University of Botswana History Department
Colonial Administration Pages
Bechuanaland Colonial Administrators c.1884-c.1965
by Place, Date, Name, and Title
by Neil Parsons & Glorious Gumbo
provisional version 16 November 2002
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- A. Resident Magistrates, District Officers, & Divisional Commissioners (by District/ Division)
- B. Resident Commissioner’s Office (Protectorate Central Administration)
- C. Bechuanaland Police Officers & Men
- D. High Commissioner’s Office (Cape Town & Johannesburg/ Pretoria)
- E. Colonial and Dominions/ Commonwealth Relations Office (London)
A. Resident Magistrates, District Officers, & Divisional Commissioners (by District/ Division)
1. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONERS/DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONERS
1a: Northern Protectorate
1b: Southern Protectorate
2. BOKALAKA (SEBINA) SUB-DISTRICT
3. FRANCISTOWN (TATI) DISTRICT
3. GABERONES DISTRICT
4. GHANZI DISTRICT
5. KANYE DISTRICT
6. KASANE (CHOBE) DISTRICT
7. LOBATSE DISTRICT
8. MACHANENG (TULI BLOCK) SUB-DISTRICT
9. MAHALAPYE SUB-DISTRICT
10. MOCHUDI DISTRICT
11. MOLEPOLOLE DISTRICT
12. NGAMILAND DISTRICT
13. SEROWE DISTRICT
14. TSABONG DISTRICT
15. OTHER RELEVANT MAGISTRATES
B. Resident Commissioner'sOffice (Protectorate Central Administration)
16. B.P. RESIDENT COMMISSIONERS (Vryburg, Mafeking & Gaborone)
17. B.P. GOVERNMENT SECRETARIES (& DEPUTY RESIDENT COMMISSIONERS)
18. OTHER OFFICERS IN GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT (Vryburg, Mafeking & Gaborone)
19. B. P. GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS (excluding Police)
19a Agriculture
19b Audit
19c Education
19d Finance
19e Geological Survey
19f Justice
19g Land Survey
19h Medical
19i Posts & Telegraphs
19j Public Works
19k Stores
19l Treasury
19m Veterinary
19n Other
C. Bechuanaland Police Officers & Men
20. BECHUANALAND FIELD FORCE
21. BECHUANALAND BORDER POLICE
22. BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA POLICE DIVISION I (including Bechuanaland Native Police)
23. BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE POLICE
D. High Commissioner's Office (Cape Town, Pretoria &c.)
24. HIGH COMMISSIONERS &c.
25. IMPERIAL/ CHIEF SECRETARIES & DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONERS
26. HCO (BBS) JUDICIAL OFFICERS
27. OTHER HCO OFFICE STAFF
E. Colonial and Dominion Affairs/ Commonwealth Relations Offices (London)
28. SECRETARIES OF STATE
29. PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARIES OF STATE/ MINISTERS OF STATE
30. PERMANENT UNDER-SECRETARIES OF STATE
31. DEPUTY UNDER-SECRETARIES OF STATE
32. ASSISTANT (PERMANENT) UNDER-SECRETARIES OF STATE
33. CO/DO/CRO JUDICIAL OFFICERS
34. OTHER CO/DO/CRO OFFICE STAFF
Sources:
Appendix:
A. Resident Magistrates, District Officers, & Divisional Commissioners (by District/ Division)
Note: The title DISTRICT COMMISSIONER (to replace Resident Magistrate) is said to have been official from 1936, but was in practice used from 1930. There is also some confusion over the use of the terms District Commissioner (DC) and District Officer (DO). Technically the DC was simply the most senior DO responsible to the Resident Commissioner for the District, but in practice the term DO was (and is today) usually confined to the DC's assistant officers.
1. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONERS/DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONERS
Note: Assistant Commissioners to 1923 were in practice Assistant Resident Commissioners. From 1891-1923 the AC (Southern Protectorate) was based at Fort Gaberones; from 1891-1903/4 the AC (Northern Protectorate) at Old Palapye and 1903/4-23 at Francistown. The division between South and North was revived in 1950, with Senior District Officers in charge of each at Lobatse (South) and Francistown (North), becoming Divisional Commissioners from 1954 until 1963 when the posts were abolished as redundant. The two Divisions were equivalent to Provinces in other colonies, and Divisional Commissioners were equivalent to Provincial Commissioners.
