Walter Egerton
Sir Walter Egerton | |
|---|---|
| Governor of British Guiana | |
| In office 5 July 1912 – 15 April 1917 | |
| Monarchs | Queen Victoria Edward VII |
| Preceded by | Frederick Mitchell Hodgson |
| Succeeded by | Wilfred Collet |
| Governor of Southern Nigeria | |
| In office August 1904 – 1912 | |
| Preceded by | Ralph Moor |
| Succeeded by | Frederick Lugard |
| Governor of Lagos Colony | |
| In office 1903 – 28 February 1906 | |
| Preceded by | William MacGregor |
| Succeeded by | Post abolished |
| Resident, Negeri Sembilan | |
| In office 1902–1903 | |
| Preceded by | Henry Conway Belfield |
| Succeeded by | Douglas Graham Campbell |
| Acting Colonial Secretary of Straits Settlements | |
| In office 1899 – 5 July 1901 | |
| Preceded by | Sir James Alexander Swettenham |
| Succeeded by | Sir William Thomas Taylor |
| Lieutenant-Governor of British New Guinea | |
| In office 1895–1897 | |
| Preceded by | New creation |
| Succeeded by | George Le Hunte |
| Administrator of British New Guinea | |
| In office 1888–1895 | |
| Preceded by | John Douglas as Special Commissioner of British New Guinea |
| Succeeded by | Post abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1858 |
| Died | 22 March 1947 (aged 88–89) Fair Meadow, Mayfield, Sussex, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse |
Ada Maud Sneyd-Kynnersley
(m. 1905; died 1934) |
Sir Walter Egerton, KCMG (1858 – 22 March 1947) was a British colonial administrator who was Governor of Lagos Colony from 1904 to 1906, Governor of Southern Nigeria from 1906 to 1912, and Governor of British Guiana from 1912 to 1917.