Africa
Governor of the Cape Colony
George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 14 1737; d. May 31 1806.
1797 – 1798
Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1731; d. September 25 1812.
1799 – 1801
Lieutenant-General Sir David Baird (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 6 1757; d. August 18 1829.
1806 – 1807
Lord Charles Henry Somerset
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 12 1767; d. February 18 1831.
1814 – 1826
Major-General Sir Richard Bourke (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 4 1777; d. August 12 1855.
1826 – 1828
General Sir Peregrine Maitland
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 6 1777; d. May 30 1854.
1844 – 1847
Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, 1st Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1815; d. May 29 1884
1877 – 1880
Alfred Milner
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 23 1854; d. May 13 1925
Noble titles: Baron Milner (1901 – 1925); Viscount Milner (1902 – 1925)
1897 – 1901
Governor of Natal
Colonel Sir Garnet Joseph Wolseley
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 4 1833; d. March 25 1913.
1875
Gold Coast
Governor of the Gold Coast
Colonel Garnet Joseph Wolseley
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 4 1833; d. March 25 1913.
1873 – 1874
Governor of Kenya
Malcolm John MacDonald
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 17 1901; d. January 11 1981
1963
Mauritius
Governor of Mauritius
Sir Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1829; d. January 30 1912.
1871 – 1874
Governor of the Orange River Colony
William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1859; d. February 26 1942
Titles of nobility: Earl of Selborne in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1895 – 1942)
1905 – 1907
High Commissioner for Southern Africa
Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, 1st Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1815; d. May 29 1884
1877 – 1880
Alfred Milner
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 23 1854; d. May 13 1925
Noble titles: Baron Milner (1901 – 1925); Viscount Milner (1902 – 1925)
1897 – 1901
William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1859; d. February 26 1942
Titles of nobility: Earl of Selborne in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1895 – 1942)
1905 – 1910
Administrator of Southern Rhodesia
Sir Leander Starr Jameson
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 9 1853; d. November 26 1917
1894 – 1896
Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl Grey
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 28 1851; d. August 29 1917
Titles of nobility: Earl Grey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1894 – 1917)
1896 – 1898
Governor-General of the Sudan
Major-General Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1850; d. June 5 1916
Titles of nobility: Baron Kitchener of Khartoum in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1898 – 1916); Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum (1902 – 1916); Earl Kitchener (1914 – 1916).
Military ranks: Promoted to major-general, 1896. Promoted to lieutenant-general, 1900. Promoted to general, 1902. Promoted to field marshal, 1909.
1899
Governor of the Transvaal
William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1859; d. February 26 1942
Titles of nobility: Earl of Selborne in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1895 – 1942)
1905 – 1910
Uganda
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 25 1848; d. March 19 1930
Titles of nobility: Earl of Balfour in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1922 – 1930)
1919 – 1930
The Americas
Antigua
Governor of Antigua
Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 10 1796; d. February 16 1858.
1842 – 1846
The Bahamas
Governor of the Bahamas
Lieutenant-General William Shirley
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 2 1694; d. March 24 1771.
1760 – 1768
John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1730; d. February 25 1809.
1787 – 1796
Edward, Duke of Windsor
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 23 1894; d. May 28 1972
Spouse: Wallis Simpson (b. June 19 1896; d. April 24 1986)
Children: None
Royal titles: Prince of Wales (1910 – 1936); Duke of Cornwall (1910 – 1936); Duke of Rothesay (1910 – 1936)
1940 – 1945
Barbados
Governor of Barbados
Henry Grenville
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1717; d. April 22 1784.
1747 – 1756
Lieutenant-General Stapleton Cotton, 1st Baron Combermere
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 14 1773; d. February 21 1865.
1817 – 1820
Francis Hincks
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 14 1807; d. August 18 1885.
1856 – 1862
Canada
Governor General of British North America
General Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 3 1724; d. November 10 1808.
Titles of nobility: Baron Dorchester in the Peerage of Great Britain (1786 – 1808).
