Andrew Barkworth Wright

Sir Andrew Barkworth Wright KCMG CBE MC with Bar (30 November 1895 – 24 March 1971) was a British colonial administrator and army officer. He served as the Governor of British Cyprus from 1949 to 1954 and as Governor of the Gambia from 1947 to 1949.

Early life and education Wright was born in Mawgan-in-Meneage, Cornwall, the son of an Anglican clergyman. His heritage has been traced back to John I'Anson (1467–1546), who migrated from Belgium to Cumbria. He was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College from 1910 to 1914 and later at Jesus College, Cambridge. He served as an officer in the Suffolk Regiment during World War I and won the Military Cross (MC) in 1917.

Colonial service Wright joined the civil service in British Cyprus in 1922 and, by 1937, had become its Colonial Secretary. He re-enlisted in the army during World War II but left in 1943 at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel to become Colonial Secretary of Trinidad. In January 1947, he was appointed Governor of the Gambia, and in 1948, he was knighted. During his tenure as Governor, the Colonial Development Corporation implemented the failed Yundum egg scheme and the marginal experimental rice farm at Wallikunda. Wright retired from colonial service in 1953. He died in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, on 24 March 1971.