Dates / Name / Details1884-1885 / J.M. Wright / Assistant Commissioner, Mafeking
1887-1892 / Rev. John Smith Moffat (1835-1918) / Assistant (Resident) Commissioner for the Bechuanaland Protectorate (including Matabeleland to 1890) north of the Molopo, based at Mafeking till c.1890 then roving commission
1890-1892 / W.H. Surmon / Assistant Commissioner for BP, based at Mafeking/ Fort Gaborone (founded August 1890). Seconded from Basutoland June 1890, confirmed as “Assistant Commissioner & Magistrate for Bechuanaland” (Protectorate) by 27 June 1891 Proclamation
1a: Northern Protectorate
Dates / Name / Details1892-1895 / Rev. John Smith Moffat / Assistant Commissioner for Northern Protectorate & Resident Magistrate Palapye
1895-1901 / John Anchitel Ashburnham / AC for Northern Protectorate & RM Palapye
1902-1903 / Francis William Panzera (1851-1917) / AC for Northern Protectorate, & RM Palapye
1903-1906 / Francis William Panzera (again) / AC for Northern Protectorate & RM Francistown
1907-1923 / Rowland Mortimer Daniel (1873-1957) / AC post lapsed 1923
1950 / William Forbes Mackenzie (1907-1980) / Senior District Officer, Serowe
1952-1954 / John Forster Millard (1911-) / Senior District Officer, Francistown, ex-Basutoland, Colonial Office (recruitment), Tanganyika
1954-1958 / John Forster Millard (again) / Divisional Commissioner North, Francistown
1958-1963 / Norman B. Rutherford / ditto
1b: Southern Protectorate
Dates / Name / Details1892-1900? / W.H. Surmon / AC & RM for Southern Protectorate, Gaberones
1900?-1923 / Jules E. Ellenberger (1871-1973) / post lapsed 1923
195?-1954 / Jean Daniel Arnauld Germond (1904-?6X?) / Senior District Officer, Gaberones
1954-1961 / Jean Daniel Arnauld Germond (again) / Divisional Commissioner South, Lobatse
2. BOKALAKA (SEBINA) SUB-DISTRICT
Dates / Name / Details195? / David M. Robinson / Assistant District Officer (appt. 28/5/54)
3. FRANCISTOWN (TATI) DISTRICT
Dates / Name / Details1891 / Hamilton John Goold-Adams / Magistrate for Bechuanaland (Protectorate) and Tati District, based at Fort Gaborone's, by 27 June 1891 Proclamation
1903-1906 / Francis William Panzera / AC for Northern Protectorate & RM Francistown
1907-1926/7? / Rowland Mortimer Daniel (1873-1957) / AC post lapsed 1923; RM Francistown
1909 / D. Green / Special Justice of the Peace
1923 / William E. Mangan / Acting Assistant Resident Magistrate
1928-1929 / G.B. Moseley / Acting ARM
1930-1932 / G.E. Nettelton / District Commissioner
1933 / W.E. Mangan (again) / Acting DC
1934 / Allan L. Cuzen / DC
1935-1942 / William E. Mangan (again) / Acting DC then DC from 1936 (appt. 9/3/36)
1937 / Percival Cardross Grant / on probation (appt. 24/4/37)
1943-1944 / John Wilfred Potts, ISO / DC
1945 / Alistair J.T.M. Macrae / Asst. DC (appt. 17/6/38)
1946-1947 / John W. Joyce / DC (appt. 30/10/42)
1948-1950 / Rowland A.R. Bent / Asst. DC (appt. 9/11/37 & 19/11/49)
1951 / Thomas G. Moore / Asst. DC (appt. 3/11/46)
(1952-1954 / John Forster Millard (1911-) / Senior District Officer, Francistown (appt. 29/3/52)
1953-1956 / George J.L. Atkinson / (appt. 4/12/50)
(1954-1958 / John Forster Millard (again) / Divisional Commissioner North, Francistown)
1957-1959 / Arthur N.W. Matthews / (appt. 4/3/48 & 6/11/58)
1958 / Hugh Henry B. Murray-Hudson / (appt. 6/8/55)
1959 / Charles Eustice Clark / (appt. 16/8/51)
1960-1963 / Roy S. King / DO (appt. 21/7/58)
1960-1964 / Norman B. Rutherford / (16/1/59) Senior DO from 1963
1960 / Thomas G. Moore / (appt. 3/2/54)
1963-1964 / Philippus L. Steenkamp / DC (appt. 17/7/58)
1964 / Phineas P.M. Makepe / on probation (appt. 9/3/64)
1964 / Alexander C. Campbell / on probation (appt. 13/7/63)
1963 -5 / Robert Gilkes / District Officer
3. GABERONES DISTRICT
Dates / Name / Details1892-1900? / W.H. Surmon / AC & RM for Southern Protectorate
1897-1900 / Jules E. Ellenberger (1871-1973/4) / Magistrate’s Clerk & Acting AC 1900
1900?-1922/3? / Jules E. Ellenberger (again) / AC & RM
1900 / Nelson W. Fogerty / Magistrate’s Clerk
1912 / Edward H.M. Drury / Assistant Resident Magistrate
1913-1919 / M. Williams / ARM (& Acting AC 1916-1919?)
