List of Governors
Portrait | Name | Birth | Death | Governor From | Governor Until | Sovereign |
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Military Governors (1795–1798) | ||||||
Patrick Alexander Agnew |
1765 | 1813 | August 1795 | 1 March 1796 | George III | |
James Stewart | - | - | 1 March 1796 | 1 January 1797 | George III | |
Welbore Ellis Doyle | 1758 | 1797 | 1 January 1797 | 2 July 1797 | George III | |
Peter Bonnevaux | c.1752 | 1797 | 2 July 1797 | 12 July 1797 | George III | |
Pierre Frédéric de Meuron | 1788 | 1813 | 12 July 1797 | 12 October 1798 | George III | |
Resident and Superintendent (1796-1798) | ||||||
Robert Andrews | - | - | 12 February 1796 | 12 October 1798 | George III | |
Governors (1798–1948) | ||||||
Frederick North | 7 February 1766 | 14 October 1827 | 12 October 1798 | 19 July 1805 | George III | |
Sir Thomas Maitland | 1759 | 1824 | 19 July 1805 | 19 March 1811 | George III | |
John Wilson | 1780 | 1856 | 19 March 1811 | 11 March 1812 | George III | |
Robert Brownrigg | 1759 | 27 April 1833 | 11 March 1812 | 1 February 1820 | George III | |
Edward Barnes | 1776 | 19 March 1838 | 1 February 1820 | 2 February 1822 | George III George IV |
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Edward Paget | 3 November 1775 | 13 May 1849 | 2 February 1822 | 6 November 1822 | George IV | |
James Campbell | - | - | 6 November 1822 | 18 January 1824 | George IV | |
Edward Barnes | 1776 | 19 March 1838 | 18 January 1824 | 13 October 1831 | George IV William IV |
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John Wilson | 1780 | 1856 | 13 October 1831 | 23 October 1831 | William IV | |
Robert Wilmot-Horton | 21 December 1784 | 31 May 1841 | 23 October 1831 | 7 November 1837 | William IV Queen Victoria |
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James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie | 23 September 1784 | 24 September 1843 | 7 November 1837 | 15 April 1841 | Queen Victoria | |
Sir Colin Campbell | 1776 | 13 June 1847 | 15 April 1841 | 19 April 1847 | Queen Victoria | |
Sir James Emerson Tennent | 7 April 1804 | 6 March 1869 | 19 April 1847 | 29 May 1847 | Queen Victoria | |
The Viscount Torrington | 9 September 1812 | 27 April 1884 | 29 May 1847 | 18 October 1850 | Queen Victoria | |
Charles Justin MacCarthy | 1820 | 1864 | 18 October 1850 | 27 November 1850 | Queen Victoria | |
Sir George William Anderson | 1791 | 12 March 1857 | 27 November 1850 | 18 January 1855 | Queen Victoria | |
Charles Justin MacCarthy | 1820 | 1864 | 18 January 1855 | 11 May 1855 | Queen Victoria | |
Henry George Ward | 1797 | 1860 | 11 May 1855 | 30 June 1860 | Queen Victoria | |
Henry Frederick Lockyer | 1797 | 1860 | 30 June 1860 | 30 July 1860 | Queen Victoria | |
Charles Edmund Wilkinson | 1807 | 1870 | 30 July 1860 | 22 October 1860 | Queen Victoria | |
Charles Justin MacCarthy | 1820 | 1864 | 22 October 1860 | 1 December 1863 | Queen Victoria | |
Terence O'Brien | - | - | 1 December 1863 | 21 March 1865 | Queen Victoria | |
Sir Hercules Robinson | 19 December 1824 | 28 October 1897 | 21 March 1865 | 16 May 1865 | Queen Victoria | |
Sir Hercules Robinson | 19 December 1824 | 28 October 1897 | 16 May 1865 | 4 January 1872 | Queen Victoria | |
Henry Turner Irving | 1833 | 1923 | 4 January 1872 | 4 March 1872 | Queen Victoria | |
