High Commissioner for Southern Africa

The British office of High Commissioner for Southern Africa was responsible for governing Britisih protectorates in Southern Africa, most notably Basutoland (now Lesotho), Bechuanaland (now Botswana) and Swaziland. The office was combined with that of Governor of Cape Colony from 1847 to 1910, and with that of Governor-General of South Africa from 1910 to 1931.

Name	Began	Ended
Sir Henry Pottinger	27 January 1847	1 December 1847
Sir Harry Smith	1 December 1847	31 March 1852
George Cathcart	31 March 1852	26 May 1854
Charles Henry Darling (acting)	26 May 1854	5 December 1854
Sir George Grey	5 December 1854	15 August 1861
Robert Henry Wynyard (acting)	15 August 1861	15 January 1862
Sir Philip Wodehouse	15 January 1862	20 May 1870
Charles Crauford Hay (acting)	20 May 1870	31 December 1870
Sir Henry Barkly	31 December 1870	31 March 1877
Sir Bartle Frere	31 March 1877	15 September 1880
Henry Hugh Clifford (acting)	15 September 1880	27 September 1880
Sir George Cumine Strahan (acting)	27 September 1880	22 January 1881
Sir Hercules Robinson	22 January 1881	1 May 1889
Henry Augustus Smyth (acting)	1 May 1889	13 December 1889
Sir Henry Brougham Loch	13 December 1889	30 May 1895
Sir Hercules Robinson (from 1896, the Lord Rosmead)	30 May 1895	21 April 1897
Sir William Goodenough (acting)	21 April 1897	5 May 1897
Sir Alfred Milner	5 May 1897	6 March 1901
Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson	6 March 1901	31 May 1910
The Viscount Gladstone	31 May 1910	8 September 1914
The Viscount Buxton	8 September 1914	17 November 1920
Prince Arthur of Connaught	17 November 1920	7 December 1923
Sir James Rose Innes (acting)	7 December 1923	21 January 1924
The Earl of Athlone	21 January 1924	26 January 1931
The Earl of Clarendon	26 January 1931	6 April 1931
Sir Herbert Stanley	6 April 1931	6 January 1935
Sir William Clark	7 January 1935	3 January 1940
Sir Walter Huggard (acting)	3 January 1940	24 May 1941
The Lord Harlech	24 May 1941	13 May 1944
Harold Eddey Priestman (acting)	13 May 1944	23 June 1944
Sir Walter Huggard	23 June 1944	27 October 1944
Sir Evelyn Baring	27 October 1944	1 October 1951
Sir John Le Rougetel	2 October 1951	2 February 1955
Sir Percivale Liesching	4 March 1955	December 1958
Sir John Maud	15 January 1959	1963
Sir Hugh Stephenson	1963	31 July 1964