Deputy Governors of Jamaica (1662-1671)
- Charles Lyttleton, 1662–1663, acting
- Thomas Lynch, 1663–1664, acting, first time
- Edward Morgan, 1664
- Sir Thomas Modyford, 1664–August 1671
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