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List of colonial governors and administrators of British Cyprus

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His Excellency

Formation
  
10 March 1925

Residence
  
Government House

First holder
  
Sir Malcolm Stevenson

List of colonial governors and administrators of British Cyprus

Appointer
  
King/Queen of the United Kingdom

Precursor
  
High Commissioner of Cyprus

The following is a list of colonial governors and administrators of British Cyprus.

Hitherto a territory of the Ottoman Empire, a British protectorate under Ottoman suzerainty was established over Cyprus by the Cyprus Convention of 4 June 1878. The United Kingdom declared war on the Ottoman Empire on 5 November 1914 and annexed Cyprus. Turkey recognised British possession of Cyprus by the Treaty of Lausanne on 24 July 1923 and the island became a Crown Colony on 10 March 1925. Following the London and Zurich Agreements of 19 February 1959 Cyprus became independent on 16 August 1960.

Deputy Governors

  • Sir George Evelyn Sinclair: 1955–1960
  • References

    List of colonial governors and administrators of British Cyprus Wikipedia


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