1920-1928 / Ernest O. Butler / Resident Magistrate
1923 / John W. Potts / ARM
1929 / H.B. Neale / RM
1930-1932 / C.M. Ledeboer / District Commissioner
1933-1936 / Vivian F. Ellenberger / Acting DC then DC 1934 (appt. 1/4/34)
1937 / Edwin P. Arrowsmith / on probation (appt. 10/11/32)
1938 / A.J.T. Mackenzie Macrae / Asst. DC (appt. 17/1/38)
1939-1940 / William Forbes Mackenzie / Asst. DC (appt. 31/10/37)
1941-1942 / Vivien F. Ellenberger / DC (appt. 1/4/34)
1941 / Philip Gordon Batho / Asst. DC (appt. 1/7/37)
1943 / John Walter Joyce / DC
1944-1948 / Sydney Vernon Lawrenson / DC (appt. 7/8/42)
195?-1954 / Jean Daniel Arnaud Germond (1904-?6X?) / Senior District Officer
1949 / Harry Cecil Foulger / on contract
1951 / James Anthony Allison / (appt. 14/8/50)
1952-1954 / Arthur Norman W. Matthews / DC (appt. 4/3/48)
1955-1956 / Gerald C. Ryan / DC (appt. 28/5/54)
1957-1961 / Dennis A. T. Atkins / DC (appt. 17/7/52)
1962-1964(-1970?) / Percivale Cardross Grant / DC (appt. 5/12/49)
4. GHANZI DISTRICT
Dates / Name / Details1923 / Allan L. Cuzen / ?
1927 / W.E. Mangan / Acting Resident Magistrate
1934 / W. Potts / (Assistant?) District Commissioner
1937-1939 / William H.J. Cairns BA / on probation (appt. 20/4/36)
1939-1940 / Alistair John Tindall M. Macrae / Asst. DC (appt. 17/6/38)
1941 / John Walter Joyce / Asst. DC (appt. 1/4/34)
1942-1944 / William Robert Murray / Acting Asst. DC (appt. 1/4/40)
1945 / Sydney H. Moorse / Asst. DC (appt. 1/12/36)
1947-1949 / Frederick A. Marr / Asst. DC (appt. 12/12/45)
1950 / Sydney V. Lawrenson / also DC Maun (appt. 7/8/42)
1951-1956 / Ernest H. Midgely / Asst. DC (appt. 17/6/44)
1958 / George J.L. Atkinson / (appt. 4/12/50)
1959-1961 / Phillipus L. Steenkamp / (appt. 17/7/58)
1960-1961 / George B. Silberbauer / on special duty (appt. 28/5/56) 1962
1964 / Alexander C. Campbell / on probation (appt. 28/5/62)
1963-1964 / George B. Silberbauer (again) / DC? (appt. 28/5/56)
5. KANYE DISTRICT
Dates / Name / Details1915-1916 / E.H.M. Drury / Acting Resident Magistrate
1923 / Capt. G.B. Moseley / ?
1923 / Sub-Insp. G.E. Nettelton / Acting RM
? / Stanley Langton / Clerk
1930-1935 / Allan L. Cuzen / District Commissioner (appt.24/10/21)
1933 / E.H. Midgeley / on probation?
1934 / Alexander Rutherford / Acting Assistant DC (appt. 1/4/34, retired 17/8/35)
1934 / H. Beeching / Acting Assistant DC
1936 / William Hunter Jackson Cairns, BA / Asst. DC on probation (appt. 1/1/36)
1937-1941 / John Wilfred Potts, ISO / DC? (appt. 3/4/21)
1942 / W.H.J. Cairns (again) / Asst. DC (appt. 1/1/38)
1944-1945 / Edward H. Ashton, BA PhD / Asst. DC (appt. 20/4/36)
1947-1948 / Philip Gordon Batho / Asst. DC (appt. 1/7/37)
1948-1951 / Arthur N.W. Matthews / (appt. 4/3/48)
1952 / (Major) J.C.E. Bowen / Asst. DC 4 year contract (appt. 7/4/50)
1954 / Norman B. Rutherford / (appt. 1/9/51)
1955-1959 / Thomas George Moore / (appt. 3/2/54) leave 1957, 1959
1960-1961 / Percivale Cardross Grant / (appt. 5/12/49)
1962-1963 / Denis Arthur T. Atkins / (appt. 29/7/52)
1964 / Charles Eustice Clark / (appt. 16/8/51)
6. KASANE (CHOBE) DISTRICT
Dates / Name / Details1923 / Capt. H.B. Neale / Assistant Resident Magistrate,
1931-1933 / H. Beeching / Acting Assistant District Commissioner
1935-1936 / Richard B.M. Sullivan / Asst. DC (appt. 7/2/35)
1948 / Noel V. Redman / Asst. DC (appt. 9/2/46)
1949 / Thomas G. Moore / Asst. DC (appt. 3/11/46)
1950-1951 / Frederick Alexander Marr / Asst. DC temporary (appt. 12/12/45)
1952-1954 / Claude C. McLaren / (appt. 22/7/48)
1958 / Brian A.F. Read / on probation (appt. 18/4/57)
1962 / Brian B. Egner / on probation (appt. 15/7/58) on leave in Canada 1963
1963 / David W. Finlay / on probation (appt. 26/7/62)
7. LOBATSE DISTRICT
Dates / Name / Details1904 / Arnold Weinholt Hodson / ?
