High Commissioners of Palestine were the highest ranking authority representing the United Kingdom in British mandated Palestine. They were based in Jerusalem.

[edit] List of British High Commissioners of Palestine

Name	Term start	Term end
Sir Herbert Louis Samuel	1 July 1920	30 June 1925
Herbert Onslow Plumer	25 August 1925	31 July 1928
Sir Harry Charles Luke (acting)	31 July 1928	6 December 1928
Sir John Chancellor	6 December 1928	1 November 1931
Sir Mark Aitchison Young (acting)	1 November 1931	20 November 1931
Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope	20 November 1931	1 March 1938
William Denis Battershill (acting for Wauchope)	September 1937	24 November 1937
Sir Harold MacMichael	3 March 1938	30 August 1944
John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort	1 November 1944	5 November 1945
Sir Alan Cunningham	21 November 1945	14 May 1948

[edit] See also

• British Mandate of Palestine

[edit] References

World Statesmen - Israel