List of Governors of Malta
List of Governors (1801–1964)

List of Governors of Malta

Section Title: List of Governors (1801–1964)
Table Section Text: None

Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Term of office

Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Maitland (1759–1824)	-	23 July 1813	17 January 1824

General The 1st Marquess of Hastings (1754–1826)	-	22 March 1824	28 November 1826

Major-General Alexander George Woodford (1782–1870) Acting Governor	-	28 November 1826	15 February 1827

Major-General Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby (1783–1837)	-	15 February 1827	May 1835 De jure until 30 September 1836

George Cardew (1785–1857) Acting Governor	-	May 1835	4 July 1836

Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Evans (1776–1863) Acting Governor	-	4 July 1836	30 September 1836

Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Bouverie (1783–1853)	-	1 October 1836	1843

General Sir Patrick Stuart (1777–1855)	-	1843	October 1847

Richard More O'Ferrall (1797–1880)	-	October 1847	13 May 1851

General Robert Ellice (1784–1856) Acting Governor	-	13 May 1851	27 October 1851

Major-General Sir William Reid (1791–1858)	-	27 October 1851	1858

Lieutenant-General Sir John Le Marchant (1803–1874)	-	1858	15 November 1864

Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Knight Storks (1811–1874)	-	15 November 1864	15 May 1867

General Sir Patrick Grant (1804–1895)	-	15 May 1867	3 June 1872

General Sir Charles van Straubenzee (1812–1892)	-	3 June 1872	13 May 1878

General Sir Arthur Borton (1814–1893)	-	10 June 1878	April 1884

General Sir Lintorn Simmons (1821–1903)	-	April 1884	28 September 1888

Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Torrens (1823–1889)	-	28 September 1888	1 December 1889

General Sir Henry Augustus Smyth (1825–1906)	-	1890	1893

General Sir Arthur Lyon Fremantle (1835–1901)	-	1893	6 January 1899

General Sir Francis Grenfell (The 1st Baron Grenfell from July 1902) (1841–1925)	-	6 January 1899	1903

General Sir Charles Clarke, 3rd Bt. (1839–1932)	-	1903	1907

General Sir Henry Grant (1848–1919)	-	1907	1909

General Sir Leslie Rundle (1856–1934)	-	1909	February 1915

Field Marshal The 3rd Baron Methuen (1845–1932)	-	February 1915	May 1919

Field Marshal The 1st Baron Plumer (1857–1932)	-	1919	1924

General Sir Walter Norris Congreve (1862–1927)	-	29 June 1924	28 February 1927

General Sir John Philip Du Cane (1865–1947)	-	28 February 1927	1931

General Sir David Campbell (1869–1936)	-	June 1931	12 March 1936

General Sir Charles Bonham-Carter (1876–1955)	-	12 March 1936	1940

Lieutenant-General Sir William Dobbie (1879–1964)	-	April 1940	May 1942

Field Marshal The 6th Viscount Gort (1886–1946)	-	May 1942	26 September 1944

Lieutenant-General Sir Edmond Schreiber (1890–1978)	-	26 September 1944	10 July 1946

Sir Francis Douglas (1889–1980)	-	10 July 1946	16 September 1949

Sir Gerald Creasy (1897–1983)	-	16 September 1949	3 August 1954

Major-General Sir Robert Laycock (1907–1968)	-	3 August 1954	13 February 1959

Admiral Sir Guy Grantham (1900–1992)	-	13 February 1959	2 July 1962

Sir Maurice Dorman (1902–1993)	-	2 July 1962	21 September 1964

Sentence(s)

1st Marquess of Hastings was appointed Governor of Malta in 1824.

final_sentence: 1st Marquess of Hastings was appointed Governor of Malta in 1824.