Governor of Virginia

==Governors of Virginia, 1607-1775==
Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Notes
Edward Wingfield 	April 1607 	10 September 1607	President of the Council
John Ratcliffe 	10 September 1607	7 September 1608 	President of the Council
John Smith 	7 September 1608 	1609 	President of the Council
George Percy 	1609 	1610 	President of the Council
Sir Thomas Gates 	1610 	10 June 1610 	acting
The Lord De La Warr 	10 June 1610 	28 March 1611 	
George Percy 	28 March 1611 	19 May 1611 	acting
Thomas Dale 	19 May 1611 	August 1611 	acting
Sir Thomas Gates 	August 1611 	March 1612 	acting
Thomas Dale 	March 1612 	April 1616 	acting
George Yeardley 	April 1616 	9 April 1617 	
Samuel Argall 	9 April 1617 	9 April 1619 	acting
Nathaniel Powell 	9 April 1619 	19 April 1619 	acting
Sir George Yeardley 	19 April 1621 	18 November 1621 	
Sir Francis Wyatt 	18 November 1621 	19 April 1626 	
Sir George Yeardley 	19 April 1626 	14 November 1627 	
Francis West 	14 November 1627 	5 March 1628 	
John Pott 	5 March 1628 	March 1630 	
Sir John Harvey 	March 1630 	April 1635 	
John West 	28 April 1635 	2 April 1636 	
Sir John Harvey 	2 April 1636 	November 1639 	
Sir Francis Wyatt 	November 1639 	February 1642 	
Sir William Berkeley 	February 1642 	30 April 1653 	
Richard Bennett 	30 April 1652 	1655 	
Edward Digges 	1655 	13 March 1658 	
Samuel Mathews 	13 March 1658 	January 1660 	
Sir William Berkeley 	23 March 1660 	27 April 1677 	
Herbert Jeffreys 	27 April 1677 	30 December 1678 	
Henry Chicheley 	30 December 1678 	10 May 1680 	acting
The Lord Colepeper 	10 May 1680 	September 1683 	
Nicholas Spencer 	September 1683 	15 April 1684 	acting
The Lord Howard of Effingham	15 April 1684 	April 1687 	acting
Nathaniel Bacon 	April 1687 	16 October 1690 	acting
Francis Nicholson 	16 October 1690 	15 October 1692 	acting
Sir Edmund Andros 	15 October 1692 	9 December 1698 	
Francis Nicholson 	9 December 1698 	1704 	acting
The Earl of Orkney 	1704 	29 July 1737 	absentee
The Earl of Albemarle 	6 September 1737 	22 December 1754 	absentee
The Earl of Loudoun 	July 1756 	1763 	absentee
Jeffrey Amherst 	1763 	28 October 1768 	absentee
The Lord Botetourt 	28 October 1768 	15 October 1770 	
William Nelson 	15 October 1770 	August 1771 	
The Earl of Dunmore 	August 1771 	June 1775 	
==Lieutenant Governors of Virginia, 1705-1768==
Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Notes
Edward Nott 	15 August 1705 	23 August 1706 	
Edmund Jennings 	August 1706 	23 June 1710 	
Alexander Spotswood 	23 June 1710 	8 September 1722	
Hugh Drysdale 	8 September 1722	11 July 1726 	
Robert Carter 	11 July 1726 	8 September 1727	
William Goochlater, Sir William Gooch	8 September 1727	20 June 1749 	
John Robinson 	20 June 1749 	5 September 1749	
Thomas Lee 	5 September 1749	14 November 1750	
Lewis Burwell 	14 November 1750	20 November 1751	
Robert Dinwiddie 	20 November 1751	January 1758 	
John Blair 	January 1758 	7 June 1758 	
Francis Fauquier 	7 June 1758 	7 March 1768 	
John Blair 	7 March 1768 	28 October 1768