1907 / H.V. Jason / Special Justice of the Peace
1909 / R. O’Malley Reilly / SJP
1910 / J.B. Mosely / SJP
1912-1913 / R. O’Malley Reilly (again) / Acting Resident Magistrate
1914 / (Sgt.) Hawtrey / Acting RM (B.P. Police)
1915-1917 / Claud Ledeboer / Acting Assistant RM then Asst. RM 1916
1923-1930 / R. O’Malley Reilly (again) / ARM then District Commissioner 1930
1931-1935 / Claud Ledeboer (again) / DC (re-appt. 1/4/34)
1936-1942 / Allan Leckie Cuzen / DC (appt. 24/10/21)
1943-1946 / V.F. Ellenberger / DC (appt. 1/4/34)
1947-1948 / William Forbes Mackenzie / DC (appt. 1/4/35 & 1/9/41)
1949 / Richard B.M. Sullivan / DC (appt. 1/10/45)
1950 / Vivian Gillett / Asst. DC temporary
1952-1953 / Sydney Lawrenson / DC (appt. 1/10/51)
1954/56-1961 / Jean Daniel Arnauld Germond (1904-) / Senior DC then 1954 Divisional Commissioner South, Lobatse
1955-1957 / Claude C. McLaren / (appt. 22/7/48)
1959-1961 / Arthur N.W. Matthews / (appt. 6/11/58)
1960 / George Winstanley / (appt. 11/8/54)
1961 / Patrick R. Starkey / on probation
1962-1963 / Patrick B. Watermeyer / on contract (6/4/61)
1963 / Melvin George Billing / (appt. 7/11/61)
1964 / Roy Stevens King / DC (appt. 21/7/58)
? / Egner
8. MACHANENG (TULI BLOCK) SUB-DISTRICT
Dates / Name / Details1923 / (Capt.) P.T.O. Garbutt / ?
-1947 / Norman Bruce Rutherford (1909-197?) / Assistant District Officer (appt. 1/9/41)
1950 / R.B.M. Sullivan / also as DC Serowe (appt. 1/10/45)
1951 / George J.L. Atkinson / (appt. 4/12/50)
1952-1953 / Thomas G. Moore / Asst. DC (appt. 3/11/53)
1958-1961 / Ernest H. Midgely / (appt. 17/6/53)
1962-1964 / Brian A.F. Read / (appt. 5/5/59)
9. MAHALAPYE SUB-DISTRICT
Dates / Name / Details1954 / Dennis A.T. Atkins / Asst. DO (appt. 29/7/52)
1956 / George Winstanley / Asst. DO on probation (appt. 11/8/54)
1957 / Ernest H. Midgley / (appt. 9/3/61)
? / Richard Mannothoko
1963-1964 / Leonard M. Manson / DC (on contract 21/1/63), ex-Nigeria & Tanganyika
10. MOCHUDI DISTRICT
Dates / Name / Details1900 / Nelson W. Fogarty / Clerk
1935 / Sydney V. Lawrenson / Acting Additional Resident Magistrate (appt. 1/7/34)
1936 / Sydney C. Parker / Acting RM on loan from S. Rhodesia (appt. 19/2/36)
1937 / Sydney V. Lawrenson / (appt. 1/7/34)
1938 / Claude C. McLaren / Asst. DC (appt. 1/2/37)
1939-1940 / David Bowie Sinclair / Asst. DC (appt. 1/1/37)
1941 / Richard Benjamin Magniac Sullivan / Asst. DC (appt. 7/2/35)
1943 / William Hunter Jackson Cairns / Asst. DC (appt. 1/1/38)
1944-1945 / R.B.M. Sullivan [again] / Asst. DC (appt. 1/10/45)
1947 / Percivale Cardross Grant / Asst. DC (appt. 23/4/37)
1948-1949 / Alistair J.T.M. Macrae / Asst. DC (appt. 17/6/38)
1950 / Dennis A.T. Atkins / Asst. DC (appt. 31/5/46)
1951 / Norman B. Rutherford / Asst. DC (appt. 1/9/41)
1952-1953 / Percivale Cardross Grant [again] / Asst. DC (appt. 5/2/49)
1954 / (Major) John C.E. Bowen / DC (appt. 15/4/53 on 4 year contract)
1955-1958 / Charles Eustice Clark / DC (appt. 16/8/51)
1959-1960 / Annesley Wallace M. Dickie / DC (appt. 4/7/55)
1961-1962 / George Winstanley / DC (appt. 11/8/54), 1962 to Councils
1963-1964 / Patrick W. Reardon / DC (appt. 9/3/61)
11. MOLEPOLOLE DISTRICT
Dates / Name / Details1915-1923? / H.B. Neale / Acting & then substantive Resident Magistrate
1923 / Claud M. Ledeboer / RM
1923 / J.W. Potts / Acting Assistant RM
