British Empire Governors (All British-appointed Governors throughout the Empire) United Kingdom 3 Apr 1603 personal union of Kingdoms of England and Scotland 12 May 1707 United Kingdom of Great Britain 1 Jan 1801 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 12 Apr 1927 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (in official, non-statutory use from 6 Dec 1922) Kings/Queens - Orange dynasty – 23 Feb 1689 - 19 Mar 1702 William III (in Scotland William II)(jointly with following) - Stuart dynasty – 23 Feb 1689 - 7 Jan 1695 Mary II 19 Mar 1702 - 12 Aug 1714 Anne - Hanover dynasty – 12 Aug 1714 - 22 Jun 1727 George I 22 Jun 1727 - 25 Oct 1760 George II 26 Oct 1760 - 29 Jan 1820 George III 29 Jan 1820 - 26 Jun 1830 George IV (5 Feb 1811 - 29 Jan 1820 prince regent for George III) 26 Jun 1830 - 20 Jun 1837 William IV 20 Jun 1837 - 22 Jan 1901 Victoria (Empress of India as of 1 May 1876) - Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (from 17 Jul 1917, Windsor) dynasty – 22 Jan 1901 - 6 May 1910 Edward VII (Emperor of India) 6 May 1910 - 20 Jan 1936 George V (Emperor of India) 20 Jan 1936 - 11 Dec 1936 Edward VIII (Emperor of India) 11 Dec 1936 - 6 Feb 1952 George VI (Emperor of India until 22 June 1948) 6 Feb 1952 - Elizabeth II Aden 16 Jan 1839 British occupation of Aden Sep 1839 subordinated to Bombay 1873 Aden protectorates acquired 1932 Aden a separate province of British India 1 Apr 1937 British colony and protectorates 11 Feb 1959 Federation of Arab Emirates of the South 4 Apr 1962 Federation of South Arabia Governors 1 Apr 1937 - 24 Oct 1940 Sir Bernard Rawdon Reilly 24 Oct 1940 - 1 Jan 1945 John Hathorn Hall (from 1941, Sir John Hathorn Hall) 1 Jan 1945 - 1950 Reginald Stuart Champion(from 1946, Sir Reginald Stuart Champion) 1950 - Apr 1951 William Goode (acting) Apr 1951 - 13 Jul 1956 Sir Tom Hickinbotham 13 Jul 1956 - 23 Oct 1960 Sir William Luce 23 Oct 1960 - 18 Jan 1963 Sir Charles Hepburn Johnston High commissioners 18 Jan 1963 - 17 Jul 1963 Sir Charles Hepburn Johnston 17 Jul 1963 - 21 Dec 1964 Sir Gerald Kennedy Nicholas Trevaskis 21 Dec 1964 - 22 May 1967 Sir Richard Gordon Turnbull 22 May 1967 - 30 Nov 1967 Sir Humphrey Trevelyan Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Governors-general 19 Jan 1899 - 22 Dec 1899 Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Baron Kitchener 22 Dec 1899 - 31 Dec 1916 Sir Reginald Wingate 1 Jan 1917 - 20 Nov 1924 Sir Lee Oliver Fitzmaurice Stack 21 Nov 1924 - 5 Jan 1925 Wasey Sterry (acting) 5 Jan 1925 - 6 Jul 1926 Sir Geoffrey Francis Archer 31 Oct 1926 - 10 Jan 1934 Sir John Loader Maffey 10 Jan 1934 - 19 Oct 1940 Sir George Stewart Symes 19 Oct 1940 - 8 Apr 1947 Sir Hubert Jervoise Huddleston 8 Apr 1947 - 29 Mar 1954 Sir Robert George Howe 29 Mar 1954 - 12 Dec 1955 Sir Alexander Knox Helm Australia Governors-general 1 Jan 1901 - 9 Jan 1903 John Adrian Louis Hope, Earl of Hopetoun 9 Jan 1903 - 21 Jan 1904 Hallam Tennyson, Baron Tennyson 21 Jan 1904 - 9 Sep 1908 Henry Stafford Northcote, Baron Northcote 9 Sep 1908 - 31 Jul 1911 William Humble Ward, Earl of Dudley 31 Jul 1911 - 18 May 1914 Thomas Denman, Baron Denman 18 May 1914 - 6 Oct 1920 Sir Ronald Craufurd Munro-Ferguson 6 Oct 1920 - 8 Oct 1925 Henry William Forster, Baron Forster of Lepe 8 Oct 1925 - 