Governor of Gibraltar

The **Governor of Gibraltar** is the representative of the British monarch in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.

## List

|Picture|Term|Incumbent|Notes|
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||4 August 1704|colspan=2|_Habsburg occupation_|
||4 August 1704 to 6 August 1704|Field Marshal Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt, Governor|Appointed by Archduke Charles|
||6 August 1704 to November 1704|Major-General The 1st Count of Valdesoto, Governor|Appointed by Archduke Charles|
||24 December 1704 to 24 December 1707|Major-General John Shrimpton, Governor|Appointed by Archduke Charles|
||24 December 1707 to 24 January 1711|Major-General Roger Elliott, Governor||
||24 January 1711 to _13 July 1713_|Thomas Stanwix, Governor||
||13 July 1713|colspan=2|_Spain cedes Gibraltar to Great Britain in the Treaty of Utrecht_|
||_13 July 1713_ to _7 August 1713_|Brigadier-General Thomas Stanwix, Governor||
||7 August 1713 to 20 October 1720|General The Earl of Portmore, Governor||
||20 October 1720 to 2 February 1727|Richard Kane, Governor||
||2 February 1727 to 13 May 1730|Jasper Clayton, Governor||
||15 May 1730 to 24 October 1739|General Joseph Sabine, Governor||
||24 October 1739 to 22 April 1740|Francis Columbine, Governor||
||22 April 1740 to 14 March 1748/9|William Hargrave, Governor||
||14 March 1748/9 to 31 May 1754|Humphrey Bland, Governor||
||31 May 1754 to 12 July 1756|Thomas Fowke, Governor||
||12 July 1756 to 16 April 1757|Lieutenant-General The Lord Tyrawley, Governor|Later promoted to field marshal.|
||16 April 1757 to 28 April 1761|The Earl of Home, Governor||
||28 April 1761 to 13 June 1761|John Toovey, acting Governor||
||13 June 1761 to 14 June 1761|Major-General John Parslow, acting Governor||
||14 June 1761 to January 1776|Edward Cornwallis, Governor||
||1765 to 1767|John Irwin, acting Governor||
||January 1776 to 25 May 1777|Robert Boyd, acting Governor|1st Term|
||25 May 1777 to _14 June 1787_|George Augustus Eliott, Governor||
||_14 June 1787_ to July 1790|The Lord Heathfield, Governor||
||July 1790 to October 1790|Sir Robert Boyd, acting Governor||
||October 1790 to 13 May 1794|Sir Robert Boyd, Governor|2nd Term|
||1794–1795|Henry Clinton, Governor|Died in London before taking up the post|
||13 May 1794 to 30 December 1795|Charles Rainsford, Governor|Robert Boyd's second-in-command and assumed position on his death|
||30 December 1795 to 25 February 1802|Charles O'Hara, Governor||
||25 February 1802 to 10 May 1802|Charles Barnett, Governor||
||24 May 1802 to 23 January 1820|The Duke of Kent||
||2 May 1803 to 17 December 1804|Sir Thomas Trigge, acting Governor|For the Duke of Kent|
||17 December 1804 to June 1806|Henry Edward Fox, acting Governor|For the Duke of Kent|
||June 1806 to November 1806|James Drummond, acting Governor|1st Term; for the Duke of Kent|
||November 1806 to August 1808|Sir Hew Dalrymple, acting Governor|For the Duke of Kent|
||August 1808 to May 1809|James Drummond, acting Governor|2nd Term; for the Duke of Kent|
||May 1809 to August 1809|Sir John Cradock, acting Governor|For the Duke of Kent|
||August 1809 to October 1809|Brigadier-General John Smith, acting Governor|For the Duke of Kent Sir John Smith from 1831, later promoted to full general|
||October 1809 to November 1809|Alex McKenzie Fraser, acting Governor|For the Duke of Kent|
||November 1809 to 2 April 1814|Colin Campbell, acting Governor|For the Duke of Kent|
||3 April 1814 to 15 November 1821|Sir George Don, acting Governor|1st Term; for the Duke of Kent|
||29 January 1820 to 1835|The Earl of Chatham, Governor||
||7 June 1825 to _20 June 1830_|Sir George Don, acting Governor|2nd Term; for the Earl of Chatham|
||20 June 1830|colspan=2|_Gibraltar becomes a British Crown colony_|
||_20 June 1830_ to 10 May 1831|Sir George Don, acting Governor|2nd Term; for the Earl of Chatham|
||10 May 1831 to 29 May 1835|Sir William Houston, acting Governor|For the Earl of Chatham|
||28 February 1835 to 11 October 1842|Sir Alexander Woodford, Governor||
||11 October 1842 to 12 December 1848|Sir Robert Wilson, Governor||
||12 December 1848 to 26 July 1855|Sir Robert Gardiner, Governor||
||26 July 1855 to 5 May 1859|Sir James Fergusson, Governor||
||5 May 1859 to 21 September 1865|Sir William Codrington, Governor||
||21 September 1865 to 25 July 1870|Sir Richard Airey, Governor||
||25 July 1870 to 23 June 1876|Sir William Williams, Governor||
||23 June 1876 to 3 January 1883|The Lord Napier of Magdala, Governor||
||3 January 1883 to 2 November 1886|Sir John Miller Adye, Governor||
