# List of governors of the Falkland Islands

The following is a list of governors of the Falkland Islands. Historically, several countries have had leaders on the islands with varying titles and degrees of power.

## List of governors
### Administrator of the French Settlement of Fort St. Louis

| From | To | Name |
| 1764 | 1767 | Louis Antoine de Bougainville |

### Military Administrators of the British Settlement of Port Egmont

| From | To | Name |
| 1767 | 1768 | Capt. John MacBride, HMS Jason |
| 1768 | 1769 | Capt. Rayner |
| 1769 | 1770 | Capt. Anthony Hunt, HMS Tamar |
| 1770 | 1770 | Capt. George Farmer, HMS Favourite |
| 1771 | 1772 | Capt. John Burr, HMS Hound |
| 1773 | 1776 | Lt. Samuel Wittewrong Clayton |

### Military Administrators of the Spanish Settlement of Puerto Soledad

| From | To | Name |
| 1767 | 1773 | Felipe Ruíz Puente |
| 1773 | 1774 | Domingo Chauria |
| 1774 | 1777 | Francisco Gil Lemos |
| 1777 | 1779 | Ramón de Carassa |
| 1779 | 1781 | Salvador de Medina |
| 1781 | 1783 | Jacinto de Altolaguirre |
| 1783 | 1784 | Fulgencio Montemayor |
| 1784 | 1786 | Augustín Figueroa |
| 1786 | 1787 | Pedro de Mesa y Casto |
| 1787 | 1788 | Ramón Clairac |
| 1788 | 1789 | Pedro de Mesa y Casto |
| 1789 | 1790 | Ramón Clairac |
| 1790 | 1791 | Juan José de Elizalde |
| 1791 | 1792 | Pedro Pablo Sanguinetto |
| 1792 | 1793 | Juan José de Elizalde |
| 1793 | 1794 | Pedro Pablo Sanguinetto |
| 1794 | 1795 | José Aldana Ortega |
| 1795 | 1796 | Pedro Pablo Sanguinetto |
| 1796 | 1797 | José Aldana Ortega |
| 1797 | 1798 | Luis de Medina Torres |
| 1798 | 1799 | Francisco Javier de Viana |
| 1799 | 1800 | Luis de Medina Torres |
| 1800 | 1801 | Francisco Javier de Viana |
| 1801 | 1802 | Ramón Fernández Villegas |
| 1802 | 1803 | Bernardo Bonavía |
| 1803 | 1804 | Antonio Leal de Ibarra |
| 1804 | 1805 | Bernardo Bonavía |
| 1805 | 1806 | Antonio Leal de Ibarra |
| 1806 | 1809 | Bernardo Bonavía |
| 1809 | 1810 | Gerardo Bordas |
| 1810 | 1811 | Pablo Guillén |

### Military and Civil Commander of Puerto Luis (Port Louis)

| From | To | Name |
| 1829 | 1831 | Luis Vernet |
| 1832 | 1832 | Juan Esteban Mestivier † |

### Military Administrators of the British Settlement of Fort Louis

| From | To | Name |
| 1833 | 1838 | Lt. Henry Smith |
| 1838 | 1839 | Lt. Robert Lowcay |
| 1839 | 1839 | Lt. Robinson |
| 1839 | 1841 | Lt. John Tyssen |

### Lieutenant Governor of the Falkland Islands at Anson's Harbour

| From | To | Name |
| 1841 | 1843 | Lt. Richard Clement Moody |

### Governor of the Falkland Islands at Port Stanley

| From | To | Name |
| 1843 | 1848 | Lt. Richard Clement Moody |
| 1848 | 1855 | Lt. George Rennie |
| 1855 | 1862 | Capt. Thomas Edward Laws Moore |
| 1862 | 1866 | Capt. James George Mackenzie |
| 1866 | 1870 | Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson |
| 1870 | 1876 | Colonel George Abbas Kooli D'Arcy |
| 1876 | 1880 | Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan |
| 1880 | 1891 | Thomas Kerr |
| 1891 | 1897 | Sir Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy |
| 1897 | 1904 | Sir William Grey-Wilson |
| 1904 | 1915 | Sir William Lamond Allardyce |
| 1915 | 1920 | Sir William Douglas Young |
| 1920 | 1927 | Sir John Middleton |
| 1927 | 1931 | Sir Arnold Weinholt Hodson |
| 1931 | 1934 | Sir James O'Grady |
| 1935 | 1941 | Sir Herbert Henniker-Heaton |
| 1941 | 1946 | Sir Allan Wolsey Cardinall |
| 1946 | 1954 | Sir Geoffrey Miles Clifford |
| 1954 | 1957 | Sir Oswald Raynor Arthur |
| 1957 | 1964 | Sir Edwin Porter Arrowsmith |
| 1964 | 1970 | Sir Cosmo Dugal Patrick Thomas Haskard |
| 1971 | 1975 | Ernest Gordon Lewis |
| 1975 | 1977 | Neville Arthur Irwin French |
| 1977 | 1980 | James Roland Walter Parker |
| 1980 | 2 April 1982 | Sir Rex Masterman Hunt |

### Argentine Military Commanders during 1982 Occupation

| From | To | Name |

### British Military Commander at Port Stanley

| From | To | Name |
| 14 June 1982 | 25 June 1982 | Major General Sir Jeremy Moore |

### Civil Commissioner of the Falkland Islands at Port Stanley

| From | To | Name |
| 25 June 1982 | 16 October 1985 | Sir Rex Masterman Hunt |

### Governors of the Falkland Islands at Stanley (and Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands from 1985)

| From | To | Name |
| 1985 | 1988 | Sir Gordon Wesley Jewkes |
| 1988 | 1992 | William Hugh Fullerton |
| 1992 | 1996 | David Everard Tatham |
| 1996 | 1999 | Richard Peter Ralph |
| 1999 | 2002 | Donald Alexander Lamont |
| 2002 | 2006 | Howard John Stredder Pearce |
| 2006 | 2010 | Alan Edden Huckle |
| 2010 | 2014 | Nigel Robert Haywood |
| 2014 | 2017 | Colin Roberts |
| 2017 | 2022 | Nigel James Phillips |
| 2022 | Incumbent | Alison Mary Blake |