22 Jan 1931 John Lawrence Baird, Baron Stonehaven 22 Jan 1931 - 23 Jan 1936 Sir Isaac Isaacs 23 Jan 1936 - 30 Jan 1945 Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, Baron Gowrie (from 8 Jan 1945, Earl of Gowrie) 30 Jan 1945 - 11 Mar 1947 Henry William Frederick Albert, Duke of Gloucester The Bahamas Governors 1697 - 1700 Nicholas Webb 1700 - 1701 Elias Haskett 1701 - 1705 Ellis Lightfood Jan 1706 - 1706 Edward Birch 1706 Thomas Walker 1706 - 1718 pirate rule - Thomas Barrow - Benjamin Hornigold - Edward Teach "Blackbeard" 26 Jul 1718 - 1721 Woodes Rogers (1st time) 1721 - 1728 George Phenney Aug 1729 - 16 Jul 1732 Woodes Rogers (2nd time) 1732 - 1733 Richard Thompson (acting) Nov 1733 - 1740 Richard Fitzwilliams 1740 - 1758 John Tinker 1758 - 1760 John Gambier (1st time) (acting) 1760 - 1768 William Shirley 28 Nov 1768 - 1774 Thomas Shirley 1774 - 3 Mar 1776 Montfort Browne (1st time) 3 Mar 1776 - 17 Mar 1776 Samuel Nicholas(American commander) 1776 - 1778 John Gambier (2nd time) (acting) 1778 - 1779 Montfort Browne (2nd time) 1780 - 1784 John Robert Maxwell(1782-83 Spanish prisoner) 8 May 1782 - 19 Apr 1783 Bernardo de Gálvez(Spanish commander) 1784 - 1786 James Edward Powell 1786 - 1787 John Brown (acting) 1787 - 1796 John Murray, Earl of Dunmore 1796 - 14 Feb 1797 Robert Hunt (acting) 14 Feb 1797 - Jun 1797 John Forbes 20 Nov 1797 - 1801 William Dowdeswell 1801 - 1804 John Halkett 8 May 1804 - 1820 Charles Cameron 1821 - 1829 Lewis Grant 1829 - 1833 James Carmichael Smyth 1833 - 1835 Blayney Townley Balfour 1835 - 1837 William MacBean George Colebrooke 1837 - 1844 Francis Cockburne 1844 - 1849 George Benvenuto Mathew 1849 - 1854 John Gregory 1854 - 1857 Sir Alexander Bannerman 1857 - 1864 Charles John Bayley 1864 - 1869 Rawson William Rawson 1869 - 1871 Sir James Walker 1871 - 1873 George Cumine Strahan 1873 - 1874 Sir John Pope Hennessy 1874 - 1880 William Robinson 1880 - 1881 Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan 1882 - Jan 1884 Charles Cameron Lees (from 1883, Sir Charles Cameron Lees) 4 Jan 1884 - 1887 Sir Henry Arthur Blake 1887 - 1895 Sir Ambrose Shea 1895 - 1898 Sir William Frederick Haynes Smith 1898 - 1904 Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter 29 Nov 1904 - 1912 Sir William Grey-Wilson 29 Oct 1912 - 1914 Sir George Basil Haddon-Smith 15 Jun 1914 - 1920 Sir William Lamond Allardyce 8 Dec 1920 - 1926 Sir Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux 15 Mar 1927 - Jan 1932 Charles William James Orr (from 1928, Sir Charles WilliamJames Orr) 10 Jan 1932 - 1934 Bede Edmund Hugh Clifford (from 1933, Sir Bede Edmund Hugh Clifford) 1934 - 1940 Charles Cecil Farquharson Dundas (from 1938, Sir Charles Cecil Farquharson Dundas)(acting to 1937) 18 Aug 1940 - 1945 Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor 28 Jul 1945 - 1950 William Lindsay Murphy (from 1946, Sir William Lindsay Murphy) 5 Jan 1950 - Dec 1950 Sir George Ritchie Sandford 7 Dec 1950 - 1953 Robert Arthur Ross Neville (from 1952, Sir Robert ArthurRoss Neville) 21 Dec 1953 - 1956 Thomas David Knox, Earl of Ranfurly 1 Apr 1957 - 1960 Sir Oswald Raynor Arthur 18 Jul 1960 - 1964 Sir Robert Stapledon 3 Jun 1964 - 1968 Sir Ralph Francis Alnwick Grey 1 Nov 1968 - 1972 Sir Francis Edward Hovell-Thurlow- Cumming-Bruce (from 