Military ranks: Promoted to major-general, 1772. Promoted to lieutenant-general, 1777. Promoted to general, ??.
1786 – 1796
Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, 1st Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 19 1767; d. January 5 1816.
Military ranks: Promoted to major-general, 1805. Promoted to lieutenant-general, 1808.
1812 – 1815
Lieutenant-General Sir John Coape Sherbrooke
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 29 1764; d. February 14 1830.
1816 – 1818
General Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, 4th Duke of Lennox
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 9 1764; d. August 28 1819.
1818 – 1819
General George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 23 1770; d. March 21 1838.
1820 – 1828
Governor General of the Province of Canada
John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 12 1792; d. July 28 1840.
1838 – 1839
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, 12th Earl of Kincardine
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1811; d. November 20 1863.
Titles of nobility: Earl of Elgin in the Peerage of Scotland (1841 – 1863); Earl of Kincardine in the Peerage of Scotland (1841 – 1863); Baron Elgin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1849 – 1863).
1847 – 1854
Sir Edmund Walker Head, 8th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1805; d. January 28 1868.
1854 – 1861
Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 10 1819; d. November 29 1894
Other offices held: Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (1852 – 1857); Governor General of the Province of Canada (1861 – 1867)
1861 – 1867
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
Major-General Sir John Harvey
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1778; d. 1852.
1837 – 1841
Edmund Walker Head, 8th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1805; d. January 28 1868.
1848 – 1854
Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1829; d. January 30 1912.
1861 – 1866
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
Lord William Campbell
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 11 1730; d. September 4 1778.
1766 – 1773
Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, 1st Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 19 1767; d. January 5 1816.
Military ranks: Promoted to major-general, 1805. Promoted to lieutenant-general, 1808.
1808 – 1811
Lieutenant-General Sir John Coape Sherbrooke
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 29 1764; d. February 14 1830.
1811 – 1816
General George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 23 1770; d. March 21 1838.
1816 – 1820
General Sir Peregrine Maitland
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 6 1777; d. May 30 1854.
1828 – 1834
Lieutenant-General Sir John Harvey
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1778; d. 1852.
1846 – 1852
George Augustus Constantine Phipps, Earl of Mulgrave
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1819; d. April 3 1890.
1858 – 1863
Governor of the Province of Quebec
Lieutenant-General Sir Jeffery Amherst
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 29 1717; d. August 3 1797.
1760 – 1763
General Sir Guy Carleton
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 3 1724; d. November 10 1808.
Titles of nobility: Baron Dorchester in the Peerage of Great Britain (1786 – 1808).
Military ranks: Promoted to major-general, 1772. Promoted to lieutenant-general, 1777. Promoted to general, ??.
1768 – 1778
Lieutenant Governor of Lower Canada
John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 12 1792; d. July 28 1840.
1838 – 1839
Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada
Major-General Sir Isaac Brock (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 6 1769; d. October 13 1812.
1811 – 1812
General Sir Peregrine Maitland
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 6 1777; d. May 30 1854.
1818 – 1828
Grenada
Governor of Grenada
George Macartney, 1st Baron Macartney
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 14 1737; d. May 31 1806.
1776 – 1779
Guiana
Governor of British Guaina
Francis Hincks
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 14 1807; d. August 18 1885.
1862 – 1869
Jamaica
Governor of Jamaica
Thomas Pitt
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 5 1653; d. April 28 1726.
1716 – 1717
Constantine Henry Phipps, 2nd Earl of Mulgrave
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1797; d. July 28 1863.
1832 – 1834
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, 12th Earl of Kincardine
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1811; d. November 20 1863.
Titles of nobility: Earl of Elgin in the Peerage of Scotland (1841 – 1863); Earl of Kincardine in the Peerage of Scotland (1841 – 1863); Baron Elgin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1849 – 1863).
1842 – 1846
Major-General Sir Henry Knight Storks
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 5 1811; d. September 6 1874.
