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Frederick John Dealtry Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard GCMG CB DSO PC (22 January 1858 – 11 April 1945), known as Sir Frederick Lugard between 1901 and 1928, was a British soldier, explorer of Africa and a colonial administrator.
Sir Frederick Lugard (1858–1945) 1 January 1914: 8 August 1919: George V: Governors of Nigeria, 1919–1954. Portrait Name Took office Left office Sovereign
Sir Frederick Lugard, who took office as governor of both protectorates in 1912, was responsible for overseeing the unification, and he became the first governor of the newly united territory. Lugard established several central institutions to anchor the evolving unified structure. [4]
Lugard copied the numerous empires before his time who had created and developed the indirect rule system. According to Lugard, Indirect Rule was a political doctrine which held that the Europeans and Africans were culturally different to this extent. Which he interpreted it to mean that Africans had to be ruled through the Africans own ...
Frederick John Dealtry Lugard 1 January 1897 The High Commissioner or Governor of Northern Nigeria , originally the High Commissioner of the Northern Nigeria Protectorate , after 1914 the Lieutenant Governor , Chief Commissioner , or Governor General of the Northern Provinces of Nigeria , was effectively the viceroy of Northern Nigeria ...
Fort Lugard was established by Sir Frederick Lugard, the first colonial administrator of Uganda, in 1890 when he raised the Union Jack here as a sign that Uganda had become a British Protectorate. Sir Lugard was stationed in Uganda as a military administrator by the Imperial British East African Company from 26 December 1890 to May 1892. [1] [2]
In 1897, Frederick Lugard was the appointed head of the West African Frontier Force which was tasked with stopping Fulani resistance and possible French incursions in the northwest area. [1] On 1 January 1900, the Royal Niger Company's charter was revoked and the British government took control, in a ceremony where Lugard read the proclamation.
Frederick Lugard, a British mercenary in the pay of Imperial British East Africa Company arrived in Uganda in the 1890s, built his fort on top of the hill. The original fort was relocated to a different site on the hill in 2003, to accommodate the largest mosque in Uganda, with a seating capacity of 15,000 people, built with monetary assistance ...