1971, Francis Edward Hovell-Thurlow- Cumming-Bruce, Baron Thurlow) 14 May 1972 - 10 Jul 1973 Sir John Warburton Paul Barbados Governors Dec 1697 - 1701 Ralph Grey 1701 - 1703 John Farmer (acting) 1703 - 1706 Sir Bevil Granville 1707 - 1710 Mitford Crow 1710 - 1711 George Lillington (acting) 1711 - Jan 1714 Robert Lowther (1st time) Jan 1714 - 1715 William Sharpe (acting) 1715 - 1720 Robert Lowther (2nd time) 1720 - 1721 John Frere (acting) 1721 - 1722 Samuel Cox (acting) 1722 - 1727 Henry Worsley 1727 - 1731 Thomas Catesby Paget 1731 James Dotin (1st time) (acting) 1731 - 1732 Walter Chetwynd 1733 - 29 Mar 1735 Emanuel Scrope, Viscount Howe 1735 - 1737 James Dotin (2nd time) 1737 - 1738 Orlando Bridgeman 1738 Humphrey Howarth 1738 - 1739 Thomas Gage, Viscount Gage May 1739 - 1740 Robert Byng 1740 James Dotin (3rd time) 1742 - 1747 Sir Thomas Robinson 1747 - 1756 Henry Grenville 1756 - 1766 Charles Pinfold 1766 - 1768 Samuel Rous (1st time) (acting) 1768 - 1772 William Spry 1772 Samuel Rous (2nd time) (acting) 1772 - 1779 Edward Hay 1779 - 1780 John Dotin (1st time) (acting) 1780 - 1782 James Cunninghame 1783 - 1784 John Dotin (2nd time) (acting) 1784 - 1793 David Parry 1793 - 1794 William Bishop (1st time) (acting) 1794 - 1800 George Poyntz Ricketts 1800 - 1801 William Bishop (2nd time) (acting) 1802 - 1806 Francis Humberstone Mackenzie, (from 1804) Baron Seaforth 1806 - 1810 John Spooner (acting) 1810 - 1815 Sir George Beckwith 10 May 1815 - 16 Oct 1816 Sir James Leith 1817 John Foster Alleyne (acting) 1817 - 1820 Stapleton Cotton, Viscount Combermere 1820 John Brathwaite Skeete (acting) 1821 Samuel Hinds (acting) 1821 - 1829 Sir Henry Warde 1829 - 1833 Sir James Lyon 1833 - 1836 Sir Lionel Smith 1836 - 1841 Sir Evan John Murray MacGregor 1841 - 1842 Henry Charles Darling (acting) Feb 1842 - 1846 Sir Charles Edward Grey 1846 - 1848 William Reid 1848 - 1856 William MacBean George Colebrooke 1856 - 4 Jan 1862 Francis Hincks 4 Jan 1862 - 1868 James Walker 1868 - 1875 Rawson William Rawson 1875 Sanford Freeling (acting) 1875 - 1876 Sir John Pope Hennessy 1876 - 1880 George Cumine Strahan 1880 D.J. Gamble (acting) 1880 - 1885 William Robinson 1885 - 1889 Sir Charles Cameron Lees 1889 - 1891 Sir Walter Joseph Sendall 1891 - 1900 Sir James Shaw Hay 18 Feb 1900 - 1904 Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson 24 Oct 1904 - 1911 Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter 13 Feb 1911 - 1918 Sir Leslie Probyn 27 Sep 1918 - 1925 Charles Richard Mackey O'Brien (from 1920, Sir Charles Richard Mackey O'Brien) 31 Dec 1925 - Jan 1933 William Charles Fleming Robertson (from 1927, Sir William Charles Fleming Robertson) Jan 1933 - 12 Mar 1933 Harry Scott Newlands 5 Aug 1933 - Mar 1938 Mark Young (from 1934, Sir Mark Young) 6 Aug 1938 - 1941 Eubule John Waddington (from 1939, Sir Eubule John Waddington) 23 Oct 1941 - 1947 Sir Henry Grattan Bushe 5 Feb 1947 - 1949 Sir Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood 1 Nov 1949 - 1953 Alfred William Lungley Savage (from 1951, Sir Alfred William Lungley Savage) 14 May 1953 - 1959 Sir Robert Duncan Harris Arundell 8 Oct 1959 - 29 Nov 1966 Sir John Montague Stow Basutoland, Bechuanaland & Swaziland High commissioners for Southern Africa 27 Jan 1847 - 6 Mar 1901 the governors of the