| Tenure
| Incumbent
| Notes
|
| British Suzerainty
|
| 1815 to 1821 | Alexander Grant, Commandant |
|
| British Colony (under Sierra Leone)
|
| 1821 to 1829 | Alexander Grant, Commandant |
|
| 1829 to 1830 | Alexander Findlay, Lieutenant Governor |
|
| 1830 to 1837 | George Rendall, Lieutenant Governor |
|
| 1837 to 1838 | Thomas Lewis Ingram, Lieutenant Governor | 1st Term
|
| 1838 to 1839 | William Mackie, Lieutenant Governor |
|
| 1839 to 1840 | Thomas Lewis Ingram, Lieutenant Governor | 2nd Term
|
| 1840 to 1841 | Sir Henry Vere Huntley, Lieutenant Governor |
|
| 1841 to 1843 | Thomas Lewis Ingram, Lieutenant Governor | 3rd Term
|
| British Colony
|
| 1843 | Henry Froude Seagram, Governor |
|
| 1843 to 1844 | Edmund Norcott, Governor |
|
| 1844 to 1847 | Charles Fitzgerald, Governor |
|
| 1847 to 1851 | Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell, Governor |
|
| 1851 to 1852 | Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy, Governor |
|
| 1852 to 1859 | Luke Smythe O'Connor, Governor |
|
| 1859 to 1866 | George Abbas Kooli D'Arcy, Governor |
|
| British Colony (under Sierra Leone)
|
| 1866 to 1869 | Charles George Edward Patey, Administrator |
|
| 1869 to 1871 | Alexander Bravo, Administrator |
|
| 1871 to 1873 | Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan, Administrator |
|
| 1873 to 1875 | Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright, Administrator |
|
| 1875 to 1877 | Sir Samuel Rowe, Administrator |
|
| 1877 to 1884 | Valerius Skipton Gouldsbury, Administrator |
|
| 1884 to 1886 | Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney, Administrator |
|
| 1886 to 1888 | Sir James Shaw Hay, Administrator |
|
| British Colony
|
| 1888 to 1891 | Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter, Administrator |
|
| 1891 to 1898 | Robert Baxter Llewelyn, Administrator |
|
| 1898 to 1900 | Sir Robert Baxter Llewelyn, Administrator |
|
| 1900 to 11 January 1901 | Sir George Chardin Denton, Administrator |
|
| 11 January 1901 to 21 December 1911 | Sir George Chardin Denton, Governor |
|
| 21 December 1911 to 11 April 1914 | Henry Lionel Galway, Governor | Formerly Henry Lionel Gallwey
|
| 11 April 1914 to 1916 | Edward John Cameron, Governor |
|
| 1918 to 1919 | Herbert Henniker, acting Governor |
|
| 1916 to 1920 | Sir Edward John Cameron, Governor |
|
| 1920 to 3 January 1921 | Herbert Henniker, acting Governor |
|
| 3 January 1921 to 10 March 1927 | Sir Cecil Hamilton Armitage, Governor |
|
| 10 March 1927 to 29 November 1928 | Sir John Middleton, Governor |
|
| 29 November 1928 to 11 September 1930 | Sir Edward Brandis Denham, Governor |
|
| 11 September 1930 to 12 April 1934 | Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer, Governor |
|
| 12 April 1934 to 22 October 1936 | Sir Arthur Frederick Richards, Governor |
|
| 22 October 1936 to 23 March 1942 | Sir Thomas Southorn, Governor |
|
| 23 March 1942 to 1944 | Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood, Governor |
|
| 1944 to 29 March 1947 | Sir Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood, Governor |
|
| 29 March 1947 to 1948 | Andrew Barkworth Wright, Governor |
|
| 1948 to December 1949 | Sir Andrew Barkworth Wright, Governor |
|
| December 1949 to 1952 | Percy Wyn-Harris, Governor |
|
| 1952 to 19 June 1958 | Sir Percy Wyn-Harris, Governor |
|
| 19 June 1958 to 29 March 1962 | Sir Edward Henry Windley, Governor |
|
| 29 March 1962 to 18 February 1965 | Sir John Warburton Paul, Governor | Becoming Governor-General of the Gambia
|
| 18 February 1965 | Independence as Dominion of the Gambia
|
