New South Wales: Governors: 1788-1901

Captain General and Governor-in-Chief in and over His Majesty's Territory of New South Wales and its Dependencies
7 Feb 1788 - 11 Sep 1795 Arthur Phillip [1][2]
11 Sep 1795 - 28 Sep 1800 John Hunter
28 Sep 1800 - 13 Aug 1806 Philip Gidley King [3]
13 Aug 1806 - 26 Jan 1808 William Bligh
Lieutenant Governor in and over His Majesty's Territory of New South Wales and its Dependencies
26 Jan 1808 - 29 Jul 1808 George Johnston
29 Jul 1808 - 9 Jan 1809 Joseph Foveaux
9 Jan 1809 - 1 Jan 1810 William Paterson
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Captain General and Governor-in-Chief in and over (of) His Majesty's Territory of New South Wales and its Dependencies
1 Jan 1810 - 1 Dec 1821 Lachlan Macquarie
Captain General and Governor-in-Chief of the Territory of New South Wales and its Dependencies
1 Dec 1821 - 19 Dec 1825 Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane
19 Dec 1825 - 3 Dec 1831 Ralph Darling [4]
3 Dec 1831 - 24 Feb 1838 Richard Bourke (from 1835 Sir Richard Bourke)
24 Feb 1838 - 3 Aug 1846 Sir George Gipps
3 Aug 1846 - 20 Jan 1855 Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy [5]
20 Jan 1855 - 16 May 1861 Sir William Thomas Denison [6][7]
Captain General and Governor-in-Chief of the Colony of New South Wales
16 May 1861 - 8 Jan 1868 Sir John Young, Baronet [8]
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependencies
8 Jan 1868 - 3 Jun 1872 Somerset Richard Lowry-Corry, Earl of Belmore
3 Jun 1872 - 4 Aug 1879 Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson [9]
4 Aug 1879 - 12 Dec 1885 Augustus William Frederick Spencer Loftus
12 Dec 1885 - 15 Jan 1891 Charles Robert Carrington, Baron Carrington
15 Jan 1891 - 29 May 1893 Victor Albert George Child-Villiers, Earl of Jersey
29 May 1893 - 15 Mar 1895 Sir Robert William Duff
Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependencies (ex officio)
15 Mar 1895 - 21 Nov 1895 Sir Frederick Matthew Darley [10]
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependencies
21 Nov 1895 - 18 May 1899 Henry Robert Brand, Viscount Hampden
18 May 1899 - 1 Jan 1901 William Lygon, Earl Beauchamp [11][12]
  1. The commission appointing Phillip as Captain General and Governor-in-Chief was read and published on 7 Feb 1788, shortly after the landing at Sydney Cove. Phillip took the oath of office on 13 Feb 1788.
  2. During the absence of Arthur Phillip, who departed for England, the functions of Governor devolved on:
    Lieutenant Governor in and over His Majesty's Territory of New South Wales and its Dependencies
    11 Dec 1792 - 17 Dec 1794
    Francis Grose

    Grose assumed the government following the departure of Phillip on 11 Dec 1792 and took the oath of office on 31 Dec 1792.

    Senior Officer in His Majesty's Territory of New South Wales and its Dependencies, and executing the office of Governor thereof
    17 Dec 1794 - 11 Sep 1795
    William Paterson

    Paterson assumed the government following the departure of Grose on 17 Dec 1794 and took the oath of office on 25 Dec 1794.

  3. King was commissioned on 1 May 1798 to serve "in the case of the death or during the absence of Captain John Hunter," and assumed the government on 28 Sep 1800 following Hunter's departure. Notwithstanding the provisions of his commission which styled him "Governor of [the] territory called New South Wales," King assumed the title of "Captain General and Governor-in-Chief." A second commission appointing King as "Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief" was issued on 20 Feb 1802 and delivered to New South Wales sometime after 30 Oct 1802.
  4. Also in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land). Darling's successors were commissioned as governors of the Island of Van Diemen's Land: Bourke (25 Jun 1831), Gipps (5 Oct 1837; died on 28 Feb 1847), and FitzRoy (31 Dec 1850). However, they did not assume the government, and their commissions were never published, while lieutenant governors of Van Diemen's Land served in their absence.
  5. FitzRoy concurrently served as Governor-General of all Her Majesty's Australian Possessions (12 Jun 1851 - 20 Jan 1855). He was also commissioned as governor of North Australia, South Australia, Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land), and Victoria, but did not take office.
  6. Denison concurrently served as Governor-General in and over all Her Majesty's Colonies of New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia (20 Jan 1855 - 16 May 1861).
  7. Also in British India.
  8. Also in Canada.
  9. Also in New Zealand.
  10. Following the death of Sir Robert William Duff on 15 Mar 1895, the functions of Governor devolved on Lieutenant Governor Darley who took the oath of office on 16 Mar 1895.
  11. The office of Governor of the Colony of New South Wales was replaced by that of Governor of the State of New South Wales on 1 Jan 1901, when the letters patent constituting the former were revoked and the new letters patent were read and published.
  12. Earl Beauchamp was commissioned as Governor in and over the State of New South Wales and its Dependencies on 29 Oct 1900, but never took office.