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Governors of Newfoundland & Labrador

A collection of Newfoundland Governors, past and Present



 

Proprietary Governors

John Guy - Governor of Cuper's Cove, 1610-1614

John Mason - Governor of Cuper's Cove, 1615-1621

Robert Hayman - Governor of Bristol's Hope, 1618-1628

Sir Richard Whitbourne - Governor of Renews, 1618-1620

Francis Tanfield - Governor of South Falkland colony, 1623-1625/1626

Edward Wynne - Governor of Avalon Colony, 1621-1625

Sir Arthur Aston -  Governor of Province of Avalon, c. 1625-1627

Sir George Calvert - Governor of Province of Avalon, 1627-1629

William Hill  -  Governor of Province of Avalon, 1634-1638

Sir David Kirke - Governor of Newfoundland, 1638-1651

John Treworgie  - Governor of Newfoundland, 1653-1660

 

French Governors

Sieur de Kéréon - Governor of Plaisance, 1655

Nicolas Gargot - Governor of Plaisance, 1660

Thalour du Perron - Governor of Plaisance, 1662-1663

Bellot dit Lafontaine - Governor of Plaisance, 1664-1667

La Palme - Governor of Plaisance, 1667-1670

La Poippe - Governor of Plaisance, 1670-1684

Antoine Parat -  Governor of Plaisance, 1685-1690

Louis de Pastour de Costebelle - Interim Governor of Plaisance, 1690-1691

Jacques-François de Mombeton de Brouillan - Governor of Plaisance, 1690-1701

Joseph de Monic - Acting Governor of Plaisance, 1697-1702

Daniel d'Auger de Subercase - 1702-1706

Philippe de Pastour de Costebelle  - Governor  1706-1713

Naval Governors

Henry Osborn  - Governor, 1729-1730

George Clinton - Governor, 1731

Edward Falkingham - Governor, 1732

Robert McCarthy -  Governor, 1733-1734

Fitzroy Henry Lee  -  Governor, 1735-1737

Philip Vanbrugh - Governor, 1738

Henry Medley - Governor, 1739 - 1740

Thomas Smith  - Governor, 1741, 1743

John Byng  - Governor, 1742

Charles Hardy  - Governor, 1744

Richard Edwards' - Governor, 1746

James Douglas  - Governor (Commodore), 1746

Charles Watson - Governor, 1748

George Brydges Rodney - Governor, 1749

Francis William  Drake - Governor, 1750-1752

Hugh Bonfoy - Governor, 1753-1754

Richard Dorill  - Governor, 1755

Richard Edwards  - Governor, 1757-1759,

James Webb  -  Governor, 1760

Thomas Graves  - Governor, 1761-1764

Sir Hugh Palliser  - Governor, 1764-1768

John Byron  - Governor, 1769-1771

Molyneux Shuldham  - Governor, 1772-1775

Robert Duff  - Governor, 1775

John Montagu -  Governor, 1776-1778

John Campbell  - Governor, 1782-1785

John Elliot  -  Governor, 1786-1789

Mark Milbanke  = Governor, 1789-1791

Sir Richard King - Governor, 1792-1793

Sir James Wallace - Governor, 1794-1796

William Waldegrave, -  Governor, 1797-1800

Charles Morice Pole  - Governor, 1800-1801

James Gambier - Governor, 1802-1804

Erasmus Gower  -  Governor, 1804-1806

John Holloway - Governor, 1807-1809

Sir John Thomas Duckworth - Governor, 1810-1812

Richard Goodwin Keats  - Governor, 1813-1816

Francis Pickmore  - Governor, 1816-1818

Sir Charles Hamilton - Governor, 1818-1823

 

Civil Governors

Sir Thomas Cochrane - Governor, 1825-1834

Sir Henry  Prescott -  Governor, 1834-1841

Sir John  Harvey - Governor, 1841-1846

Sir John Gaspard LeMarchant - Governor, 1847-1852

Ker Baillie  Hamilton - Governor, 1852-1855

Colonial Governors

Sir Charles Henry Darling - Governor, 1855-1857

Sir Alexander Bannerman - Governor, 1857-1864

Sir Anthony Musgrave - Governor, 1864-1869

Sir Stephen John Hill -  Governor, 1869-1876

Sir John Hawley Glover - Governor, 1876-1881, 1883-1885

Henry Berkeley Fitzhardinge Maxse - Governor, 1881-1883

Sir George William Des Voeux - Governor, 1886-1887

Sir Henry Arthur Blake - Governor, 1887-1889

Sir John Terence Nicholls  O'Brien - Governor, 1889-1895

Sir Herbert Harley Murray - Governor, 1895-1898

Sir Henry Edward McCallum - Governor, 1899-1901

Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle - Governor, 1901-1904

Sir William MacGregor - Governor, 1904-1909

Sir Ralph Champneys Williams - Governor, 1909-1913

Sir Walter Edward Davidson - Governor, 1913-1917

Sir Charles Alexander Harris - Governor, 1917-1922

Sir William Lamond Allardyce - Governor, 1922-1928

Sir John Middleton - Governor, 1928-1932

Sir David Murray Anderson - Governor, 1933-1935

Commission Governors

Sir David Murray Anderson - Governor, 1933-1935

Sir Humphrey Thomas Walwyn - Governor, 1936-1946

Sir Gordon Macdonald - Governor, 1946-1949

Lieutenant Governors

Sir Albert Joseph Walsh - Governor, April-September 1949

Sir Leonard Cecil Outerbridge - Lieutenant Governor, 1949-1957

Hon. Campbell Leonard Macpherson - Lieutenant Governor, 1957-1963

Hon. Fabian O'Dea - Lieutenant Governor, 1963-1969

Hon. Ewart John Arlington Harnum - Lieutenant Governor, 1969-1974

Hon. Gordon Arnaud Winter - Lieutenant Governor, 1974-1981

Hon. William Anthony Paddon - Lieutenant Governor, 1981-1986

Hon. James Aloysius McGrath - Lieutenant Governor, 1986-1991

Hon. Frederick William Russell - Lieutenant Governor, 1991-1997

Hon. Arthur Maxwell House - Lieutenant Governor, 1997-2002

Hon. Edward Moxon Roberts - Lieutenant Governor, 2002-2008

Hon. John Carnell Crosbie - Lieutenant Governor, 2008-present