1865 – 1866
Leeward Islands
Governor of the Leeward Islands
Thomas Innes Pitt, 1st Earl of Londonderry
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1688; d. September 12 1729.
1728 – 1729
William Cosby
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1690; d. March 10 1736.
1729
Newfoundland
Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland
Commodore George Clinton
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1686; d. July 10 1761.
1731
Commodore John Byng
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 29 1704; d. March 14 1757.
1742
Governor of Newfoundland
Major-General Sir John Harvey
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1778; d. 1852.
1841 – 1846
Prince Edward Island
Governor of Prince Edward Island
Colonel Sir John Harvey
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1778; d. 1852.
1836 – 1837
Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 10 1796; d. February 16 1858.
1837 – 1841
The Thirteen Colonies
Governor of Georgia
James Wright
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1716; d. November 20 1785.
1760 – 1782
Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
William Shirley
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 2 1694; d. March 24 1771.
1741 – 1749
William Shirley
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 2 1694; d. March 24 1771.
1753 – 1756
Thomas Hutchinson (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 9 1711; d. June 3 1780.
1760
Thomas Hutchinson (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 9 1711; d. June 3 1780.
1769 – 1771
Thomas Hutchinson
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 9 1711; d. June 3 1780.
1771 – 1774
General Thomas Gage
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 10 1718/1719; d. April 2 1787.
1774 – 1775
Governor of the Province of New Jersey
Brigadier-General William Cosby
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1690; d. March 10 1736.
1732 – 1736
Governor of the Province of New York
Brigadier-General William Cosby
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1690; d. March 10 1736.
1732 – 1736
Admiral George Clinton
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1686; d. July 10 1761.
1741 – 1753
James De Lancey
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 27 1703; d. July 30 1760.
1753 – 1755
James De Lancey
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 27 1703; d. July 30 1760.
1758 – 1760
Cadwallader Colden
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 7 1688; d. September 28 1776.
1760 – 1762
Cadwallader Colden
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 7 1688; d. September 28 1776.
1763 – 1765
John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1730; d. February 25 1809.
1770 – 1771
Andrew Elliot (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1728; d. May 25 1797.
1783
Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Nicholas Cooke
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1717; d. September 14 1782.
1775 – 1776
Governor of South Carolina
Robert Johnson
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1682; d. 1735.
1717 – 1719
Robert Johnson
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1682; d. 1735.
1730 – 1735
Lord William Campbell
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 11 1730; d. September 4 1778.
1775
Governor of the Province of Virginia
Colonel Thomas Lee (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1690; d. November 14 1750.
1749 – 1750
Lieutenant-General Sir Jeffery Amherst
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 29 1717; d. August 3 1797.
1759 – 1768
John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1730; d. February 25 1809.
1771 – 1775
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
Robert Dinwiddie
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1692; d. July 27 1770.
1751 – 1758
Francis Fauquier
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1703; d. March 3 1768.
1758 – 1768
Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1717; d. October 15 1770.
1768 – 1770
Trinidad and Tobago
Governor of Tobago
Thomas Picton
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 24 1758; d. June 18 1815.
1797 – 1803
Governor of Trinidad
Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 7 1734; d. March 28 1801.
1797
Thomas Picton
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 24 1758; d. June 18 1815.
1797 – 1802
Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1829; d. January 30 1912.
1866 – 1870
Australia and Oceania
Fiji
Governor of Fiji
Sir Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1829; d. January 30 1912.
1875 – 1880
New South Wales
Governor of New South Wales
Captain Arthur Phillip
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 11 1738; d. August 31 1814.
1788 – 1792
Major-General Sir Richard Bourke
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 4 1777; d. August 12 1855.
1831 – 1837
Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 10 1796; d. February 16 1858.
1846 – 1855
Sir John Young, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 31 1807; d. October 6 1876
Also known as: John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar (1870 – 1876)
Other offices held: Governor General of Canada (1869 – 1872); Chief Secretary for Ireland (1853 – 1855); Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (1831 – 1855)
1861 – 1867
William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 20 1872; d. November 14 1938.
