Edmond Gorges

Sir Edmond Howard Lacam Gorges, KCMG, rarely also written Edmund (16 January/11 February 1872 in King William's Town – 18 November 1924 in Cape Town) was a South African politician and Administrator of South West Africa, present-day Namibia.

Gorges became the first civilian South African administrator to assume responsibility for South West Africa on 31 October 1915. He held the office until 1 October 1920. A Baobab ("Sir Howard") in the former Bantustan of Ovamboland is named after him, after Gorges was the first administrator to visit this part of the country in 1916.