1923?-1930 / H.B. Neale (again) / RM
1930-1931 / H.B. Neale (again) / District Commissioner
1931-1932 / W.E. Mangan / Acting DC
1933-1935 / S.L.F. Towne / Acting Assistant DC (appt. 1/4/30)
1937-1938 / Jean D. A. Germond / Asst. DC (appt. 1/1/37)
1939-1940 / Richard Benjamin Magniac Sullivan / Asst. DC (appt. 7/2/35)
1941-1942 / Arthur Norman Wagner Matthews, BA / Asst. DC (appt. 1/1/37)
1943-1946 / William Edward Mangan / (appt. 9/3/36)
1947 / Claude C. McLaren / (appt. 1/1/37)
1948-1950 / Norman B. Rutherford / Asst. DC (appt. 1/9/41)
1949 / Michael J. Fairlie / Asst. DC
1951-1954 / Charles Eustice Clark / DC (appt. 17/6/48)
1955-1958 / Percivale Cardross Grant / DC (appt. 5/12/49)
1958-1960 / Koodibetse M. Kgopo / DC (appt. 28/5/54)
1960-1961 / John M. van Riet Lowe / DC (appt. 4/11/59)
1962-1963 / Michael C.B. Williams / on probation (appt. 17/8/60, off to Secretariat)
1963-1964 / Stephen Julian Tennant / DC (appt. 15/4/62)
12. NGAMILAND DISTRICT
Dates / Name / Details1923 / Capt. A.G. Stigand / Resident Magistrate, Toteng
1931 / Vivien F. Ellenberger / Acting District Commissioner, Maun
1932-1933 / A.L. Cuzen / DC
1933-1936 / W. Potts / DC (appt. 3/4/29)
1937-1938 / William Forbes Mackenzie / Acting (Asst.) DC (appt.10/1/36)
1937 / Edmund H. Ashton, PhD / Asst. DC (appt. 20/4/36)
1937-1938 / William F. Mackenzie / Acting Asst. DC (appt. 10/1/36)
1939-1941 / Sydney Vernon Lawrenson / Asst DC (appt. 1/1/35)
1942-1943 / Richard Benjamin Magniac Sullivan / Asst. DC (appt.1/7/28, appt. 7/2/35)
1944-1945 / William Hunter Jackson Cairns, BA / Asst. DC (appt. 1/1/38)
1947 / Jean D. Arnaud Germond / Asst. DC (appt. 1/1/37)
1948 / George J.L. Atkinson / Asst. DC (appt. 19/8/38)
1949 / Philip Gordon Batho / DC (appt. 1/7/37)
1950-51 / Sydney Vernon Lawrenson / DC (appt. 7/8/42)
1951 / (Major) J.C.E. Bowen / DC (appt.7/4/50 on 4 year contract)
1952 / Rowland A.R. Bent / (appt. 19/11/49)
1952-1954 / James A. Allison / (appt. 14/8/50)
1955-1956 / Arthur N.W. Matthews / (appt. 4/3/48)
1956 / Annesley W.M. Dickie / (appt. 4/7/55)
1957-1959 / Michael R.B. Williams / (appt. 21/11/55)
1960-1963 / Charles Eustice Clark / (appt. 16/8/51)
1961 / Michael R.B. Williams (again) / (appt. 6/2/61)
1961 / Brian F. Read / (appt. 5/5/59)
1962 / Stephen J. Tennant / (appt. 15/4/58)
1962-1964 / Mokwadi Tom M. Kgopo / (appt. 30/12/61)
1962 / David W. Finlay / Asst DC on probation (appt. 26/6/62)
1964 / Ian I. Gass / on contract (appt. 21/3/63)
1963 -5 / Robert Gilkes / District Officer
13. SEROWE DISTRICT
Dates / Name / Details1904-1907 / Rowland Mortimer Daniel (1873-1957) / Assistant Resident Magistrate
1907-1914 / G.A. Merry / ARM
1915-1917 / E.H.M. Drury / ARM
1916-1918 / R. Reilly / Acting ARM 1916 then ARM 1917
1918-1921 / C.R. [not G.E.]Nettelton / ARM
1921-1922 / C.R. Nettelton (again) / Resident Magistrate
1922-1924 / E.H.M. Drury / Acting ARM
1924-1927 / H.B. Neale / Resident Magistrate
1927-1937 / Gerald Enracht Nettelton (d.1961?) / RM (appt. 1/4/24) & then District Commissioner
1931-1932 / W. Potts / Acting DC (appt. 3/4/29)
1934-37 / J.W. Joyce / Asst DC (appt. 1/4/34)
1936 / William Forbes Mackenzie (1907-1980) / Asst DC (appt. 10/1/36)
1937 / David Bowie Sinclair / Asst DC on probation (appt. 1/1/37)
1938 / Vivien Frederic Ellenberger (d.1977) / DC (Acting?)