1899 – 1901
New Zealand
Governor of New Zealand
Robert FitzRoy
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 5 1805; d. April 30 1865.
1843 – 1845
George Augustus Constantine Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1819; d. April 3 1890.
1874 – 1879
Sir Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1829; d. January 30 1912.
1880 – 1882
Governor of Queensland
George Augustus Constantine Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1819; d. April 3 1890.
1871 – 1874
Governor of Victoria
George Augustus Constantine Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1819; d. April 3 1890.
1879 – 1884
Thomas Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 11 1836; d. February 23 1918
Noble titles: Baron Brassey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1886 – 1918); Earl Brassey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1911 – 1918).
1895 – 1900
Tasmania
Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen’s Land
Sir John Franklin
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1786; d. June 11 1847.
1837 – 1843
East Asia and the Pacific
China
Commissioner of Weihaiwei
Reginald Fleming Johnston
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1874; d. March 6 1938
1927 – 1930
Hong Kong
Governor of Hong Kong
Sir John Bowring
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1792; d. November 23 1872.
1854 – 1859
Malacca
Resident of Malacca
William Farquhar
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1774; d. May 11 1839.
1803 – 1818
Singapore
Resident of Singapore
William Farquhar
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1774; d. May 11 1839.
1819 – 1823
British Western Pacific Territories
High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
Sir Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1829; d. January 30 1912.
1877 – 1880
Europe and the Mediterranean
Cyprus
Governor of Cyprus
Field Marshal Sir Allan Francis “John” Harding
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 10 1896; d. January 20 1989
Titles of nobility: Baron Harding of Petherton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1958 – 1989).
Military ranks: Promoted to major-general, 1944. Promoted to lieutenant-general, 1946. Promoted to general, 1949. Promoted to field marshal, 1953.
1955 – 1957
Gibraltar
Governor of Gibraltar
Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Whitefoord Dalrymple (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 3 1750; d. April 9 1830.
1806 – 1808
General John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1756; d. September 24 1835.
1820 – 1825
General Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 6 1810; d. January 14 1890.
1876 – 1883
General Sir William Edmund Ironside
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 6 1880; d. September 22 1959
Titles of nobility: Baron Ironside in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1941 – 1959).
Military ranks: Promoted to major-general, 1919. Promoted to lieutenant-general, 1931. Promoted to general, 1936. Promoted to field marshal, 1940.
1938 – 1939
General Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1891; d. April 29 1959
Military ranks: Promoted to major-general, 1940. Promoted to lieutenant-general, 1942. Promoted to general, 1949.
1947 – 1952
Guernsey
Governor of Guernsey
General Charles Churchill
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 2 1656; d. December 29 1714.
1706 – 1714
General Sir John Ligonier
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 7 1680; d. April 28 1770.
1750 – 1752
Field Marshal Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 29 1717; d. August 3 1797.
1770 – 1797
General Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. October 23 1729; d. November 14 1807.
1797 – 1807
General George Augustus Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke, 8th Earl of Montgomery
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 10 1759; d. October 26 1827.
1807 – 1827
Ionian Islands
Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands
Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Maitland
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 10 1760; d. January 17 1824.
1815 – 1823
William Ewart Gladstone
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898
1859
Major-General Sir Henry Knight Storks
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 5 1811; d. September 6 1874.
1859 – 1863
Ireland
Lord Deputy of Ireland
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1593; d. May 12 1641.
1633 – 1640
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1593; d. May 12 1641.
1640 – 1641
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1675; d. April 19 1722.
1714 – 1717
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 18 1674; d. June 21 1738.
1717
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 25 1683; d. May 6 1757.
1720 – 1724
John Carteret, 2nd Baron Carteret
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 22 1690; d. January 2 1763.
1724 – 1730
William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 26 1698; d. December 5 1755.
1737 – 1744
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 22 1694; d. March 24 1773.
1745 – 1746
William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1683; d. December 8 1756.
1746 – 1751
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1720; d. October 2 1764.
