Governor of British Mauritius

Governor of Mauritius
Governor of Mauritius Flag (1906-1968)
Appointer	Government of the United Kingdom
Precursor	Governor of Isle de France
Formation	12 April 1810 (1810-04-12)
First holder	Sir Robert Farquhar
Final holder	Sir John Shaw Rennie
Abolished	12 March 1968 (1968-03-12)
Succession	Governor-General of Mauritius

The British Governor of Mauritius was an official who ruled British Mauritius (now Republic of Mauritius) during the British colonial period between 1810 and 1968. Upon the end of British rule and the creation of Mauritius (Commonwealth realm) in 1968, this office was replaced by the Governor-General, who represented the British Monarch and not the Government of the United Kingdom as did the Governor. The office of Governor-General was itself abolished in 1992 and replaced by the post of President when Mauritius became a Republic.

List of Governors (1810–1968)

A list of British Governors of Mauritius from 1810 to 1968.^[1]^[2]

#	Incumbent	Portrait	Tenure
#	Incumbent	Portrait	Took office	Left office
British Mauritius
1.	Sir Robert Farquhar		4 December 1810	20 May 1823
	Henry Warde Acting for Farquhar		18 April 1811	15 July 1811
	General Gage John Hall Acting for Farquhar		10 November 1817	10 December 1818
	Sir John Dalrymple Acting for Farquhar		10 December 1818	6 February 1819
	Sir Ralph Darling Acting for Farquhar		6 February 1819	6 July 1820
	Sir Ralph Darling Acting		20 May 1823	12 June 1823
2.	Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole		12 June 1823	17 June 1828
3.	Sir Charles Colville		17 June 1828	3 February 1833
4.	Sir William Nicolay		4 February 1833	20 February 1840
	James Power Acting		20 February 1840	16 July 1840
5.	Sir Lionel Smith		16 July 1840	2 January 1842
	William Staveley Acting		3 January 1842	21 November 1842
6.	Sir William Maynard Gomm		21 November 1842	5 May 1849
	Thomas Blanchard Acting		5 May 1849	8 June 1849
7.	Sir George William Anderson		8 June 1849	19 October 1850
	William Sutherland Acting		19 October 1850	8 January 1851
8.	Sir James Macaulay Higginson		8 January 1851	20 September 1857
	William Sutherland Acting for Higginson		14 April 1854	18 January 1855
	C.M. Hay Acting for Higginson		18 January 1855	12 June 1855
9.	Sir William Stevenson		20 September 1857	9 January 1863
	M.G. Johnstone Acting		10 January 1863	21 August 1863
10.	Sir Henry Barkly		21 August 1863	3 June 1870
	E. Selby Smith Acting		4 June 1870	21 February 1871
11.	Sir Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon		21 February 1871	18 August 1874
	E. Selby Smith Acting for Hamilton-Gordon		4 June 1870	21 February 1871
	Edward Norton Acting for Hamilton-Gordon		21 October 1871	28 October 1872
	Edward Norton Acting for Hamilton-Gordon		20 January 1873	20 October 1873
	Edward Norton Acting		18 August 1874	21 September 1874
12.	Sir Arthur Purves Phayre		21 September 1874	31 December 1878
	Sir Frederick Napier Broome Acting		31 December 1878	4 April 1879
13.	Sir George Ferguson Bowen		4 April 1879	9 December 1880
14.	Sir Frederick Napier Broome		9 December 1880	5 May 1883
	Sir Charles Bruce Acting		5 May 1883	1 June 1883
15.	Sir John Pope Hennessy Suspended from 14 December 1886 until 12 July 1887		1 June 1883	11 December 1889
	Henry Nicholas Duverger-Beyts Acting for Hennessy		24 September 1884	15 October 1884
	Henry Nicholas Duverger-Beyts Acting for Hennessy		29 September 1886	12 December 1886
	Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson Acting for Hennessy		15 December 1886	18 December 1886
	William Hanbury Hawley Acting for Hennessy		18 December 1886	2 July 1887
	Sir Francis Fleming Acting for Hennessy		2 July 1887	11 December 1888
	T.E.A. Hall Acting for Hennessy		11 December 1888	22 December 1888
	Sir Francis Fleming Acting		11 December 1889	17 December 1889
	T.E.A. Hall Acting		17 December 1889	20 December 1889
16.	Sir Charles Cameron Lees		21 December 1889	12 March 1892
	Sir Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham Acting		12 March 1892	20 September 1892
17.	Sir Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham		20 September 1892	15 January 1897
	Charles Anthony King-Harman Acting for Jerningham		17 January 1894	24 July 1894
	Charles Anthony King-Harman Acting for Jerningham		2 March 1896	19 September 1896
	Charles Anthony King-Harman Acting		15 January 1897	11 May 1897
18.	Sir Charles Bruce		11 May 1897	30 October 1903
	Sir Graham John Bower Acting for Bruce		12 July 1900	11 May 1901
	Sir Graham John Bower Acting		30 October 1903	20 August 1904
19.	Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle		20 August 1904	10 April 1911
	Sir Graham John Bower Acting for Boyle		14 April 1906	14 September 1906
	Sir Graham John Bower Acting for Boyle		17 October 1908	23 April 1909
	George Smith Acting		10 April 1911	13 September 1911
20.	Sir John Robert Chancellor		13 September 1911	28 January 1916
	Sir John Middleton Acting for Chancellor		10 March 1914	22 September 1914
	Sir John Middleton Acting for Chancellor		28 January 1916	18 May 1916
21.	Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell		18 May 1916	16 August 1924
	Sir John Middleton Acting for Bell		8 February 1919	17 November 1919
	Sir Edward Brandis Denham Acting for Bell		2 February 1921	3 April 1921
	Sir Edward Brandis Denham Acting for Bell		8 May 1922	3 March 1923
	Sir Edward Allan Grannum Acting		16 August 1924	19 February 1925
22.	Sir Herbert James Read		19 February 1925	9 December 1929
	Sir Edward Allan Grannum Acting for Read		2 September 1926	17 October 1926
	Sir Edward Allan Grannum Acting for Read		3 August 1927	17 May 1928
	Sir Edward Allan Grannum Acting		9 December 1929	30 August 1930
23.	Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson		30 August 1930	7 June 1937
	Edward Walter Evans Acting for Jackson		24 August 1932	29 April 1933
	Edward Walter Evans Acting for Jackson		3 September 1934	26 October 1934
	Edward Walter Evans Acting for Jackson		7 April 1936	4 December 1936
	Edward Walter Evans Acting		7 June 1937	23 October 1937
24.	Sir Bede Edward Hugh Clifford		23 October 1937	16 April 1942
	Sydney Moody Acting for Clifford		29 January 1940	10 September 1940
	Sydney Moody Acting		16 April 1942	5 July 1942 1940
25.	Sir Donald Mackenzie-Kennedy		5 July 1942	5 December 1948
	Sydney Moody Acting for Mackenzie-Kennedy		23 May 1945	3 January 1946
	Sydney Moody Acting for Mackenzie-Kennedy		8 May 1947	10 January 1948
	Sir James Dundas Harford Acting		5 December 1948	26 September 1949
26.	Sir Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood		26 September 1949	11 January 1954
	Sir James Dundas Harford Acting for Blood		26 June 1950	17 November 1950
	Sir James Dundas Harford Acting for Blood		22 May 1952	14 October 1952
	Sir Robert Newton Acting		11 January 1954	22 March 1954
27.	Sir Robert Scott		22 March 1954	10 July 1959
	Sir Robert Newton Acting for Scott		8 November 1956	18 April 1957
	Sir Robert Newton Acting		10 July 1959	2 November 1959
28.	Sir Colville Montgomery Deverell		2 November 1959	10 July 1962
	Thomas Douglas Vickers Acting for Deverell		11 June 1961	20 July 1961
	Thomas Douglas Vickers Acting		10 July 1962	17 September 1962
29.	Sir John Shaw Rennie		17 September 1962	12 March 1968
	Thomas Douglas Vickers Acting for Rennie		24 August 1964	30 November 1964
	Thomas Douglas Vickers Acting for Rennie		11 October 1966	28 December 1966

