List of governors of British Guiana
Governors of British Guiana (1831–1966)
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.

List of governors of British Guiana

Section Title: Governors of British Guiana (1831–1966)
Table Section Text: 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.

Term	Incumbent	Notes

21 July 1831 – 26 June 1833	Sir Benjamin d'Urban

26 June 1833 – 27 June 1838	Sir James Carmichael Smyth

27 June 1838 – 19 May 1848	Henry Light

19 May 1848–12 February 1849	William Walker	acting, first time

12 February 1849 – 11 May 1853	Henry Barkly

11 May 1853–23 May 1854	William Walker	acting, second time

23 May 1854 – 7 January 1862	Philip Edmond Wodehouse

7 January 1862 – 25 January 1869	Sir Francis Hincks

25 January 1869 – 26 December 1873	Sir John Scott

27 December 1873–10 March 1874	Edward Rushworth	acting

10 March 1874 – 8 March 1877	James Robert Longden

8 March 1877–3 April 1877	William A. G. Young	acting, first time

3 April 1877 – 13 December 1881	Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright

13 December 1881–4 May 1882	William A. G. Young	acting, second time

4 May 1882 – 1887	Sir Henry Turner Irving

26 April 1884–1884	William Frederick Haynes-Smith	acting for Irving

1887–1888	Charles Bruce	acting

1888–23 March 1893	The Viscount Gormanston

April 1891–15 October 1891	Sir Charles Bruce	acting for Viscount Gormanston, second time

23 March 1893–5 July 1893	Sir Charles Bruce	acting, third time

5 July 1893–September 1895	Sir Charles Cameron Lees

15 December 1894–29 January 1895	Charles Cavendish Boyle	acting for Lees, first time

September 1895–March 1896	Charles Cavendish Boyle	acting, second time

March 1896–27 March 1898	Sir Augustus William Lawson Hemming

1 October 1896–18 November 1896	Charles Cavendish Boyle	acting for Hemming, third time

27 May 1897–28 July 1897	Charles Cavendish Boyle	acting for Hemming, fourth time

27 March 1898 – 25 December 1901	Sir Walter Joseph Sendall

3 July 1901 – 26 September 1904	Sir James Alexander Swettenham

26 September 1904 – 5 July 1912	Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson

5 July 1912 – 15 April 1917	Sir Walter Egerton

15 April 1917 – 4 April 1923	Sir Wilfred Collet

4 April 1923 – 31 August 1925	Sir Graeme Thomson

31 August 1925 – 7 November 1928	Sir Cecil Hunter-Rodwell

7 November 1928 – 9 June 1930	Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg

9 June 1930 – 26 March 1935	Sir Edward Brandis Denham

26 March 1935 – 19 November 1937	Sir Geoffry Alexander Stafford Northcote	acting from 1936

19 November 1937 – 7 November 1941	Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson

7 November 1941 – 1947	Sir Gordon James Lethem	acting from 1946

12 April 1947 – 14 April 1953	Sir Charles Campbell Woolley

14 April 1953 – 25 October 1955	Sir Alfred William Lungley Savage

25 October 1955 – 22 December 1958	Sir Patrick Muir Renison

22 December 1958 – 7 March 1964	Sir Ralph Francis Alnwick Grey

7 March 1964 – 26 May 1966	Sir Richard Edmonds Luyt

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