List of governors of British Guiana
Governors of British Guiana (1831–1966)
Table:
Term

Incumbent

Notes

21 July 1831 – 26 June 1833
Sir Benjamin d'Urban

26 June 1833 – 27 June 1838
Sir James Carmichael Smyth

27 June 1838 – 19 May 1848
Henry Light

19 May 1848–12 February 1849
William Walker
acting, first time

12 February 1849 – 11 May 1853
Henry Barkly

11 May 1853–23 May 1854
William Walker
acting, second time

23 May 1854 – 7 January 1862
Philip Edmond Wodehouse

7 January 1862 – 25 January 1869
Sir Francis Hincks

25 January 1869 – 26 December 1873
Sir John Scott

27 December 1873–10 March 1874
Edward Rushworth
acting

10 March 1874 – 8 March 1877
James Robert Longden

8 March 1877–3 April 1877
William A. G. Young
acting, first time

3 April 1877 – 13 December 1881
Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright

13 December 1881–4 May 1882
William A. G. Young
acting, second time

4 May 1882 – 1887
Sir Henry Turner Irving

26 April 1884–1884
William Frederick Haynes-Smith
acting for Irving

1887–1888
Charles Bruce
acting

1888–23 March 1893
The Viscount Gormanston

April 1891–15 October 1891
Sir Charles Bruce
acting for Viscount Gormanston, second time

23 March 1893–5 July 1893
Sir Charles Bruce
acting, third time

5 July 1893–September 1895
Sir Charles Cameron Lees

15 December 1894–29 January 1895
Charles Cavendish Boyle
acting for Lees, first time

September 1895–March 1896
Charles Cavendish Boyle
acting, second time

March 1896–27 March 1898
Sir Augustus William Lawson Hemming

1 October 1896–18 November 1896
Charles Cavendish Boyle
acting for Hemming, third time

27 May 1897–28 July 1897
Charles Cavendish Boyle
acting for Hemming, fourth time

27 March 1898 – 25 December 1901
Sir Walter Joseph Sendall

3 July 1901 – 26 September 1904
Sir James Alexander Swettenham
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26 September 1904 – 5 July 1912
Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson

5 July 1912 – 15 April 1917
Sir Walter Egerton

15 April 1917 – 4 April 1923
Sir Wilfred Collet

4 April 1923 – 31 August 1925
Sir Graeme Thomson

31 August 1925 – 7 November 1928
Sir Cecil Hunter-Rodwell

7 November 1928 – 9 June 1930
Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg

9 June 1930 – 26 March 1935
Sir Edward Brandis Denham

26 March 1935 – 19 November 1937
Sir Geoffry Alexander Stafford Northcote
acting from 1936

19 November 1937 – 7 November 1941
Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson

7 November 1941 – 1947
Sir Gordon James Lethem
acting from 1946

12 April 1947 – 14 April 1953
Sir Charles Campbell Woolley

14 April 1953 – 25 October 1955
Sir Alfred William Lungley Savage

25 October 1955 – 22 December 1958
Sir Patrick Muir Renison

22 December 1958 – 7 March 1964
Sir Ralph Francis Alnwick Grey

7 March 1964 – 26 May 1966
Sir Richard Edmonds Luyt

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