1755 – 1757
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 30 1710; d. January 5 1771.
1757 – 1761
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 30 1710; d. January 5 1771.
1761 – 1763
Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 13 1734; d. November 19 1796.
1765
Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Earl of Hertford
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 5 1718; d. June 14 1794.
1765 – 1766
George William Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1721; d. March 18/20 1775.
1766
Lieutenant-General George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 28 1724; d. September 14 1807.
1767 – 1772
Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1748; d. September 4 1825.
1780 – 1782
William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 14 1738; d. October 30 1809.
1782
George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 3rd Earl Temple
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1715; d. April 13 1763.
1782 – 1783
Robert Henley, 2nd Earl of Northington
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 3 1747; d. July 5 1786.
1783 – 1784
Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1754; d. October 24 1787.
1784 – 1787
George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1715; d. April 13 1763.
1787 – 1789
John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1759; d. December 15 1841.
1789 – 1794
William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1748; d. February 8 1833.
1794 – 1795
John Jeffreys Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 11 1759; d. October 8 1840.
1795 – 1798
General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1738; d. October 5 1805.
1798 – 1801
Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 31 1757; d. November 18 1834.
1801 – 1805
John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 6 1766; d. October 20 1839
Titles of nobility: Duke of Bedford in the Peerage of England (1802 – 1839)
1806 – 1807
Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, 4th Duke of Lennox
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 9 1764; d. August 28 1819.
1807 – 1813
Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 29 1752; d. May 13 1825.
1813 – 1817
Charles Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 25 1777; d. January 10 1849.
1817 – 1821
Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1760; d. September 26 1842.
1821 – 1828
General Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 17 1768; d. April 29 1854.
1828 – 1829
Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 20 1785; d. February 11 1847.
1829 – 1830
General Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 17 1768; d. April 29 1854.
1830 – 1833
Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1760; d. September 26 1842.
1833 – 1834
Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1797; d. July 28 1863.
1835 – 1839
Hugh Fortescue, 5th Baron Fortescue
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1783; d. September 14 1861.
1839 – 1841
John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 31 1781; d. May 16 1847.
1846 – 1847
George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1800; d. June 27 1870
Noble titles: Earl of Clarendon in the Peerage of Great Britain (1838 – 1870)
1847 – 1852
John Wodehouse, 3rd Baron Wodehouse
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1826; d. April 8 1902.
Noble titles: Earl of Clarendon in the Peerage of Great Britain (1838 – 1870)
1864 – 1866
James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Abercorn
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 21 1811; d. October 31 1885
Titles of nobility: Marquess of Abercorn in the Peerage of Great Britain (1818 – 1885); Duke of Abercorn in the Peerage of Ireland (1868 – 1885)
1866 – 1868
John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1835; d. August 13 1910.
1868 – 1874
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 21 1811; d. October 31 1885
Titles of nobility: Marquess of Abercorn in the Peerage of Great Britain (1818 – 1885); Duke of Abercorn in the Peerage of Ireland (1868 – 1885)
1874 – 1876
John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1835; d. August 13 1910.
1882 – 1885
Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1813; d. February 15 1886.
1885 – 1886
John Morley
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 24 1838; d. September 23 1923
Titles of nobility: Viscount Morley of Blackburn (1908 – 1923)
1886
John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1847; d. March 7 1934
Titles of nobility: Earl of Aberdeen in the Peerage of Scotland (1870 – 1934); Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1916 – 1934)
1886
Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 2nd Baron Houghton
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1858; d. June 20 1945.
1892 – 1895
George Henry Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 12 1840; d. March 6 1915.
1895 – 1902
John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1847; d. March 7 1934
Titles of nobility: Earl of Aberdeen in the Peerage of Scotland (1870 – 1934); Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1916 – 1934)
1905 – 1915
Ivor Churchill Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 16 1873; d. June 14 1939
Noble titles: Baron Ashby St Ledgers (1910 – 1939); Baron Wimborne (1914 – 1939); Viscount Wimborne (1918 – 1939)
1915 – 1918
Chief Secretary for Ireland
Horatio Walpole
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1678; d. February 5 1757.