1938 / Percivale Cardross Grant / Acting DC (temp. from Molepolole)
1939-1941 / Gerald Enracht Nettelton (again) / DC (appt. 3/4/29)
1942-1946 / William Forbes Mackenzie (1907-1980) / DC (appt. 1/9/41)
1947-1948 / Vivien Frederic Ellenberger (again) / DC (appt. 1/4/34)
1949 / Sydney Vernon Lawrenson (1907-196?) / DC (appt. 7/8/42)
1950 / William Forbes Mackenzie (1907-1980) / DC & Senior DO (appt. 1/4/50) then to Deputy RC, Mafeking
1950-1951 / Sir Richard Benjamin Magniac Sullivan / DC (off to Nigeria)
1951 / Jean Daniel Arnauld Germond (1904-1960s)DC & Senior DO (appt.1/1/47)
1951 / Claude C. McLaren / ?Asst DC (appt. 22/7/48)
1951-1952 / R.A.R. Bent / DC & Senior DO
1951-1952 / Peter [sic above Percivale?] Cardross Grant / Assistant DO (appt. 5/12/49)
1951-1963 / James A. Allison / Assistant DO
1951-1953 / Dennis A.T. Atkins / Asst. DO (appt. 31/5/46, o/seas leave1951, appt. 29/7/52)
1952-1954/5 / Philip Gordon Batho / DC (appt. 22/10/48)
1952-1953 / Norman Bruce Rutherford / Asst.DO (appt. 1/9/51)
1952 / Noel Vernon Redmond / Asst.DO (appt. 9/2/46, o/seas leave 1952)
1954-1957 / Koodibetse M. Kgopo / Assistant DO (appt. 4/6/51, appt. 28/5/54)
1954, 1956 / Noel Vernon Redmond [again] / Assistant DO
1955-1958/9 / Norman Bruce Rutherford / DC (appt. 1/9/51)
1957-1958 / Annesley W.M. Dickie / Asst? DO (appt. 4/7/55)
1958-1960 / Bakwena Kgari / Cadet DO (appt. 1/9/57)
1959-1963 / David M. Robinson (d.1964) / DC (appt. 28/5/54)
1959-1960 / Edward Brian Egner / Assistant DO
1959-1961 / Peter John Heady / Assistant DO (appt. 1/11/57)
1961 / David C. Mitchell / Asst. DO on probation (appt. 24/3/60)
1961 / Patrick W. Deardon / Asst. DO (appt. 9/3/61)
1962 / Michael O.S. Hawkins / Assistant DO (appt. 19/4/62)
1962 / Julian M. van Riet Lowe / Asst. DO (to Indus. Dev. Team)
1962-1964 / Jonathan A.S. Harlow / Assistant DO on probation (appt. 7/7/62)
1963 / Ian I. Gass / Asst. DC on contract (appt. 21/3/63)
1963-1964 / Michael R.B. Williams / DC (appt. 21/11/55)
? 1963-1965 / David Millar / District Officer
1964 / Peter C.N. Vaughon / Asst. DO on probation (appt. 11/7/63)
14. TSABONG DISTRICT
Dates / Name / Details1933 / S.V. Lawrenson / Acting District Commissioner
1934-1935 / Edwin P. Arrowsmith / Acting DC (appt. 10/11/32, leave 1936)
1937-1938 / Arthur N. Wagner Matthews / Asst. DC (appt. 1/1/37)
1939-1940 / Jean Daniel Arnauld Germond / Asst. DC (appt. 1/1/37)
1942 / Philip Gordon Batho / Asst. DC (appt. 1/7/37)
1945 / Ernest H. Midgeley / Asst. DC (appt. 17/6/44)
1947-1948 / Michael J. Fairlie / Asst. DC (appt. 19/3/46)
1949 / Dennis A.T. Atkins / Asst. DC (appt. 31/5/46)
1956 / Michael R.B. Williams / on probation (appt. 17/6/54)
1957 / Stephen J.O. Henn / on probation (appt. 23/7/55)
1958 / G.W. Stiles / on contract (12/11/56)
1959 / John M. van Riet Lowe / on probation (31/1/57)
1962-1963 / Major J.C. Edward Bowen / on contract (25/4/61)
? / Egner
1965 / Robert Gilkes / DC
15. OTHER RELEVANT MAGISTRATES
Dates / Name / Details1877-1881 / John Smith Moffat / Native Commissioner, Zeerust, Transvaal Colony
1886-1887 / J.S. Moffat / Civil Commissioner &Resident Magistrate, Taung, British Bechuanaland
-1886 / J.E. [not W.H.] Surmon / CC & RM, Mafeking, BB
1886- / A.F. Robertson / CC & RM, Vryburg, BB
1886- / ? / Chief Magistrate, Vryburg
1886- / ? / Crown Prosecutor, Vryburg
1887- / ? / CC & RM, Kuruman, BB
1889- / ? / CC & RM, Gordonia (Upington)--excised from Bechuanaland Protectorate to British Bechuanaland
1895-1896 / Robert White / RM for Montsioa's [Barolong] & Ikaneng's [Bamalete] Territories
B. Resident Commissioner's Office (Protectorate Central Administration)
Note: The RESIDENT COMMISSIONER was the equivalent to a Lieutenant-Governor in other British colonies, because the High Commissioner had the status of a full Governor (and a Governor-General after 1910).
