Alfred Sharpe
British colonial governor
Died when: 82 years 205 days (990 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Sir Alfred Sharpe KCMG CB (19 May 1853 – 10 December 1935) was Commissioner and Consul-General for the British Central Africa Protectorate and first Governor of Nyasaland.
He trained as a solicitor but was in turn a planter and a professional hunter before becoming a British colonial administrator.
He was commissioner (a de facto governor) of the British Central Africa Protectorate from 1896 until 1907 and Governor of Nyasaland after the protectorate changed its name to Nyasaland in 1907 until his retirement in 1910.
He was involved in some of the dramatic events which shaped south-Central Africa at the onset of colonialism.
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