List of governors of British Guiana

The Governor of British Guiana was the Crown representative in British Guiana. The office existed from 1831 when the colonies of Demerara-Essequibo (see Demerara and Essequibo (colony)) and Berbice united as British Guiana until 1966 when Guyana attained independence.

Governors of British Guiana (1831–1966)

• Sir Benjamin d'Urban, 21 July 1831 – 26 June 1833
• Sir James Carmichael Smyth, 26 June 1833 – 27 June 1838
• Henry Light, 27 June 1838 – 19 May 1848
• William Walker, 19 May 1848–12 February 1849, acting, first time
• Henry Barkly 12 February 1849 – 11 May 1853
• William Walker, 11 May 1853–23 May 1854, acting, second time
• Philip Edmond Wodehouse, 23 May 1854 – 7 January 1862
• Sir Francis Hincks, 7 January 1862 – 25 January 1869
• Sir John Scott, 25 January 1869 – 26 December 1873
• Edward Rushworth, 27 December 1873–10 March 1874, acting
• James Robert Longden, 10 March 1874 – 8 March 1877
• William A. G. Young, 8 March 1877–3 April 1877, acting, first time
• Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright, 3 April 1877 – 13 December 1881
• William A. G. Young, 13 December 1881–4 May 1882, acting, second time
• Sir Henry Turner Irving, 4 May 1882 – 1887
  • William Frederick Haynes-Smith, 26 April 1884–1884, acting for Irving
• Charles Bruce, 1887–1888, acting
• The Viscount Gormanston, 1888–23 March 1893
  • Sir Charles Bruce, April 1891–15 October 1891, acting for Viscount Gormanston, second time
• Sir Charles Bruce, 23 March 1893–5 July 1893, acting, third time
• Sir Charles Cameron Lees, 5 July 1893–September 1895
  • Charles Cavendish Boyle, 15 December 1894–29 January 1895, acting for Lees, first time
• Charles Cavendish Boyle, September 1895–March 1896, acting, second time
• Sir Augustus William Lawson Hemming, March 1896–27 March 1898
  • Charles Cavendish Boyle, 1 October 1896–18 November 1896, acting for Hemming, third time
  • Charles Cavendish Boyle, 27 May 1897–28 July 1897, acting for Hemming, fourth time
• Sir Walter Joseph Sendall, 27 March 1898 – 25 December 1901
• Sir James Alexander Swettenham (1846-1933), 3 July 1901 – 26 September 1904^[1]
• Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson, 26 September 1904 – 5 July 1912
• Sir Walter Egerton, 5 July 1912 – 15 April 1917
• Sir Wilfred Collet, 15 April 1917 – 4 April 1923
• Sir Graeme Thomson, 4 April 1923 – 31 August 1925
• Sir Cecil Hunter-Rodwell, 31 August 1925 – 7 November 1928
• Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg, 7 November 1928 – 9 June 1930
• Sir Edward Brandis Denham, 9 June 1930 – 26 March 1935
• Sir Geoffry Alexander Stafford Northcote, 26 March 1935 – 19 November 1937, acting from 1936
• Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson, 19 November 1937 – 7 November 1941
• Sir Gordon James Lethem, 7 November 1941 – 1947, acting from 1946
• Sir Charles Campbell Woolley, 12 April 1947 – 14 April 1953
• Sir Alfred William Lungley Savage, 14 April 1953 – 25 October 1955
• Sir Patrick Muir Renison, 25 October 1955 – 22 December 1958
• Sir Ralph Francis Alnwick Grey, 22 December 1958 – 7 March 1964
• Sir Richard Edmonds Luyt, 7 March 1964 – 26 May 1966

On 26 May 1966, the colony achieved independence from the United Kingdom as Guyana. After independence, the viceroy in Guyana was the Governor-General of Guyana.

See also

• President of Guyana
• List of heads of state of Guyana
• List of Prime Ministers of Guyana

References

1. The London Gazette: no. 27330. p. 4469. 5 July 1901.

• http://rulers.org/rulg2.html#guyana