Preceded by Edward Twining Role Colonial governor Name Richard Turnbull | Succeeded by None Preceded by Office established Died December 1998 | |
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Sir Richard Gordon Turnbull, GCMG (7 July 1909 – 21 December 1998) 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 – 9 December 1962.
Biography
Richard Turnbull was Chief Secretary of Kenya during the time of the Mau Mau Uprising. In 1958 he succeeded Sir Edward Twining as Governor of Tanganyika. Following the first elections to the Legislative Council (LEGCO), Turnbull appointed five members of Julius Nyerere's Tanganyika African National Union party. At the end of 1961, Tanganyika became an autonomous Commonwealth realm with Nyerere as prime minister. Turnbull served for a year as governor-general until Tanganyika became a republic in December 1962. He later became the penultimate High Commissioner of Aden in 1965.