Africa. Europa Publications.

[3] ttps://www.rulers.org/1998-12.html

[worldstatesmen-4] "Tanzania", worldstatesmen.org, 2000, retrieved 19 April 2010

[Mwakikagile-5] Mwakikagile, Godfrey (2009). Life in Tanganyika in The Fifties. Godfrey Mwakikagile. p. 142. ISBN 9987-16-012-3.