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

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