List of colonial governors of Burma
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(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) For continuation after independence, see: President of Myanmar

List of colonial governors of Burma

Section Title: List
Table Section Text: (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) For continuation after independence, see: President of Myanmar

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Notes

British Burma

Arakan, Tenasserim, and Pegu are united as British ("Lower") Burma, within British India

31 January 1862 to 16 February 1867	-	Arthur Purves Phayre, Chief Commissioner

16 February 1867 to 18 April 1871	Albert Fytche.PNG	Albert Fytche, Chief Commissioner

18 April 1871 to 14 April 1875	-	Ashley Eden, Chief Commissioner

14 April 1875 to 30 March 1878	-	Augustus Rivers Thompson, Chief Commissioner	Acting until 30 April 1877

30 March 1878 to 2 July 1880	Aitchison CharlesU (1832-96).jpeg	Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Chief Commissioner

2 July 1880 to 2 March 1883	Charles Bernard, Chief Commissioner	Acting until 4 April 1882, 1st time

2 March 1883 to 1 January 1886	Sir Charles Crosthwaite, acting Chief Commissioner	1st time

Following Third Anglo-Burmese War, remnant of Kingdom of Awa ("Upper Burma") annexed to British India

1 January 1886 to 26 February 1886	Sir Charles Crosthwaite, acting Chief Commissioner	1st time

Upper and Lower Burma united as Burma, within British India

26 February 1886 to 25 September 1886	Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite, acting Chief Commissioner	1st time

25 September 1886 to 12 March 1887	Charles Edward Bernard, Chief Commissioner	2nd time

12 March 1887 to 10 December 1890	Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite, Chief Commissioner	2nd time

10 December 1890 to 3 April 1895	-	Alexander Mackenzie, Chief Commissioner

3 April 1895 to 1 May 1897	Frederick William Richards Fryer, Chief Commissioner

1 May 1897 to 4 April 1903	Frederick William Richards Fryer Lieutenant Governor

4 April 1903 to 9 May 1905	Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes, Lieutenant Governor

9 May 1905 to 19 May 1910	-	Sir Herbert Thirkell White, Lieutenant Governor

19 May 1910 to 28 October 1915	Sir Harvey Adamson, Lieutenant Governor

15 May 1913 to 1 November 1913	Sir George Shaw, acting Lieutenant Governor	Acting for Adamson

28 October 1915 to 22 September 1917	Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler, Lieutenant Governor	1st time

22 September 1917 to 15 February 1918	Walter Francis Rice, acting Lieutenant Governor

15 February 1918 to 21 December 1922	Sir Reginald Henry Craddock, Lieutenant Governor

21 December 1922 to 2 January 1923	Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler, Lieutenant Governor	2nd time

2 January 1923 to 20 December 1927	Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler, Governor

20 December 1927 to 20 December 1932	-	Sir Charles Alexander Innes, Governor

20 December 1932 to 8 May 1936	Sir Hugh Landsdowne Stephenson, Governor

8 May 1936 to 1 April 1937	Sir Archibald Douglas Cochrane, Governor

Burma separated from British India

1 April 1937 to 6 May 1941	Sir Archibald Douglas Cochrane, Governor

6 May 1941 to 31 August 1946	Sir Reginald Hugh Dorman-Smith, Governor	From May 1942 until October 1945 in exile at Simla, British India

Japanese Occupation of British Burma

20 April 1942 to 18 March 1943	-	Shōjirō Iida, Military commander

18 March 1943 to 30 August 1944	-	Masakazu Kawabe, Military commander	Commander of Japanese Burma Area Army. The puppet State of Burma under Ba Maw was notionally independent

30 August 1944 to 15 August 1945	-	Heitarō Kimura, Military Commander

Allied military administration

1 January 1944 to October 1945	-	Actg. Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Military Governor	Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command

October 1945 to 31 August 1946	-	Major general Sir Hubert Elvin Rance, Military governor

British Burma

31 August 1946 to 4 January 1948	-	Sir Hubert Elvin Rance, Governor

4 January 1948	Burma gains independence as Union of Burma

Sentence(s)

Archibald Cochrane was Governor of Burma from 1936 until 1941.
Archibald Cochrane was Governor of Burma from 1936 until 1941.
Archibald Cochrane was Governor of Burma from 1936 until 1941.

final_sentence: Archibald Cochrane was Governor of Burma from 1936 until 1941.
final_sentence: Archibald Cochrane was Governor of Burma from 1936 until 1941.
final_sentence: Archibald Cochrane was Governor of Burma from 1936 until 1941.