1720 – 1721
Edward Walpole
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1706; d. January 12 1784.
1737 – 1739
Henry Bilson-Legge
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 29 1708; d. August 23 1764.
1739 – 1741
George Germain
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1771; d. April 3 1853
1750 – 1755
Lieutenant-General Henry Seymour Conway
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1721; d. July 9 1795.
1755 – 1757
Augustus John Hervey
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 19 1724; d. December 23 1779.
1766 – 1767
George Macartney
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 14 1737; d. May 31 1806.
1769 – 1772
John Blaquiere
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1732; d. August 27 1812.
1772 – 1776
William Eden
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 3 1745; d. May 28 1814.
1780 – 1782
Richard FitzPatrick
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1748; d. April 25 1813.
1782
William Wyndham Grenville
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 25 1759; d. January 12 1834.
1782 – 1784
William Windham
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 14 1750; d. June 4 1810.
1783
Thomas Pelham
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1756; d. July 4 1826.
1784
Alleyne FitzHerbert
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 1 1753; d. February 19 1839.
1787 – 1789
Robert Hobart
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 6 1760; d. February 4 1816.
1789 – 1793
Sylvester Douglas
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1717; d. October 15 1770.
1793 – 1794
Thomas Pelham
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1756; d. July 4 1826.
1795 – 1798
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 18 1769; d. August 12 1822.
1798 – 1801
Charles Abbot
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1757; d. May 8 1829.
1801 – 1802
William Wickham
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1761; d. October 22 1840.
1802 – 1804
Nicholas Vansittart
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 29 1766; d. February 8 1851.
1805
Charles Long
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1760; d. January 17 1838.
1805 – 1806
William Elliot
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1766; d. October 26 1818.
1806 – 1807
Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Wellesley
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1769; d. September 14 1852
Noble titles: Viscount Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1809 – 1852); Count of Vimeiro in the nobility of Portugal (1811 – 1852); Earl of Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1812 – 1852); Marquess of Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1812 – 1852); Duke of Vitória in the nobility of Portugal (1812 – 1852); Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo in the nobility of Spain (1812 – 1852); Duke of Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1814 – 1852); Prince of Waterloo in the nobility of the Netherlands (1815 – 1852)
Military ranks: Major-General (1802 – 1808); Lieutenant-General (1808 – 1811); General (1811 – 1813); Field Marshal (1813 – 1852)
1807 – 1809
Robert Dundas
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 14 1771; d. June 10 1851.
1809
William Wellesley-Pole
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 20 1763; d. February 22 1845.
1809 – 1812
Sir Robert Peel
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1788; d. July 2 1850
Also known as: Robert Peel (1788 – 1815); Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (1830 – 1850)
1812 – 1818
Charles Grant
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 27 1625; d. May 28 1672.
1818 – 1821
Henry Goulburn
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1784; d. January 12 1856.
1821 – 1827
Henry William Lamb
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1779; d. November 24 1848.
1827 – 1828
Lord Francis Leveson-Gower
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1800; d. February 18 1857.
1828 – 1830
Major-General Sir Henry Hardinge
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 30 1785; d. September 24 1856.
1830
Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1799; d. October 23 1869
Titles of nobility: Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1844 – 1869); Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England (1851 – 1869)
1830 – 1833
Sir John Cam Hobhouse, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 27 1786; d. June 3 1869.
1833
Major-General Sir Henry Hardinge
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 30 1785; d. September 24 1856.
1834 – 1835
Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, Earl of Lincoln
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 22 1811; d. October 18 1864.
1846
Henry Labouchere
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1798; d. July 13 1869.
1846 – 1847
Sir John Young, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 31 1807; d. October 6 1876
Also known as: John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar (1870 – 1876)
Other offices held: Governor General of Canada (1869 – 1872); Governor of New South Wales (1861 – 1867); Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (1831 – 1855)
1853 – 1855
Edward Cardwell
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1813; d. February 15 1886.
