Governor of Fiji

Governor of Fiji
Flag of Fiji from 1924 to 1970
Style	His Excellency The Right Honourable
Appointer	King/Queen of the United Kingdom
Formation	10 October 1874
First holder	The Rt Hon. Hercules Robinson
Final holder	The Rt Hon. Robert Sidney Foster
Abolished	10 October 1970
Succession	Governor-General of Fiji

Fiji was a British Crown Colony from 1874 to 1970, and an independent Dominion in the Commonwealth from 1970 to 1987. During this period, the Head of State was the British Monarch, but in practice his or her functions were normally exercised locally by the Governor prior to independence (on 10 October 1970), and by the Governor-General prior to the proclamation of a republic on 7 October 1987.

Note that from 1877 to 3 July 1952, Governors of Fiji were also High Commissioners for the Western Pacific.

List of Governors of Fiji (1874–1970)

#	Incumbent	Portrait	Tenure		Monarch
			Took office	Left office
Colony of Fiji
1.	Sir Hercules Robinson		10 October 1874	June 1875	Victoria
2.	Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon		19 August 1875	1880	Victoria
3.	Sir William Des Vœux		20 December 1880	21 January 1885	Victoria
	John Bates Thurston Acting		21 January 1885	1 January 1887	Victoria
4.	Sir Charles Mitchell		1 January 1887	February 1888	Victoria
5.	Sir John Bates Thurston		February 1888	7 February 1897	Victoria
6.	Sir George T. M. O'Brien		March 1897	1901	Victoria
	Sir William Allardyce Acting		1901	10 September 1902	Edward VII
7.	Sir Henry Jackson		10 September 1902	11 October 1904	Edward VII
8.	Sir Everard im Thurn		11 October 1904	1910	Edward VII
	Sir Charles Major Acting		1910	21 February 1911	Edward VII George V
9.	Sir Francis May		21 February 1911	25 July 1912	George V
10.	Sir Ernest Sweet-Escott		25 July 1912	10 October 1918	George V
	Sir Eyre Hutson Acting for Sweet-Escott		1915	1916	George V
11.	Sir Cecil Hunter-Rodwell		10 October 1918	25 April 1925	George V
	Sir Eyre Hutson Acting for Hunter-Rodwell		1919	1919	George V
12.	Sir Eyre Hutson		25 April 1925	22 November 1929	George V
13.	Sir Arthur Fletcher		22 November 1929	May 1936	George V Edward VIII
	Sir Cecil Barton Acting		May 1936	November 1936	Edward VIII
14.	Sir Sir Arthur Richards		28 November 1936	August 1938	Edward VIII George VI
	Sir Cecil Barton Acting		August 1938	September 1938	George VI
15.	Sir Harry Luke		16 September 1938	21 July 1942	George VI
16.	Sir Philip Mitchell		21 July 1942	12 January 1944	George VI
	Sir John Rankine Acting		12 January 1944	4 May 1944	George VI
	Sir John Nicoll Acting		4 May 1944	23 October 1944	George VI
	Sir John Rankine Acting		23 October 1944	1 January 1945	George V
17.	Sir Alexander Grantham		1 January 1945	21 March 1947	George VI
	Sir John Nicoll Acting		21 March 1947	8 October 1947	George VI
18.	Sir Brian Freeston		8 October 1947	6 October 1952	George VI Elizabeth II
19.	Sir Ronald Garvey		6 October 1952	28 October 1958	Elizabeth II
20.	Sir Kenneth Maddocks		28 October 1958	6 January 1964	Elizabeth II
21.	Sir Derek Jakeway		6 January 1964	December 1968	Elizabeth II
22.	Sir Robert Sidney Foster		December 1968	10 October 1970	Elizabeth II

In 1970, Fiji gained independence from the United Kingdom. After independence, the Viceroy in Fiji was the Governor-General of Fiji.

See also

• Governor-General of Fiji
• List of Heads of State of Fiji