# Governor of British Mauritius

The governor of Mauritius was the official who governed the Crown Colony of Mauritius (now Republic of Mauritius) during the British colonial period between 1810 and 1968. Upon the end of British rule and the independence of Mauritius in 1968, this office was replaced by the governor-general, who represented the British monarch and not the Government of the United Kingdom as did the governor. The office of Governor-General was itself abolished in 1992 and replaced by the post of President when Mauritius became a republic.

## List of governors (1810–1968)

A list of British governors of Mauritius from 1810 to 1968.
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Term of office |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office |
| Mauritius ||||||
| 1 | | Sir Robert Farquhar | 4 December 1810 | 20 May 1823 |
| | | Henry Warde Acting for Farquhar | 18 April 1811 | 15 July 1811 |
| | | Gage John Hall Acting for Farquhar | 10 November 1817 | 10 December 1818 |
| | | Sir John Dalrymple Acting for Farquhar | 10 December 1818 | 6 February 1819 |
| | | Sir Ralph Darling Acting for Farquhar | 6 February 1819 | 6 July 1820 |
| | | Sir Ralph Darling Acting | 20 May 1823 | 12 June 1823 |
| 2 | | Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole | 12 June 1823 | 17 June 1828 |
| 3 | | Sir Charles Colville | 17 June 1828 | 3 February 1833 |
| 4 | | Sir William Nicolay | 4 February 1833 | 20 February 1840 |
| | | James Power Acting | 20 February 1840 | 16 July 1840 |
| 5 | | Sir Lionel Smith | 16 July 1840 | 2 January 1842 |
| | | William Staveley Acting | 3 January 1842 | 21 November 1842 |
| 6 | | Sir William Maynard Gomm | 21 November 1842 | 5 May 1849 |
| | | Thomas Blanchard Acting | 5 May 1849 | 8 June 1849 |
| 7 | | Sir George William Anderson | 8 June 1849 | 19 October 1850 |
| | | William Sutherland Acting | 19 October 1850 | 8 January 1851 |
| 8 | | Sir James Macaulay Higginson | 8 January 1851 | 20 September 1857 |
| | | William Sutherland Acting for Higginson | 14 April 1854 | 18 January 1855 |
| | | Charles Murray Hay Acting for Higginson | 18 January 1855 | 12 June 1855 |
| 9 | | Sir William Stevenson | 20 September 1857 | 9 January 1863 |
| | | Montague Cholmeley Johnstone Acting | 10 January 1863 | 21 August 1863 |
| 10 | | Sir Henry Barkly | 21 August 1863 | 3 June 1870 |
| | | Edward Selby Smyth Acting | 4 June 1870 | 21 February 1871 |
| 11 | | Sir Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon | 21 February 1871 | 18 August 1874 |
| | | Edward Selby Smyth Acting for Hamilton-Gordon | 4 June 1870 | 21 February 1871 |
| | | Edward Norton Acting for Hamilton-Gordon | 21 October 1871 | 28 October 1872 |
| | | Edward Norton Acting for Hamilton-Gordon | 20 January 1873 | 20 October 1873 |
| | | Edward Norton Acting | 18 August 1874 | 21 September 1874 |
| 12 | | Sir Arthur Purves Phayre | 21 September 1874 | 31 December 1878 |
| | | Sir Frederick Napier Broome Acting | 31 December 1878 | 4 April 1879 |
| 13 | | Sir George Ferguson Bowen | 4 April 1879 | 9 December 1880 |
| 14 | | Sir Frederick Napier Broome | 9 December 1880 | 5 May 1883 |
| | | Sir Charles Bruce Acting | 5 May 1883 | 1 June 1883 |
| 15 | | Sir John Pope Hennessy Suspended from 14 December 1886 until 12 July 1887 | 1 June 1883 | 11 December 1889 |
| | | Henry Nicholas Duverger-Beyts Acting for Hennessy | 24 September 1884 | 15 October 1884 |
| | | Henry Nicholas Duverger-Beyts Acting for Hennessy | 29 September 1886 | 12 December 1886 |
| | | Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson Acting for Hennessy | 15 December 1886 | 18 December 1886 |
| | | William Hanbury Hawley Acting for Hennessy | 18 December 1886 | 2 July 1887 |
| | | Sir Francis Fleming Acting for Hennessy | 2 July 1887 | 11 December 1888 |
| | | Thomas Erskine Arthur Hall Acting for Hennessy | 11 December 1888 | 22 December 1888 |
| | | Sir Francis Fleming Acting | 11 December 1889 | 17 December 1889 |
| | | Thomas Erskine Arthur Hall Acting | 17 December 1889 | 20 December 1889 |
