Victoria: Lieutenant Governors: 1851-1855

The Lieutenant Governors and the Officer Administering the Government of the Colony of Victoria exercised the functions of the absent Governor of Victoria who was appointed, but did not take office, serving concurrently as Governor of New South Wales.
Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of Victoria, and its Dependencies
15 Jul 1851 - 5 May 1854 Charles Joseph La Trobe [1]
Officer Administering the Government of the Colony of Victoria, and its Dependencies
5 May 1854 - 22 Jun 1854 John Vesey Fitzgerald Foster [2]
Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of Victoria, and its Dependencies
22 Jun 1854 - 22 May 1855 Sir Charles Hotham
  1. Also in Tasmania.
  2. Following the departure of La Trobe on 5 May 1854, the functions of Governor devolved on the Senior Member of the said Executive Council Foster who took the oath of office on 8 May 1854.