1. Charles Fitzgerald (1791)

British Colonial Governor

Captain Charles Fitzgerald was the Governor of The Gambia from 1844 until 1847 then Governor of Western Australia from 1848 to 1855. Fitzgerald joined the navy in March 1809 passed...

2. John Richardson (governor) (1679)

British Colonial Governor

John Richardson was a British colonial governor. He was Deputy Governor of Anguilla from 1735 until 1741.

3. Willoughby Shortland (1804)

British Colonial Governor

Commander Willoughby Shortland RN was a British naval officer and colonial administrator. He was New Zealand's first Colonial Secretary from 1841 after having arrived in New Zealand with Lieutenant Governor...

4. John Warburton Paul (1916)

British Colonial Governor

Sir John Warburton Paul GCMG OBE MC was a British government official best known as a prolific administrator for 20 years of various British overseas territories around the world. He...

5. Ker Baillie-Hamilton (1804)

British Colonial Governor

Ker Baillie Hamilton colonial governor born in Cleveland England and died in Tunbridge Wells England. Hamilton was educated at the Royal Military College Woolwich where he went on to serve...

6. Richard Graves MacDonnell (1814)

British Colonial Governor

Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell KCMG CB was an Anglo-Irish lawyer judge and colonial governor. His posts as governor included Governor of the British Settlements in West Africa Governor of...

7. Francis Fleming (1842)

British Colonial Governor

Sir Francis Fleming KCMG was a British colonial administrator. His father was James Fleming Q. C.. He attended Downside College near Bath and studied law at the Middle Temple...

8. Robert Sidney Foster (1913)

British Colonial Governor

Sir Robert Sidney Foster GCMG KCVO was a British colonial administrator best remembered as the last colonial Governor of Fiji and the first Governor-General of the Dominion of Fiji.

9. Christopher J. Turner (1933)

British Colonial Governor

Christopher John Turner CBE was Governor of the Turks and Caicos from October 1982 to January 1987. Hesubsequently served as Governor of Montserrat from 1987 to 1990.

10. Alan Huckle (1948)

British Colonial Governor

Alan Edden Huckle is a British colonial administrator. He was the commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory and the British Antarctic Territory from 2001 until 2004 when he left...

11. Peter Stallard (1915)

British Colonial Governor

Sir Peter Hyla Gawne Stallard KCMG CVO MBE was Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man from 1967 to 1972.

12. David Trench (1915)

British Colonial Governor

Sir David Clive Crosbie Trench GCMG MC DL 2 June 1915 – 4 December 1988 was a British Army officer and colonial governor.

13. Hubert Winthrop Young (1885)

British Colonial Governor

Major Sir Hubert Winthrop Young KCMG DSO was an English soldier politician diplomat and colonial governor.

14. Philip Gidley King (1758)

British Colonial Governor

Captain Philip Gidley King RN was the third Governor of New South Wales and did much to civilise the young colony in the face of great obstacles. When the First...

15. Humphrey Gibbs (1902)

British Colonial Governor

Sir Humphrey Vicary Gibbs GCVO KCMG OBE PC was the penultimate Governor of the colony of Southern Rhodesia who served through and opposed the Unilateral Declaration of Independence in 1965.

16. William Frederick Haynes Smith (1839)

British Colonial Governor

Sir William Frederick Haynes Smith was a colonial administrator in the British Empire.

17. Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright (1817)

British Colonial Governor

Sir Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright KCMG was a British civil servant who held positions including Governor of British Guiana. Cornelius was baptised on 8 January 1818 at Saint Mary church in...

18. Evelyn Dennison Hone (1911)

British Colonial Governor

Sir Evelyn Dennison Hone KCMG was the last Governor of Northern Rhodesia from 1959 until Zambia's independence in 1964.

19. Cuthbert Sebastian (1921)

British Colonial Governor

Sir Cuthbert Montraville Sebastian GCMG OBE was the Governor-General of St. Kitts and Nevis from 1996 to 2013. He was appointed Governor-General in 1995 and was sworn in on 1...

20. James Macaulay Higginson (Unknow)

British Colonial Governor

James Macaulay Higginson was Governor of Antigua from 1847 to 1850. Sir James Macaulay Higginson was 8th Governor of Mauritius from 8 Jan 1851 to 20 Sep 1857. He was...

21. Herbert James Read (1863)

British Colonial Governor

Sir Herbert James Read was the 22nd Governor of Mauritius from 19 February 1925 to 9 December 1929.

22. Henry Hesketh Bell (1864)

British Colonial Governor

Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell GCMG was a British colonial administrator and author. He began his career in the colonial service in the Bahamas with a minor position but was...

23. Harry Luke (1884)

British Colonial Governor

Sir Harry Charles Luke KCMG GCStJ D. Litt. of Oxford and honorary LLD of Malta was an official in the British Colonial Office. He served in Barbados Cyprus Transcaucasia Sierra...

24. Edward Nott (Unknow)

British Colonial Governor

Colonel Edward Nott Esq. was a British Colonial Governor of Virginia. He was appointed by Queen Anne on either April 25 1705 or August 15 1705. His administration lasted...

25. Theophilus Shepstone (1817)

British Colonial Governor

Sir Theophilus Shepstone was a British South African statesman who was responsible for the annexation of the Transvaal to Britain in 1877.

26. Thomas Gore Browne (1807)

British Colonial Governor

Colonel Sir Thomas Robert Gore Browne KCMG CB was a British colonial administrator who was Governor of St Helena Governor of New Zealand Governor of Tasmania and Governor of Bermuda.

27. Frederick Seymour (1820)

British Colonial Governor

Seymour was a colonial administrator. He served as the second Governor of the Colony of British Columbia from 1864 to 1866 and the first governor of the union of the...

28. Henry Arthur Blake (1840)

British Colonial Governor

Sir Henry Arthur Blake GCMG DL was a British colonial administrator and Governor-General of Hong Kong from 1898 to 1903.

29. Henry Galway (Unknow)

British Colonial Governor

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Lionel Galway KCMG DSO was the Governor of South Australia from 18 April 1914 until 30 April 1920.

30. Henry Pottinger (1789)

British Colonial Governor

Lieutenant General Sir Henry Pottinger 1st Baronet GCB PC was an Anglo-Irish soldier and colonial administrator who became the first Governor of Hong Kong.

31. Edward Merewether (1858)

British Colonial Governor

Sir Edward Marsh Merewether KCMG KCVO was a British colonial administrator.