||2 November 1886 to 23 August 1890|Sir Arthur Hardinge, Governor||
||23 August 1890 to 27 January 1891|Sir Leicester Smyth, Governor||
||27 January 1891 to 31 March 1891|Sir Henry Richard Legge Newdigate, acting Governor||
||31 March 1891 to 27 June 1893|Sir Lothian Nicholson, Governor||
||27 June 1893 to 7 August 1893|G.J. Smart, acting Governor||
||7 August 1893 to 22 May 1900|Sir Robert Biddulph, Governor||
||22 May 1900 to 1 August 1905|Sir George Stuart White, Governor||
||1 August 1905 to 30 July 1910|Sir Frederick Forestier-Walker, Governor||
||30 July 1910 to 11 July 1913|Sir Archibald Hunter, Governor||
||11 July 1913 to 9 July 1918|Sir Herbert Miles, Governor||
||9 July 1918 to 26 May 1923|Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, Governor||
||26 May 1923 to 13 August 1928|Sir Charles Monro, Governor||
||13 August 1928 to 13 May 1933|Sir Alexander Godley, Governor||
||13 May 1933 to 12 August 1938|Sir Charles Harington, Governor||
||12 August 1938 to 11 July 1939|Sir Edmund Ironside, Governor||
||11 July 1939 to 14 May 1941|Sir Clive Gerard Liddell, Governor||
||14 May 1941 to 31 May 1942|The Viscount Gort, Governor||
||31 May 1942 to 14 February 1944|Sir Noel Mason-Macfarlane, Governor||
||14 February 1944 to 8 February 1947|Sir Ralph Eastwood, Governor||
||8 February 1947 to 23 April 1952|Sir Kenneth Anderson, Governor||
||23 April 1952 to 6 May 1955|Sir Gordon MacMillan, Governor||
||6 May 1955 to 16 April 1958|Sir Harold Redman, Governor||
||16 April 1958 to 8 June 1962|Sir Charles Keightley, Governor||
||8 June 1962 to 5 August 1965|Sir Alfred Ward, Governor||
||5 August 1965 to March 1969|Sir Gerald Lathbury, Governor||
||March 1969 to 3 October 1973|Admiral of the Fleet Sir Varyl Begg, Governor||
||3 October 1973 to 30 May 1978|Marshal of the RAF Sir John Grandy, Governor||
||30 May 1978 to _1981_|General Sir William Jackson, Governor||
||1981|_Gibraltar becomes a British dependent territory_|Under the British Nationality Act 1981|
||_1981_ to 26 October 1982|General Sir William Jackson, Governor||
||26 October 1982 to 19 November 1985|Admiral Sir David Williams, Governor||
||19 November 1985 to December 1989|Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Terry, Governor||
||December 1989 to April 1993|Sir Derek Reffell, Governor||
||April 1993 to 5 December 1995|Sir John Chapple, Governor||
||5 December 1995 to 19 February 1997|Admiral Sir Hugo White, Governor||
||24 February 1997 to 21 March 2000|Sir Richard Luce, Governor||
||21 March 2000 to 5 April 2000|Paul Speller, acting Governor||
||5 April 2000 to _2002_|David Durie, Governor||
||2002|_Gibraltar becomes a British overseas territory_|Under the British Overseas Territories Act 2002|
||_2002_ to 16 May 2003|David Durie, Governor|Sir David Durie from 1 January 2003|
||16 May 2003 to 27 May 2003|David Blunt, acting Governor||
||27 May 2003 to 17 July 2006|Sir Francis Richards, Governor||
||17 July 2006 to 27 September 2006|Philip Barton, acting Governor||
||27 September 2006 to 21 October 2009|Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Fulton, Governor||
||21 October 2009 to 26 October 2009|Lesley Pallett, acting Governor||
||26 October 2009 to 13 November 2013|Vice Admiral Sir Adrian Johns, Governor||
||13 November 2013 to 6 December 2013|Alison MacMillan, acting Governor||
||6 December 2013 to 28 September 2015|Lieutenant General Sir James Dutton, Governor||
||28 September 2015 to 19 January 2016|Alison MacMillan, acting Governor||
||19 January 2016 to 18 February 2020|Lieutenant General Ed Davis, Governor||
||18 February 2020 to 11 June 2020|Nick Pyle OBE, acting Governor||
||11 June 2020 to present|Vice Admiral Sir David Steel, Governor||

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: Governor of Gibraltar
- **flag**: Flag of the Governor of Gibraltar.svg
- **flagsize**: 125px
- **flagcaption**: Flag of the Governor of Gibraltar
- **insignia**: Coat of arms of Gibraltar1.svg
- **insigniasize**: 100px
- **insigniacaption**: Coat of arms of Gibraltar
- **image**: File:VICE ADMIRAL SIR DAVID STEEL.jpg
- **imagesize**: 200px
- **incumbent**: David Steel (Royal Navy officer), Sir David Steel
- **incumbentsince**: 11 June 2020
- **style**: Excellency, His Excellency
- **residence**: The Convent (Gibraltar), The Convent, Main Street, Gibraltar, Main Street, Gibraltar
- **appointer**: Monarchy of the United Kingdom, Monarch
- **termlength**: At Her Majesty's pleasure, At HM Pleasure
- **first**: George Rooke, Sir George Rooke
- **website**: [http://convent.gi/ Office of the Governor]