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Gilbert Carter

1848–1927 · 19th century

Gilbert Carter was a British colonial administrator who served as governor of the Lagos Colony from 1891 to 1897. He forced a treaty on Ijebu after a military expedition in 1892 and toured the Yoruba interior in 1893, imposing peace terms that ended the long Yoruba wars between Ibadan and the Ekiti Parapo, and extending British influence.

Gilbert Carter
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