1859 – 1861
Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 4 1822; d. May 9 1895.
1861 – 1865
Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 18 1823; d. January 30 1898.
1865 – 1866
John Wilson-Patten
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 26 1802; d. July 11 1892.
1868
Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 18 1823; d. January 30 1898.
1868 – 1871
Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1833; d. March 24 1908
Noble titles: Duke of Devonshire in the Peerage of England (1891 – 1908)
1871 – 1874
Sir Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 9th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 23 1837; d. April 30 1916.
1874 – 1878
William Edward Forster
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 11 1818; d. April 5 1886.
1880 – 1882
Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1836; d. May 6 1882
1882
George Otto Trevelyan
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1838; d. August 17 1928.
1882 – 1884
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 7 1836; d. April 22 1908.
1884 – 1885
Sir William Hart Dyke, 7th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 7 1837; d. July 3 1931.
1885 – 1886
William Henry Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1825; d. October 6 1891.
1886
Sir Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 9th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 23 1837; d. April 30 1916.
1886 – 1887
Arthur James Balfour
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 25 1848; d. March 19 1930
Titles of nobility: Earl of Balfour in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1922 – 1930)
1887 – 1891
William Lawies Jackson
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1840; d. April 4 1917.
1891 – 1892
Gerald William Balfour
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1853; d. January 14 1945.
1895 – 1900
George Wyndham
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1863; d. June 8 1913.
1900 – 1905
James Bryce
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 10 1838; d. January 22 1922.
1905 – 1907
Jersey
Governor of Jersey
Sir Walter Raleigh
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1553; d. October 29 1618.
1600 – 1603
Field Marshal Henry Seymour Conway
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1721; d. July 9 1795.
1772 – 1795
General John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1756; d. September 24 1835.
1807 – 1821
Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
General Sir John Chalmers McColl
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1952.
2011 – 2016
Air Chief Marshal Sir Steven Gary George Dalton
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1954.
2017 – 2022
Vice-Admiral Jeremy Paul Kyd
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1967.
2022 – present
Malta
Governor of Malta
Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Maitland
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 10 1760; d. January 17 1824.
1813 – 1824
Major-General Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 6 1783; d. January 11 1837.
1827 – 1836
General Sir Patrick Stuart
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 10 1777; d. February 7 1855.
1843 – 1847
Major-General Sir Henry Knight Storks
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 5 1811; d. September 6 1874.
1864 – 1867
Minorca
Governor of Minorca
James Stanhope
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1673; d. February 5 1721.
1708 – 1711
Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Stuart
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1753; d. May 25 1801.
1798 – 1800
Middle East
Chief Administrator of Palestine
General Sir Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1861; d. May 14 1936
Titles of nobility: Viscount Allenby in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1919 – 1936).
Military ranks: Promoted to major-general, 1909. Promoted to lieutenant-general, 1916. Promoted to general, 1917. Promoted to field marshal, 1919.
1917 – 1918
South Asia
India
Governor-General of India
Warren Hastings
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 6 1732; d. August 22 1818.
1773 – 1785
General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1738; d. October 5 1805.
1786 – 1793
Sir John Shore, 1st Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 5 1751; d. February 14 1834.
1793 – 1798
Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1760; d. September 26 1842.
1798 – 1805
General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1738; d. October 5 1805.
1805
Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baron Minto
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1751; d. June 21 1814.
1807 – 1813
Lieutenant-General Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1774; d. June 17 1839.
1828 – 1835
George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 25 1784; d. January 1 1849.
1836 – 1842
Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1790; d. December 22 1871.
1842 – 1844
Lieutenant-General Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 30 1785; d. September 24 1856.
1844 – 1848
Charles John Canning, 2nd Viscount Canning
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 14 1812; d. June 17 1862.
1856 – 1858
Viceroy of India
Charles John Canning, 1st Earl Canning
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 14 1812; d. June 17 1862.
1858 – 1862
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, 12th Earl of Kincardine
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1811; d. November 20 1863.