References

↑ "Mauritius". Worldsstatesmen.org. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
↑ "Governors". Rulers.org. Retrieved 26 January 2013.

← Governors of British Mauritius →

Sir Robert Farquhar Henry Warde Gage Hall Sir John Dalrymple Sir Ralph Darling Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole Sir Charles Colville Sir William Nicolay James Power Sir Lionel Smith William Staveley Sir William Maynard Gomm Thomas Blanchard Sir George William Anderson William Sutherland Sir James Macaulay Higginson C.M. Hay Sir William Stevenson M.G. Johnstone Sir Henry Barkly E. Selby Smith Sir Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon Edward Norton Sir Arthur Purves Phayre Sir Frederick Napier Broome Sir George Ferguson Bowen Sir Charles Bruce Sir John Pope Hennessy Henry Nicholas Duverger-Beyts Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson William Hanbury Hawley Sir Francis Fleming T.E.A. Hall Sir Francis Fleming Sir Charles Cameron Lees Sir Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham Charles Anthony King-Harman Sir Charles Bruce Sir Graham John Bower Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle George Smith Sir John Robert Chancellor Sir John Middleton Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell Sir Edward Brandis Denham Sir Edward Allan Grannum Sir Herbert James Read Sir Edward Allan Grannum Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson Edward Walter Evans Sir Bede Edward Hugh Clifford Sydney Moody Sir Donald Mackenzie-Kennedy Sir James Dundas Harford Sir Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood Sir James Dundas Harford Sir Robert Newton Sir Robert Scott Sir Colville Montgomery Deverell Thomas Douglas Vickers Sir John Shaw Rennie

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Governor of British Mauritius

List of Governors (1810–1968)

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