16. B.P. RESIDENT COMMISSIONERS (Vryburg, Mafeking & Gaborone)
Dates / Name / Details1885-1892 / Sidney Godolphin Alexander Shippard / Administrator (& Chief Magistrate 1885-1886) British Bechuanaland, Vryburg, & then Deputy (High) Commissioner for Bechuanaland Protectorate, Vryburg, from 30 September 1885
1888 / Francis James Newton (1857-1948) / Acting Administrator & Chief Magistrate BB
1892 / Francis James Newton (1857-1948) / Acting Administrator & Chief Magistrate BB
1892-1895 / S.G.A. Shippard (“Morena Maka”) / Resident Commissioner for BP, Vryburg, by 27 September 1892 Proclamation
1895-1896 / Leander Starr Jameson (Dr.) / RC for Ikaneng’s & Montsioa’s Territories, Pitsani
1896-1897 / Francis James Newton (1857-1948) / RC for BP, at Mafeking
1897-1901 / Hamilton John Goold-Adams / RC
1901-1906 / Ralph Champneys Williams / RC
1907-1916 / Francis William Panzera / RC
1916-1917 / Edward Charles Frederick Garraway (Dr.) / RC
1917-1923 / James Comyn Macgregor / RC
1923-1927 / Jules Ellenberger (1871-1969) / RC (“Ramaeba”)
1928-1930 / Rowland Mortimer Daniel / RC
1930-1937 / Charles Fernand Rey (1877-1968) / RC
1937-1942 / Charles Noble Arden-Clarke / RC
1942-1946 / Aubrey Denzil Forsyth Thompson / RC
1946-1950 / Anthony Sillery (1903-1976) / RC
1950-1953 / Edward Betham [sic] Beetham (1905-) RC, former RC Swaziland 1946-1950(“Hlangabeza”)
1953-1955 / William Forbes Mackenzie (1907-) / RC, ex Deputy RC & GS Swaziland 1949-1950
1955-1959 / Martin Osterfield Wray (1912-) / RC
1959-1964 / Robert Peter Fawcus / RC (Acting 1957)
1964-1965 / Robert Peter Fawcus (again) / Queen’s Commissioner/ Her Majesty’s Commissioner
1965-1966 / Hugh Selby Norman-Walker / Queen’s Commissioner/ Her Majesty’s Commissioner
17. B.P. GOVERNMENT SECRETARIES (& DEPUTY RESIDENT COMMISSIONERS)
Dates / Name / Details1889-1892 / Francis James Newton (1857-1948) / Colonial Secretary & Receiver-General for BB, Vryburg
1901? / Barry May / Government Secretary BP, Mafeking
? / James Comyn Macgregor / GS, Mafeking (ex-Basutoland)
1917 / Jules Ellenberger / Acting GS, Mafeking
1922-1923 / Jules Ellenberger (again) / GS
1923-1935 / C.L.O’Brien Dutton / GS
1935 / Harold B. Neale / GS (appt. 1/4/34)
1937-1942 / Aubrey Denzil Forsyth Thompson / GS & Acting Assistant RC (appt. 15/4/37)
1942-1950 / Gerald E. Nettelton / GS & Assistant RC till 1944 Deputy RC (appt. 7/8/42)
1946-1947 / Vivian F. Ellenberger / Acting Deputy RC (appt. 21/8/46)
1950 / Arthur W. Waters / Acting GS & Deputy RC (seconded from HCO 14/8/50)
1951-1954 / William Forbes Mackenzie / GS & Deputy RC (appt. 1/4/51)
1954-1959 / Robert Peter Fawcus (1915-) / GS & Deputy RC (appt. 18/3/54)
1957 / Sydney Vernon Lawrenson / Acting GS
1959-1962 / Sydney Vernon Lawrenson (again) / GS & Deputy RC
1962-1964 / Arthur John Alexander Douglas / GS & Deputy RC
1964-1965 / Arthur John Alexander Douglas (again) / Chief Secretary
18. OTHER OFFICERS IN GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT (Vryburg, Mafeking & Gaborone)
Dates / Name / Details-1885 / John Anchitel Ashburnham / Clerk to Administrator & Deputy Commissioner, Vryburg (Secretariat 1886-)
1936 / Herbert H. Price / Assistant GS (appt. 1/4/35)
1951-1954 / Courtenay Robert Latimer (1911-) / 1st Assistant (Government) Secretary
1954-195? / Sydney Vernon Lawrenson (1907-) / Acting Assistant RC & 1st Assistant (Government) Secretary (appt. 1/10/51)
1959 / John R. Wakefield / seconded to Secretariat (appt. 17/7/58)
-1960 / James A. Allison / Senior DO seconded to Secretariat (appt. 1/4/58)
1960 / Arthur John Alexander Douglas / Senior DO, ex-Basutoland, seconded to Secretariat (appt. 2/11/59)
1960 / Hugh B. Murray-Hudson / seconded to Secretariat
1960 / Michael R.B. Williams / seconded to Secretariat (appt. 21/11/55)
1963 / Peter J. Heady / Assistant (Government) Secretary (appt.1/11/57)
19. B. P. GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS (excluding Police)
19a Agriculture
Dates / Name / Details1946-1954 / Ian Soot Hutcheson / Agricultural Officer
1954-1957+ / Ian Soot Hutcheson / Director of Agriculture
1957 / W.J. Chase &c. / Dairy Officers, Agric Dept
1957 / C.A. Challis &c. / Daily Officers, Agric Dept
19b Audit
Dates / Name / Details-1890 / ? / Local Auditor, Vryburg
1957 / J.H. Belderson / Principal Auditor, Audit Dept.
