General agent
A general agent is an agent, i.e., representative of another, who has a mandate of general nature.
Colonial use
In the Niger Rivers District the only senior agent, who administered the region for the National African Company Limited, was promoted in 1882 to become the first of only two general agents until it was absorbed by Southern Nigeria:- 1882 - 1888 David McIntosh
- 1888 - 1 January 1900 Joseph Flint