Colonial administrator Samuel Rowe (colonial administrator)

1 colonial administrator

1.1 gambia
1.2 sierra leone
1.3 gold coast , lagos
1.4 west africa settlements

colonial administrator
the gambia

while still in army, rowe in turn head of governments of gambia , sierra leone. gambia governed sierra leone during period. surgeon major rowe appointed administrator of gambia in june 1875. former administrator, c. h. kortright, had left gambia on 12 february 1875 , captain henry t. m. cooper acting administrator. samuel rowe arrived on 2 july 1875, transferred sierra leone next day, leaving cooper continue acting administrator. rowe left bathurst take office in freetown, sierra leone, acting governor. cooper died on 9 january 1877 , on 30 march 1877 surgeon major valesius s. gouldsbury arrived take office administrator.

sierra leone

in rowe s first tour of duty governor of sierra leone in 1875–81 supported colonial office in pursuing policy of aggressive colonial intervention in interior. led 2 successful expeditions against sherbro people. on 29 april 1887 rowe returned gambia administrator, replacing acting administrator gilbert t. carter. during brief term of office various local rulers agreed accept british protection. on 12 june 1887 rowe promoted governor-in-chief of west africa settlements. on 27 november 1887 left gambia , replaced t. risely griffith acting administrator. while governor-in-chief of british west african settlements continued act governor of sierra leone.

as governor in chief opposed cession of gambia, , opposed colonial office police of giving in demands french. planned expedition administrator v. s. gouldsbury upper gambia river in 1881. on 20 april 1880 rowe made k.c.m.g. (knight commander of order of st michael , st george). replaced in sierra leone a. e. havelock in 1881. acting governor got news of havelock s appointment foreign consul weeks before confirmed colonial office.

gold coast , lagos

on 28 january 1881 rowe became governor of gold coast , lagos. better paid position sierra leone. replaced w. brandford griffith. managed avoid war ashantis through diplomacy. in march 1883 rowe issued ordinance establishing registry offices instruments affecting land in gold coast colony. in 1884 replaced w. a. g. young.

west africa settlements

on 30 december 1884 rowe again appointed governor of west africa settlements in response special petition of traders , others. rowe took office in 1885, replacing a. e. havelock. during second term, following berlin conference of 1884–85, british activity in interior increased , there growing competition french, had colonial ambitions in same region. rowe given enlarged powers annex land north , east of sierra leone. on 11 november 1885 signed havelock draft convention, fixed northwest boundary of liberia @ southeast bank of mano river, making sierra leone , liberia coterminous. in 1886 rowe made ll.d. aberdeen university. in august 1887 secretary of state colonies said had received report rowe saying chiefs of jarra , fogni, had been suffering raids slave traders, had offered place territories under british protection.

rowe s health began fail in 1887, in part due worries advance of french in region. on way home recuperate died @ madeira on 28 august 1888.

he replaced governor j. m. maltby.