| 16 | | Sir Charles Cameron Lees | 21 December 1889 | 12 March 1892 |
| | | Sir Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham Acting | 12 March 1892 | 20 September 1892 |
| 17 | | Sir Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham | 20 September 1892 | 15 January 1897 |
| | | Charles Anthony King-Harman Acting for Jerningham | 17 January 1894 | 24 July 1894 |
| | | Charles Anthony King-Harman Acting for Jerningham | 2 March 1896 | 19 September 1896 |
| | | Charles Anthony King-Harman Acting | 15 January 1897 | 11 May 1897 |
| 18 | | Sir Charles Bruce | 11 May 1897 | 30 October 1903 |
| | | Sir Graham John Bower Acting for Bruce | 12 July 1900 | 11 May 1901 |
| | | Sir Graham John Bower Acting | 30 October 1903 | 20 August 1904 |
| 19 | | Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle | 20 August 1904 | 10 April 1911 |
| | | Sir Graham John Bower Acting for Boyle | 14 April 1906 | 14 September 1906 |
| | | Sir Graham John Bower Acting for Boyle | 17 October 1908 | 23 April 1909 |
| | | George Smith Acting | 10 April 1911 | 13 September 1911 |
| 20 | | Sir John Robert Chancellor | 13 September 1911 | 28 January 1916 |
| | | Sir John Middleton Acting for Chancellor | 10 March 1914 | 22 September 1914 |
| | | Sir John Middleton Acting for Chancellor | 28 January 1916 | 18 May 1916 |
| 21 | | Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell | 18 May 1916 | 16 August 1924 |
| | | Sir John Middleton Acting for Bell | 8 February 1919 | 17 November 1919 |
| | | Sir Edward Brandis Denham Acting for Bell | 2 February 1921 | 3 April 1921 |
| | | Sir Edward Brandis Denham Acting for Bell | 8 May 1922 | 3 March 1923 |
| | | Sir Edward Allan Grannum Acting | 16 August 1924 | 19 February 1925 |
| 22 | | Sir Herbert James Read | 19 February 1925 | 9 December 1929 |
| | | Sir Edward Allan Grannum Acting for Read | 2 September 1926 | 17 October 1926 |
| | | Sir Edward Allan Grannum Acting for Read | 3 August 1927 | 17 May 1928 |
| | | Sir Edward Allan Grannum Acting | 9 December 1929 | 30 August 1930 |
| 23 | | Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson | 30 August 1930 | 7 June 1937 |
| | | Edward Walter Evans Acting for Jackson | 24 August 1932 | 29 April 1933 |
| | | Edward Walter Evans Acting for Jackson | 3 September 1934 | 26 October 1934 |
| | | Edward Walter Evans Acting for Jackson | 7 April 1936 | 4 December 1936 |
| | | Edward Walter Evans Acting | 7 June 1937 | 23 October 1937 |
| 24 | | Sir Bede Edward Hugh Clifford | 23 October 1937 | 16 April 1942 |
| | | Sydney Moody Acting for Clifford | 29 January 1940 | 10 September 1940 |
| | | Sydney Moody Acting | 16 April 1942 | 5 July 1942 1940 |
| 25 | | Sir Donald Mackenzie-Kennedy | 5 July 1942 | 5 December 1948 |
| | | Sydney Moody Acting for Mackenzie-Kennedy | 23 May 1945 | 3 January 1946 |
| | | Sydney Moody Acting for Mackenzie-Kennedy | 8 May 1947 | 10 January 1948 |
| | | Sir James Dundas Harford Acting | 5 December 1948 | 26 September 1949 |
| 26 | | Sir Hilary Blood | 26 September 1949 | 11 January 1954 |
| | | Sir James Dundas Harford Acting for Blood | 26 June 1950 | 17 November 1950 |
| | | Sir James Dundas Harford Acting for Blood | 22 May 1952 | 14 October 1952 |
| | | Robert Newton Acting | 11 January 1954 | 22 March 1954 |
| 27 | | Sir Robert Scott | 22 March 1954 | 10 July 1959 |
| | | Robert Newton Acting for Scott | 8 November 1956 | 18 April 1957 |
| | | Robert Newton Acting | 10 July 1959 | 2 November 1959 |
| 28 | | Sir Colville Montgomery Deverell | 2 November 1959 | 10 July 1962 |
| | | Thomas Douglas Vickers Acting for Deverell | 11 June 1961 | 20 July 1961 |
| | | Thomas Douglas Vickers Acting | 10 July 1962 | 17 September 1962 |
| 29 | | Sir John Shaw Rennie | 17 September 1962 | 12 March 1968 |
| | | Thomas Douglas Vickers Acting for Rennie | 24 August 1964 | 30 November 1964 |
| | | Thomas Douglas Vickers Acting for Rennie | 11 October 1966 | 28 December 1966 |

## Flag of the governor

* Governor's flag, 1906–1968
* Governor's flag, 1869–1906