Cecil Hamilton Armitage

Sir Cecil Hamilton Armitage
Armitage in 1930.
Governor of the Gambia
In office
3 January 1921 – 10 March 1927
MonarchGeorge V
Preceded byHerbert Henniker-Heaton (Acting)
Succeeded byJohn Middleton
Personal details
Born8 October 1869
Died10 March 1933(1933-03-10) (aged 63)

Sir Cecil Hamilton Armitage KBE CMG DSO (8 October 1869 – 10 March 1933) was a British colonial officer who served as Governor of the Gambia from 1920 to 1927. He established the Armitage School and the Gambia Department of Agriculture.[1][2]

  1. ^ Arnold Hughes; David Perfect (2008). Historical Dictionary of the Gambia. Scarecrow Press. pp. 8–. ISBN 978-0-8108-6260-9.
  2. ^ David Owusu-Ansah (2014). Historical Dictionary of Ghana. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-8108-7500-5.