Governor of Gibraltar

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List of Governors of Gibraltar

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

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24 July 1704British occupation
24 July 1704 to 4 August 1704Admiral Sir George Rooke, Military commander
4 August 1704 to 14 September 1705Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt, Governor
24 December 1707 to 24 January 1711Brigadier-General Roger Elliott, Governor
24 January 1711 to 13 July 1713Thomas Stanwix, Governor
13 July 1713Spain cedes Gibraltar to Great Britain
13 July 1713 to 7 August 1713Thomas Stanwix, Governor
7 August 1713 to 20 October 1720David Colyear, Earl of Portmore, Governor
20 October 1720 to 2 February 1727Richard Kane, Governor
2 February 1727 to 13 May 1730Jasper Clayton, Governor
15 May 1730 to 24 October 1739Joseph Sabine, Governor
24 October 1739 to 22 April 1740Francis Columbine, Governor
22 April 1740 to 1749William Hargrave, Governor
1749 to 31 May 1754Sir Humphrey Bland, Governor
31 May 1754 to 12 July 1756Thomas Fowke, Governor
12 July 1756 to 16 April 1757James O'Hara, Earl of Tyrawley, Governor
16 April 1757 to 28 April 1761William Home, Earl of Home, Governor
28 April 1761 to 23 June 1761John Toovey, acting Governor
13 June 1761 to 14 June 1761John Parslow, acting Governor
14 June 1761 to January 1776Edward Cornwallis, Governor
January 1776 to 25 May 1777Robert Boyd, acting Governor1st Term
25 May 1777 to 14 June 1787George Augustus Eliott, Governor
14 June 1787 to July 1790George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar, Governor
July 1790 to October 1790Sir Robert Boyd, actong Governor
October 1790 to 13 May 1794Sir Robert Boyd, Governor2nd Term
13 May 1794 to 30 December 1795Charles Rainsford, Governor
30 December 1795 to 25 February 1802Charles O'Hara, Governor
25 February 1802 to 10 May 1802Charles Barnett, Governor
24 May 1802 to 23 January 1820HRH Prince Edward Augustus, The Duke of Kent
2 May 1803 to 17 December 1804Sir Thomas Trigge, acting GovernorFor the Duke of Kent
17 December 1804 to June 1806Henry Edward Fox, acting GovernorFor the Duke of Kent
June 1806 to November 1806James Drummond, acting Governor1st Term; for the Duke of Kent
November 1806 to August 1808Sir Hew Whitefoord Dalrymple, acting GovernorFor the Duke of Kent
August 1808 to May 1809James Drummond, acting Governor2nd Term; for the Duke of Kent
May 1809 to August 1809Sir John Francis Cradock, acting GovernorFor the Duke of Kent
August 1809 to October 1809John Smith, acting GovernorFor the Duke of Kent
October 1809 to November 1809Alex McKenzie Fraser, acting GovernorFor the Duke of Kent
November 1809 to 2 April 1814Sir Colin Campbell, acting GovernorFor the Duke of Kent
3 April 1814 to 15 November 1821Sir George Don, acting Governor1st Term; for the Duke of Kent
29 January 1820 to 1835John Pitt, Earl of Chatham, Governor
7 June 1825 to 20 June 1830Sir George Don, acting Governor2nd Term; for the Earl of Chatham
British crown colony
20 June 1830 to 10 May 1831Sir George Don, acting Governor2nd Term; for the Earl of Chatham
10 May 1831 to 29 May 1835Sir William Houstoun, acting GovernorFor the Earl of Chatham
28 February 1835 to 11 October 1842Sir Alexander George Woodford, Governor
11 October 1842 to 12 December 1848Sir Robert Thomas Wilson, Governor
12 December 1848 to 26 July 1855Sir Robert William Gardiner, Governor
26 July 1855 to 5 May 1859Sir James Fergusson, Governor
5 May 1859 to 21 September 1865Sir William John Codrington, Governor
21 September 1865 to 25 July 1870Sir Richard Airey, Governor
25 July 1870 to 23 June 1876Sir William Fenwick Williams, Governor
23 June 1876 to 3 January 1883Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, Governor
3 January 1883 to 2 November 1886Sir John Miller Adye, Governor
2 November 1886 to 23 August 1890Sir Arthur Edward Hardinge, Governor
23 August 1890 to 27 January 1891Sir Leicester Curzon Smyth, Governor
27 January 1891 to 31 March 1891H.R.L. Newdigate, acting Governor
31 March 1891 to 27 June 1893Sir Lothian Nicholson, Governor
27 June 1893 to 7 August 1893G.J. Smart, acting Governor
7 August 1893 to 22 May 1900Sir Robert Biddulph, Governor
22 May 1900 to 1 August 1905Sir George Stuart White, Governor
1 August 1905 to 30 July 1910Sir Frederick William Edward Forestier Forestier-Walker, Governor
30 July 1910 to 11 July 1913Sir Archibald Hunter, Governor
11 July 1913 to 9 July 1918Sir Herbert Scott Gould Miles, Governor
9 July 1918 to 26 May 1923Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien, Governor
26 May 1923 to 13 August 1928Sir Charles Carmichael Monro, Governor
13 August 1928 to 13 May 1933Sir Alexander John Godley, Governor
13 May 1933 to 12 August 1938Sir Charles Harington Harington, Governor
12 August 1938 to 11 July 1939Sir Edmund Ironside, Governor
11 July 1939 to 14 May 1941Sir Clive Gerard Liddell, Governor
14 May 1941 to 31 May 1942John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Governor
31 May 1942 to 1943Noel Mason-Macfarlane, Governor
1943 to 14 February 1944Sir Noel Mason-Macfarlane, Governor
14 February 1944 to 8 February 1947Sir Ralph Eastwood, Governor
8 February 1947 to 23 April 1952Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, Governor
23 April 1952 to 6 May 1955Sir George Holmes Alexander MacMillan of MacMillan, Governor
6 May 1955 to 16 April 1958Sir Harold Redman, Governor
16 April 1958 to 8 June 1962Sir Charles Frederic Keightley, Governor
8 June 1962 to 5 August 1965Sir Alfred Dudley Ward, Governor
5 August 1965 to March 1969Sir Gerald William Lathbury, Governor
March 1969 to 3 October 1973Sir Varyl Cargill Begg, Governor
3 October 1973 to 30 May 1978Sir John Grandy, Governor
30 May 1978 to 26 October 1982Sir William Jackson, Governor
26 October 1982 to 19 November 1985Sir David Williams, Governor
19 November 1985 to December 1989Sir Peter Terry, Governor
December 1989 to April 1993Sir Derek Reffell, Governor
April 1993 to 5 December 1995Sir John Chapple, Governor
5 December 1995 to 19 February 1997Sir Hugo White, Governor
24 February 1997 to 5 April 2000Sir Richard Luce, Governor
5 April 2000 to 1 January 2003David Durie, Governor
1 January 2003 to 16 May 2003Sir David Durie, Governor
16 May 2003 to 27 May 2003David Blunt, acting Governor
27 May 2003 to presentSir Francis Richards, Governor

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