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Colonial Heads of Kenya
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(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| British Suzerainty | ||
| 25 May 1887 | Coastal areas granted to the British East Africa Association by the Sultan of Zanzibar | |
| 25 May 1887 to 3 September 1888 | Sir William Mackinnon, President of the British East Africa Association | |
| 3 September 1888 to 1889 | Sir William Mackinnon, President of the Imperial British East Africa Company | |
| 1889 to 1890 | George Sutherland Mackenzie, Administrator | |
| May 1890 to February 1891 | Francis Walter de Winton, Administrator | |
| September 1891 to 1892 | Lloyd Williams Matthews, Administrator | |
| February 1892 to 1893 | Sir Gerald Herbert Portal, Administrator | |
| British East Africa Protectorate | ||
| 1 July 1895 | ||
| July 1895 to 1897 | Arthur Henry Hardinge, Commissioner | |
| 1897 to October 1900 | Sir Arthur Henry Hardinge, Commissioner | |
| December 1900 to 1904 | Sir Charles Eliot, Commissioner | |
| 20 June 1904 to 1 October 1905 | Sir Donald William Stewart, Commissioner | |
| 12 December 1905 to 31 December 1905 | Sir James Hayes Sadler, Commissioner | |
| 31 December 1905 to 1909 | Sir James Hayes Sadler, Governor | |
| 16 September 1909 to July 1912 | Sir Edouard Percy Cranwill Girouard, Governor | |
| 3 October 1912 to 1917 | Sir Henry Conway Belfield, Governor | |
| 1917 to 1919 | Sir Charles Calvert Bowring, acting Governor | |
| 22 July 1919 to 1920 | Sir Edward Northey, Governor | |
| Kenya Colony and Protectorate | ||
| 1920 to 1922 | Sir Edward Northey, Governor | |
| 15 August 1922 to 1925 | Sir Robert Thorne Coryndon | |
| 2 October 1925 to 1930 | Edward William Macleay Grigg | |
| 13 February 1931 to 1936 | Sir Joseph Aloysius Byrne | |
| 6 April 1937 to 1939 | Sir Robert Brooke-Popham | |
| 9 January 1940 to 1944 | Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore | |
| 11 December 1944 to 1952 | Sir Philip Euen Mitchell | |
| 30 September 1952 to 1959 | Sir Evelyn Baring | |
| 23 October 1959 to 1962 | Sir Patrick Muir Renison | |
| 4 January 1963 to 12 December 1963 | Malcolm John MacDonald | |
| 12 December 1963 | Independence as Kenya | |
For continuation after independence, see: Heads of State of Kenya