Governor of British Cyprus | |
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Coat of Arms of the Governor of Cyprus
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Style | His Excellency |
Residence | Government House |
Appointer | King/Queen of the United Kingdom |
Precursor | High Commissioner of Cyprus |
Formation | 10 March 1925 |
First holder | Sir Malcolm Stevenson |
Final holder | Sir Hugh Mackintosh Foot |
Abolished | 16 August 1960 |
Succession | President of Cyprus |
The following is a list of colonial governors and administrators of British Cyprus.
Hitherto a territory of the Ottoman Empire, a British protectorate under Ottoman suzerainty was established over Cyprus by the Cyprus Convention of 4 June 1878. The United Kingdom declared war on the Ottoman Empire on 5 November 1914 and annexed Cyprus. Turkey recognised British possession of Cyprus by the Treaty of Lausanne on 24 July 1923 and the island became a Crown Colony on 10 March 1925. Following the London and Zurich Agreements of 19 February 1959 Cyprus became independent on 16 August 1960.