Governor of Cape Colony

This article lists the '''governors of British South Africa.

Governors

 Tenure Portrait Incumbent Notes Governors5 May 1797 to 20 November 179860pxGeorge Macartney, 1st Earl MacartneyKnown for the 1793 Macartney Embassy to China20 November 1798 to 9 December 179960pxFrancis Dundas1st time, acting10 December 1799 to 20 April 180160pxSir George Yonge, 5th Baronet21 April 1801 to 20 February 180360pxFrancis Dundas2nd time, acting Commissioner-general21 February 1803 to 25 September 180460pxJacob Abraham de MistRepresented the Batavian Republic Governors1 March 1803 to 18 January 180660pxJan Willem JanssensRepresented the Batavian Republic10 January 1806 to 17 January 180760pxSir David Baird, 1st BaronetMilitary governor, acting17 January 1807 to 21 May 1807 Henry George Grey1st time, acting22 May 1807 to 4 July 181160pxDu Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon5 July 1811 to 5 September 1811 Henry George Grey2nd time, acting6 September 1811 to 6 April 181460pxJohn Cradock, 1st Baron Howden18 October 1813 to 7 January 1814 Robert MeadeActing for Cradock; son of Theodosia, Countess of Clanwilliam6 April 1814 to 5 March 182660pxLord Charles Somerset13 January 1820 to 30 November 182160pxSir Rufane Shaw DonkinActing for Somerset5 March 1826 to 9 September 182860pxRichard BourkeActing9 September 1828 to 10 August 183360pxSir Galbraith Lowry Cole10 August 1833 to 16 January 1834 Thomas Francis WadeActing (for D'Urban from 10 January 1834)10 January 1834 to 20 January 183860pxSir Benjamin D'Urban22 January 1838 to 18 March 184460pxSir George Thomas Napier18 March 1844 to 27 January 184760pxSir Peregrine Maitland Governors and High Commissioners for Southern Africa27 January 1847 to 1 December 184760pxSir Henry Pottinger1 December 1847 to 31 March 185260pxSir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet31 March 1852 to 26 May 185460pxGeorge Cathcart26 May 1854 to 5 December 185460pxCharles Henry DarlingActing5 December 1854 to 15 August 186160pxSir George Grey20 August 1859 to 4 July 186060pxRobert Wynyard1st time, acting for Grey15 August 1861 to 15 January 18622nd time, acting15 January 1862 to 20 May 187060pxSir Philip Wodehouse20 May 1870 to 31 December 1870 Charles Craufurd HayActing31 December 1870 to 31 March 187760pxSir Henry Barkly31 March 1877 to 15 September 188060pxSir Henry Bartle FrereKnown for initiating the Anglo-Zulu War and the First Boer War15 September 1880 to 27 September 188060pxHenry Hugh CliffordActing27 September 1880 to 22 January 188160pxSir George StrahanActing22 January 1881 to 1 May 188960pxSir Hercules Robinson1st time30 April 1881 to August 1881 Sir Leicester Smyth1st time, acting for Robinson25 April 1883 to 26 March 18842nd time, acting for Robinson7 April 1886 to 7 July 188660pxSir Henry TorrensActing for Robinson1 May 1889 to 13 December 188960pxHenry Augustus SmythActing13 December 1889 to 30 May 189560pxHenry Loch, 1st Baron Loch14 January 1891 to 1 December 189260pxSir William Gordon Cameron1st time, acting for LochMay 1894 to July 18942nd time, acting for Loch30 May 1895 to 21 April 189760pxSir Hercules Robinson2nd time; from 10 August 1896, Hercules Robinson, Baron Rosmead21 April 1897 to 5 May 189760pxSir William Howley GoodenoughActing5 May 1897 to 6 March 190160pxAlfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner2 November 1898 to 14 February 189960pxSir William ButlerActing for Milner6 March 1901 to 31 May 191060pxSir Walter Hely-Hutchinson17 June 1909 to 21 September 190960pxSir Henry ScobellActing for Hely-Hutchinson

Prime Ministers
 Tenure Portrait Incumbent Party Notes1 December 1872 to 5 February 187860pxJohn Charles Moltenon-p6 February 1878 to 8 May 188160pxJohn Gordon Spriggn-p1st time9 May 1881 to 12 May 188460pxThomas Charles Scanlenn-p13 May 1884 to 24 November 188660pxThomas Upingtonn-p25 November 1886 to 16 July 189060pxSir John Gordon Spriggn-p2nd time17 July 1890 to 12 January 189660pxCecil Rhodesn-pResigned in the aftermath of the Jameson Raid13 January 1896 to 13 October 189860pxSir John Gordon Spriggn-p3rd time13 October 1898 to 17 June 190060pxWilliam Schreinern-p18 June 1900 to 21 February 190460pxSir John Gordon SpriggPP4th time22 February 1904 to 2 February 190860pxLeander Starr JamesonPPLeader of the Jameson Raid3 February 1908 to 31 May 191060pxJohn X. MerrimanSAP

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