LIST OF GOVERNORS

Administrators Date of
Appointment
Capt. Charles ELLIOT, R.N. 26.01.1841
Alexander Robert JOHNSTON 22.06.1841
The Rt. Hon. Sir Henry POTTINGER,P.C., G.C.B. 12.08.1841
Governors
1. The Rt. Hon. Sir Henry POTTINGER,Bt., P.C., G.C.B. 26.06.1843
2. Sir John Francis DAVIS,Bt., K.C.B. 08.05.1844
3. Sir Samuel George BONHAM,Bt., K.C.B. 21.03.1848
4. Sir John BOWRING 13.04.1854
5. The Rt. Hon. Lord ROSMEAD,P.C., G.C.M.G.(formerly the Rt. Hon. Sir Hercules ROBINSON, Bt.) 09.09.1859
6. Sir Richard Graves MACDONNELL,K.C.M.G., C.B. 11.03.1866
7. Sir Arthur Edward KENNEDY,G.C.M.G., C.B. 16.04.1872
8. Sir John Pope HENNESSY,K.C.M.G. 22.04.1877
9. The Rt. Hon. Sir George Ferguson BOWEN,P.C., G.C.M.G. 30.03.1883
10. Sir George William DES VOEUX,G.C.M.G. 06.10.1887
11. Sir William ROBINSON,G.C.M.G. 10.12.1891
12. Sir Henry Arthur BLAKE,G.C.M.G. 25.11.1898
13. The Rt. Hon. Sir Matthew NATHAN,P.C., G.C.M.G. 29.07.1904
14. The Rt. Hon. the Lord LUGARD,P.C., G.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O. 29.07.1907
15. Sir Francis Henry MAY,G.C.M.G. 24.07.1912
16. Sir Reginald Edward STUBBS,G.C.M.G. 30.09.1919
17. Sir Cecil CLEMENTI,G.C.M.G. 01.11.1925
18. Sir William PEEL,K.C.M.G., K.B.E. 09.05.1930
19. Sir Andrew CALDECOTT,G.C.M.G., C.B.E. 12.12.1935
20. Sir Geoffry Alexander Stafford NORTHCOTE,K.C.M.G. 28.10.1937
21. Sir Mark Aitchison YOUNG,G.C.M.G. 10.09.1941
22. Sir Alexander William George Herder GRANTHAM,G.C.M.G. 25.07.1947
23. Sir Robert Brown BLACK,G.C.M.G., O.B.E. 23.01.1958
24. Sir David Clive Crosbie TRENCH,G.C.M.G., M.C. 14.04.1964
25. Lord MACLEHOSE of Beoch, G.B.E., K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O.(formerly Sir Crawford MURRAY MACLEHOSE) 19.11.1971
26. Sir Edward YOUDE,G.C.M.G., M.B.E. 20.05.1982
27. Sir David Clive WILSON,K.C.M.G. 09.04.1987
28. The Rt. Hon. Christopher Francis PATTEN 09.07.1992