William Henry Gregory | 12 July 1817 | 6 March 1892 | 4 March 1872 | 4 September 1877 | Queen Victoria | |
Sir James Robert Longden | 1827 | 9 October 1891 | 4 September 1877 | 10 July 1883 | Queen Victoria | |
John Douglas | 1835 | - | 10 July 1883 | 3 December 1883 | Queen Victoria | |
Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon | 26 November 1829 | 30 January 1912 | 3 December 1883 | 28 May 1890 | Queen Victoria | |
Arthur Elibank Havelock | 21 February 1844 | 25 June 1908 | 28 May 1890 | 24 October 1895 | Queen Victoria | |
Edward Noël Walker | 1842 | 1908 | 24 October 1895 | 10 February 1896 | Queen Victoria | |
Joseph West Ridgeway | 16 May 1844 | 16 April 1930 | 10 February 1896 | 19 November 1903 | Queen Victoria Edward VII |
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Everard F. im Thurn | 1852 | 9 October 1932 | 19 November 1903 | 3 December 1903 | Edward VII | |
Sir Henry Arthur Blake | 8 January 1840 | 13 February 1918 | 3 December 1903 | 11 July 1907 | Edward VII | |
Hugh Clifford | 5 March 1866 | 18 December 1941 | 11 July 1907 | 24 August 1907 | Edward VII | |
Sir Henry Edward McCallum | 28 October 1852 | 24 November 1919 | 24 August 1907 | 24 January 1913 | Edward VII George V |
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Reginald Edward Stubbs | 13 October 1876 | 7 December 1947 | 24 January 1913 | 18 October 1913 | George V | |
Robert Chalmers | 18 August 1858 | 17 November 1938 | 18 October 1913 | 4 December 1915 | George V | |
Reginald Edward Stubbs | 13 October 1876 | 7 December 1947 | 4 December 1915 | 15 April 1916 | George V | |
Sir John Anderson | 23 June 1858 | 24 March 1918 | 15 April 1916 | 24 March 1918 | George V | |
Reginald Edward Stubbs | 13 October 1876 | 7 December 1947 | 24 March 1918 | 10 September 1918 | George V | |
Sir William Henry Manning | 19 July 1863 | 1 January 1932 | 10 September 1918 | 1 April 1925 | George V | |
Cecil Clementi | 1 September 1875 | 5 April 1947 | 1 April 1925 | 18 October 1925 | George V | |
Edward Bruce Alexander | 1872 | 1955 | 18 October 1925 | 30 November 1925 | George V | |
Sir Hugh Clifford | 5 March 1866 | 18 December 1941 | 30 November 1925 | June 1927 | George V | |
Sir Arthur George Murchison Fletcher | 1878 | 1954 | June 1927 | 20 August 1928 | George V | |
Sir Herbert Stanley | 25 July 1872 | 5 June 1955 | 20 August 1928 | 11 February 1931 | George V | |
Bernard Henry Bourdillon | 3 December 1883 | 6 February 1948 | 11 February 1931 | 11 April 1931 | George V | |
Sir Graeme Thomson | 1875 | 1933 | 11 April 1931 | 20 September 1933 | George V | |
Francis Graeme Tyrrell | 1876 | 1964 | 20 September 1933 | 23 December 1933 | George V | |
Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs | 13 October 1876 | 7 December 1947 | 23 December 1933 | 30 June 1937 | George V Edward VIII George VI |
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Maxwell MacLagan Wedderburn | 1883 | 1953 | 30 June 1937 | 16 October 1937 | George VI | |
Sir Andrew Caldecott | 26 October 1884 | 14 July 1951 | 16 October 1937 | 19 September 1944 | George VI | |
Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore | 1887 | 1964 | 19 September 1944 | 4 February 1948 | George VI |
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