19c Education
Dates / Name / Details1928-1935 / Henry James Edward Dumbrell (1885-) / Inspector of Education, Bechuanaland & Swaziland
1936-1945 / Henry James Edward Dumbrell (1885-) / Director of Education, Bechuanaland Protectorate
1945-1952 / Jowitt / Director of Education
1947-1951 / James Guthrie Gardiner (1907-1963) / Education Officer
1951-1952 / James Guthrie Gardiner (1907-1963) / Principal Education Officer
1951-1955 / Charles John Hunter (1914-1964/5) / Education Officer, ex-Johannesburg Star newspaper
1952-1962 / James Guthrie Gardiner (1907-1963) / Director of Education
1957 / G.P.E. Dixon / Education Officer, Educ Dept
-1955 / Charles John Hunter (1914-1964/5) / Deputy Director, Educ Dept
1957 / J.F. Leech / Welfare Officer, Educ Dept
1962-1964/5 / Charles John Hunter (1914-1964/5) / Director of Education
1964-1971 / John William Blake (1911-) / Principal & Vice-Chancellor, University of Basutoland, Bechuanaland & Swaziland
19d Finance
Dates / Name / Details-1886 / ? / Receiver & Accountant-General, Vryburg
-1888 / ? / Receiver-General, Vryburg
1889-1892 / Francis James Newton (1857-1948) / Receiver-General, Vryburg
-1890 / ? / Tender Board, Vryburg
-1891 / ? / Receiver-General, Vryburg
-1954 / C.R. Latimer (1911-) / Acting Secretary for Finance
19e Geological Survey
Dates / Name / Details-194 / James Wayland / ex-Uganda
1954-1957+ / Richard Bradford McConnell (1903-) / Director of Geological Surveys, ex-Uganda
1957 / Colin Boocock &c, / Geologists, Geol Surv Dept
1957 / O.J. Van Straten / Petrologist, Geol Surv Dept
19f Justice
Dates / Name / Detailsc. 1893 / J. Vintcent / Crown Prosecutor, Vryburg
1957 / R. Kelly / Legal Adviser to RC (Minchin & Kelly)
1957 / Alan G. Tilbury / Registrar of High Court
Alan G. Tilbury / Attorney-Generl
19g Land Survey
Dates / Name / Details-1885 / ? / Registrar of Deeds, Vryburg
-1887 / ? / Surveyor-General, Vryburg
19h Medical
Dates / Name / Details-1887 / ? / District Surgeon, Vryburg
1892 / ? / Hospital (Superintendant), Vryburg
c.1893 / Garraway / Medical Officer, BB Police, Gaberones
-1935 / Manuel Lazarus Freedman (1912-) / Medical Officer
1947-1949 / Manuel Lazarus Freedman (1912-) / Acting Director of Medical Services
1949-1957+ / Manuel Lazarus Freedman (1912-) / Director of Medical Services
1957 / B.T. Squires &c, / Medical Officers, Med Serv Dept
1957 / W.R. Gemmell &c, / Medical Officers, Med Serv Dept
1957 / C.A. Van Rooyen / Medical Officer, Med Serv Dept
19i Posts & Telegraphs
Dates / Name / Details-1892 / ? / Postmaster-General, Vryburg
1957 / L.G. Duhy / Senior Postmaster, Posts & Telegraphs Dept
19j Public Works
Dates / Name / Details1955-1957+ / Harold Edward Coney(1920-) / Deputy Director, PWD
1956-1957+ / Donald David Grieve (1914-) / Director of Public Works
1957 / J.L. Harrison / Architect, PWD
19k Stores
Dates / Name / Details1891-? / ? / Officer in Charge of Stores, Vryburg
1957 / M.F.H. Lemon / Controller of Stores
19l Treasury
Dates / Name / Details1950-1957+ / George Anthony Ley Rutledge (1913-) / Treasurer, ex-Tanganyika & Basutoland
1957 / A.J. Beeby / Assistant Treasurer, Treasury Dept
19m Veterinary
Dates / Name / Details1951-1957+ / John Edward Riley Roe / Director of Veterinary Services. ex-Nigeria
1955-1957+ / Kenneth Unsworth (1919-) / Deputy Director, Vet Serv Dept, ex-West Africa
1957 / J. Falconer &c. / Veterinary Officers, Vet Serv Dept
19n Other
Dates / Name / Details1888- / ? / Sundry Officials, Vryburg [sic]
1891-1892 / ? / Director of Census, Vryburg
1936 / Edmund Hugh Ashton / Assistant DC, Mafeking? (appt. 20/4/36)
1944-1945 / John Walter Joyce / Mafeking (appt. 30/10/42)
c.1945-1950 / Arthur Willoughby Walters (1900-) / ?
1946 / Richard B.M. Sullivan / Mafeking (appt. 1/10/45)
1947-1948 / Arthur N.W. Matthews / Assistant DC, Mafeking? (appt. 1/1/37)
1955-1957 / James A. Allison / Mafeking (appt. 14/8/50)
1962 / George Winstanley / seconded to Councils, Lobatse? (appt. 11/8/54)
1962 / John M. Van Riet Lowe / seconded to Industry Development Team, Lobatse? (appt.
1963 / M.C.B. Williams / seconded to Livestock Development Trust, Lobatse?
1969 / Jerome Oputa Udoji (1917-) / reported on localization in Botswana, Swaziland, etc.
C. Bechuanaland Police Officers & Men
20. BECHUANALAND FIELD FORCE