(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Gauderique Aymerich, | |||
| Joseph Gauderique Aymerich, | |||
| Lucien Louis Fourneau, | |||
| Jules Gaston Henri Carde, | |||
| 28 June 1919 | Formal division into French and British Cameroons | ||
| British-occupied territory | |||
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth V. Elphinstone, | |||
| E.C. Duff, | |||
| P.V. Young, | |||
| W.G. Ambrose, | |||
| John C. Maxwell, | |||
| 28 June 1919 | Formal division into French and British Cameroons | ||
| John Humphrey Davidson, | |||
| British Cameroons, League of Nations Mandated Territory | |||
| William Edgar Hunt, | |||
| Edward John Arnett, | |||
| H.J. Aveling, | |||
| Buchanan Smith, | |||
| Edward John Arnett, | |||
| Granville St.John Orde Brown, | |||
| Frederick Bernard Carr, | |||
| J.W.C. Rutherford, | |||
| D.W. Firth, | |||
| George Hugo Findlay, | |||
| K.V. Hanitsch, | |||
| A.E.F. Murray, | |||
| N.C. Denton, | |||
| Sealy-King, | |||
| P.G. Harris, | |||
| J. Macrae Simpson, | |||
| A. Leeming, | |||
| A.F.B. Bridges, | |||
| N. Mackenzie, | |||
| British Cameroons, United Nations trust territory | |||
| N. Mackenzie, | |||
| D.A.F. Shute, | |||
| Edward John Gibbons, | |||
| October 1954 | Autonomous territory within Nigeria | ||
| Edward John Gibbons, | |||
| John Osbaldiston Field, | |||
| (1 June 1961) | Northern British Cameroons incorporated into Nigeria | ||
| 1 October 1961 | Southern British Cameroons incorporated into Republic of Cameroon | ||
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