Titles of nobility: Earl of Elgin in the Peerage of Scotland (1841 – 1863); Earl of Kincardine in the Peerage of Scotland (1841 – 1863); Baron Elgin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1849 – 1863).
1862 – 1863
Major-General Robert Cornelis Napier
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 6 1810; d. January 14 1890.
1863
Thomas George Baring, 2nd Baron Northbrook
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 22 1826; d. November 15 1904.
1872 – 1876
Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1831; d. November 24 1891
Noble titles: Baron Lytton (1873 – 1891); Earl of Lytton (1880 – 1891)
1876 – 1880
George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 24 1827; d. July 9 1909
Noble titles: Earl of Ripon (1859 – 1909); Marquess of Ripon (1871 – 1909)
1880 – 1884
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Earl of Dufferin
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1826; d. February 12 1902
Other titles: Baron Dufferin and Claneboyne (1850 – 1902); Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1888 – 1902)
1884 – 1888
Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 14 1845; d. June 3 1927
Noble titles: Marquess of Lansdowne (1866 – 1927)
1888 – 1894
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1859; d. March 20 1925.
1899 – 1905
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 9 1845; d. March 1 1914
Noble titles: Earl of Minto in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1891 – 1914)
1905 – 1910
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Baron Irwin
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1881; d. December 23 1959
Titles of nobility: Baron Irwin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1925 – 1959); Viscount Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1934 – 1959); Earl of Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1944 – 1959).
1926 – 1931
Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Earl of Willingdon
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 12 1866; d. August 12 1941
Titles of nobility: Baron Willingdon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1910 – 1941); Viscount Willingdon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1924 – 1941); Earl of Willingdon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1931 – 1941); Marquess of Willingdon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1936 – 1941)
1931 – 1936
Victor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 24 1887; d. January 5 1952
Titles of nobility: Marquess of Linlithgow in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1908 – 1952).
1936 – 1943
Vice-Admiral Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1900; d. August 27 1979.
1947
Bengal
Governor of Bengal
Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1859; d. January 16 1926.
1912 – 1917
Governor of Bombay
Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1815; d. May 29 1884
1862 – 1867
George Sydenham Clarke
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 4 1848; d. February 7 1933
Noble titles: Baron Sydenham of Combe in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1913 – 1933).
1907 – 1913
Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Baron Willingdon
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 12 1866; d. August 12 1941
Titles of nobility: Baron Willingdon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1910 – 1941); Viscount Willingdon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1924 – 1941); Earl of Willingdon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1931 – 1941); Marquess of Willingdon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1936 – 1941)
1913 – 1918
Ceylon
Governor of Ceylon
Frederick North
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 7 1766; d. October 14 1827.
1798 – 1805
Major-General Sir Thomas Maitland
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 10 1760; d. January 17 1824.
1805 – 1811
Sir John Robert Wilmot-Horton, 3rd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1784; d. May 31 1841.
1831 – 1837
Sir William Henry Gregory
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 13 1816; d. March 6 1892.
1872 – 1877
Sir Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1829; d. January 30 1912.
1883 – 1890
Madras
Governor of Madras
Thomas Pitt
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 5 1653; d. April 28 1726.
1698 – 1709
Major-General Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1774; d. June 17 1839.
1803 – 1807
Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 10 1823; d. March 26 1889.
1875 – 1880
Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 21 1829; d. January 12 1906.
1881 – 1886
Sir Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael, 11th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1859; d. January 16 1926.
1911 – 1912
John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 7 1860; d. January 11 1925
Noble titles: Baron Pentland in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1909 – 1925)
1912 – 1919
Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Baron Willingdon
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 12 1866; d. August 12 1941
Titles of nobility: Baron Willingdon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1910 – 1941); Viscount Willingdon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1924 – 1941); Earl of Willingdon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1931 – 1941); Marquess of Willingdon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1936 – 1941)
1919 – 1924
Sir George Frederick Stanley
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1872; d. July 1 1938
1929 – 1934