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.
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
Victoria
History
Governors of Victoria
List of Governors of Victoria
Name
Dates in Office
George Augustus Constantine Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1819; d. April 3 1890.
1879 – 1884
John Adrian Louis Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 25 1860; d. February 29 1908.
Titles:
Succeeded to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as the 7th Earl of Hopetoun and subsidiary titles (Viscount Aithrie, Lord Hope, Baron Hopetoun, Baron Niddry), April 1 1873. Created Marquess of Linlithgow, in the County of Linlithgow or West Lothian, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, October 23 1902.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “John Hope,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed May 16 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-john-hope-4.
[2] “No. 27487,” The London Gazette, October 24 1902, 6734, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27487/page/6734.
November 28 1889 – July 12 1895
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
Notes and References
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
William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 25 1867; d. June 29 1932.
1902 – 1905
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.
Titles:
Raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Baron Grenville, of Wotton under Bernewood in the County of Buckingham, November 27 1790.1
References:
[1] “No. 13259,” The London Gazette, November 23 1790, 710, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/13259/page/710.
August 15 1782 – May 2 1783
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.
Titles:
Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Viscount Wellington and Baron Douro, August 16 1809.2 Created Earl of Wellington, February 22 1812.3 Created Marquess of Wellington, August 18 1812.4 Created Duke of Wellington and Marquess Douro, May 3 1814.5
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, September 1 18046 (converted to a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, January 2 18157). Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, March 4 1813.8
Military ranks:
Promoted to colonel, May 14 1796.9 Promoted to brigadier-general, July 25 1801.10 Promoted to major-general, May 11 1802.11 Promoted to lieutenant-general, May 7 1808.12 Promoted to brevet general (Spain and Portugal only), August 6 1811.13 Promoted to field marshal, June 21 1813.14
Elections:
Elected to the constituency of Rye, April 12 1806.15
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Arthur Wellesley,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-arthur-wellesley/index.html.
[2] “No. 16291,” The London Gazette, August 22 1809, 1342, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16291/page/1342.
[3] “No. 16576,” The London Gazette, February 18 1812, 335, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16576/page/335.
[4] “No. 16636,” The London Gazette, August 18 1812, 1677, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16636/page/1677.
[5] “No. 16894,” The London Gazette, May 3 1814, 936, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16894/page/936.
[6] “No. 15732,” The London Gazette, August 28 1804, 1069, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15732/page/1069.
[7] “No. 16972,” The London Gazette, January 4 1815, 18, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16972/page/18.
[8] “No. 16708,” The London Gazette, March 2 1813, 458, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16708/page/458.
[9] “No. 13892,” The London Gazette, May 14 1796, 460, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/13892/page/460.
[10] “No. 15389,” The London Gazette, July 21 1801, 894, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15389/page/894.
[11] “No. 15478,” The London Gazette, May 8 1802, 467, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15478/page/467.
[12] “No. 16142,” The London Gazette, May 3 1808, 622, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16142/page/622.
[13] “No. 16510,” The London Gazette, August 3 1811, 1526, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16510/page/1526.
[14] “No. 16746,” The London Gazette, July 3 1813, 1270, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16746/page/1270.
[15] “No. 15908,” The London Gazette, April 12 1806, 449, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15908/page/449.
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
Robert Peel
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1788; d. July 2 1850.
Titles:
Succeeded to the Peel baronetcy of Drayton Manor and Bury, May 3 1830.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Robert Peel,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-robert-peel-1/index.html.
August 1812 – August 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.
Titles:
Succeeded as the 3rd Viscount Melbourne in the Peerage of the Ireland and Baron Melbourne in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, July 22 1828.1
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “William Lamb,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 25 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-william-lamb/index.html.
April 29 1827 – June 21 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:
Held the courtesy title Lord Stanley, 1834 – 1851 (citation needed). Held the title Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe by a writ of acceleration, 1844 – 18511. Succeeded as the 14th Earl of Derby, June 30 1851.1
Honours:
Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 1 1859.2 Created a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, June 30 1869.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Edward Stanley,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/hon-edward-stanley-3/index.html.
[2] “No. 22281,” The London Gazette, July 1 1859, 2549, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22281/page/2549.
[3] “No. 7968,” The Edinburgh Gazette, July 2 1869, 794, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/7968/page/794.
November 29 1830 – March 29 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.
Titles:
Held the courtesy titles Lord Cavendish of Keighley, 1834 – 1858, and Marquess of Hartington, 1858 – December 21 1891 (citation needed). Succeeded as the 8th Duke of Devonshire and associated titles (Earl of Devonshire, Earl of Burlington, Baron Cavendish of Hardwick, Baron Cavendish of Keighley), December 21 1891.1
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, 1892 (citation needed).
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Marquess of Hartington,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/marquess-of-hartington/index.html.
January 12 1871 – February 17 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.
Honours:
Created a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, June 29 1895.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-henry-campbell-bannerman/index.html.
[2] “No. 26639,” The London Gazette, July 2 1895, 3740, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26639/page/3740.
October 23 1884 – June 25 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.
Honours:
Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, March 3 1922.2 Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl of Balfour and Viscount Traprain, May 5 1922.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Arthur Balfour,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-arthur-balfour/index.html.
[2] “No. 32638,” The London Gazette, March 14 1922, 2137, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32638/page/2137.
[3] “No. 32691,” The London Gazette, May 5 1922, 3512, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32691/page/3512.
March 7 1887 – November 9 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
History
List of Viceroys and Governors-General of 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 and Governor-General of India
Name
Dates in Office
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.
Titles:
Held the courtesy title Viscount Clanmaurice from birth until 1863.2 Held the courtesy title Earl of Kerry, 1863 – 1866.2 Succeeded as the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne in the Peerage of Great Britain, July 5 1866.1 Also held the titles Earl Wycombe of Chepping Wycombe and Viscount Calne and Calston from the same date.1
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter (citation needed).
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-henry-petty-fitzmaurice/index.html.
[2] Patrick M. Geoghegan, “Fitzmaurice, Henry Charles Keith Petty,” in Dictionary of Irish Biography (Royal Irish Academy, 2009), accessed April 22, 2026, https://www.dib.ie/biography/fitzmaurice-henry-charles-keith-petty-a3224.
December 10 1888 – October 11 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:
Succeeded to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as the 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow and subsidiary titles (Earl of Hopetoun, Viscount Aithrie, Lord Hope, Baron Hopetoun, Baron Niddry), February 29 1908.
References:
April 18 1936 – October 1 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
Notes and References
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
Richard Gavin Gardiner Casey
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1890; d. June 17 1976.
1944 – 1946
Governor of Bombay
Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1815; d. May 29 1884
1862 – 1867
Henry Stafford Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 18 1846; d. September 29 1911.
1900 – 1903
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
History
List of Governors of Madras
Governor of Madras
Name
Dates in Office
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)
October 30 1912 – March 29 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