Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell


On 20 July 1843 Macdonnell was appointed chief justice, and on 1 October 1847 governor, of the Gambia. Here he explored the interior from the Gambia to the Senegal rivers and quelled tribes hostile to European river traders.

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