Victoria: Governors: 1855-1901

Captain General and Governor-in-Chief of the Colony of Victoria
22 May 1855 - 31 Dec 1855 Sir Charles Hotham
Officer Administering the Government of the Colony Victoria
31 Dec 1855 - 26 Dec 1856 Edward Macarthur [1]
Captain General and Governor-in-Chief of the Colony of Victoria
26 Dec 1856 - 11 Sep 1863 Sir Henry Barkly
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Victoria
11 Sep 1863 - 15 Aug 1866 Sir Charles Henry Darling
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Colony of Victoria
15 Aug 1866 - 30 Jul 1873 Sir John Henry Thomas Manners Sutton (from 13 Nov 1869 John Henry Thomas Manners Sutton Viscount, of the City of Canterbury in the County of Kent, and Baron Bottesford, of Bottesford in the County of Leicester, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Colony of Victoria and its Dependencies
30 Jul 1873 - 29 Apr 1879 Sir George Ferguson Bowen [2][3]
29 Apr 1879 - 15 Jul 1884 George Augustus Constantine Phipps, Marquess of Normanby, Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby and Baron Mulgrave, of Mulgrave, all in the County of York, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ; and Baron Mulgrave of New Ross, in the County of Wexford, in the Peerage of Ireland [4]
15 Jul 1884 - 28 Nov 1889 Sir Henry Brougham Loch
28 Nov 1889 - 25 Oct 1895 John Adrian Louis Hope, Earl of Hopetoun, Viscount Aithrie, Lord Hope, Baron Hopetoun, of Hopetoun in the County of Linlithgow, Baron Niddry, of Niddry Castle in the County of Linlithgow, Baronet of Kirkliston, Nova Scotia [5]
25 Oct 1895 - 2 Jan 1901 Thomas Brassey, Baron Brassey [6]
  1. Following the death of Hotham on 31 Dec 1855, the functions of Governor devolved on Senior Military Officer in Command of Her Majesty's Land Forces in the Colony of Victoria Macarthur who took the oath of office on 1 Jan 1856.
  2. Also in Queensland.
  3. During the absence of Bowen the functions of Governor devolved on the Senior Judge, and then on the Chief Justice:
    Officer Administering the Government of the Colony Victoria
    31 Dec 1874 - 11 Jan 1875
    Sir Redmond Barry

    Grose assumed the government following the departure of Bowen on 31 Dec 1874 and took the oath of office on 1 Jan 1875.

    11 Jan 1875 - 14 Jan 1876
    Sir William Foster Stawell

    Paterson assumed the government following his arrival and took the oath of office on 11 Jan 1875.

  4. Also in Queensland and New Zealand.
  5. Also in Australia.
  6. The office of Governor of the Colony of Victoria was replaced by that of Governor of the State of Victoria on 2 Jan 1901, when the letters patent constituting the former were revoked and the new letters patent were read and published.