List of Governors of Malta
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| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Grandmaster's Palace in Valletta |
| Appointer | King/Queen of the United Kingdom |
| Precursor | Civil Commissioner of Malta |
| Formation | 23 July 1813 |
| First holder | Sir Thomas Maitland |
| Final holder | Sir Maurice Henry Dorman |
| Abolished | 21 September 1964 |
| Succession | Governor-General of Malta |
The Governor of Malta (Maltese: Gvernatur ta' Malta) was an official who ruled Malta during the British colonial period between 1813 and 1964. This office replaced that of the Civil Commissioner. Upon the end of British rule and the creation of the State of Malta in 1964, 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 1974 and replaced by the post of President when Malta became a Republic.
The Governor
The Governor, appointed by the British monarch (on the advice of the prime minister), maintained executive power in Malta throughout British rule. He was head of the executive council and the pre-independence government of Malta.
The Governor was the most powerful official in Malta.
List of Governors (1813–1964)
| Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | From | To |
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| Thomas Maitland (1759–1824) | | 23 July 1813 | 17 January 1824 |
| Francis Rawdon-Hastings (1754–1826) |  | 22 March 1824 | 28 November 1826 |
| Alexander George Woodford (1782–1870) (acting) |  | 28 November 1826 | 15 February 1827 |
| Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby (1783–1837) |  | 15 February 1827 | May 1835 (de jure until 30 September 1836) |
| George Cardew (1785–1857) (acting) | | May 1835 | 4 July 1836 |
| Thomas Evans (1776–1863) (acting) | | 4 July 1836 | 30 September 1836 |
| Henry Bouverie (1783–1853) | | 1 October 1836 | 1843 |
| Patrick Stuart (1777–1855) | | 1843 | October 1847 |
| Richard More O'Ferrall (1797–1880) | | October 1847 | 13 May 1851 |
| Robert Ellice (acting) | | 13 May 1851 | 27 October 1851 |
| William Reid (1791–1858) | | 27 October 1851 | 1858 |
| John Le Marchant (1803–1874) |  | 1858 | 15 November 1864 |
| Henry Knight Storks (1811–1874) |  | 15 November 1864 | 15 May 1867 |
| Patrick Grant (1804–1895) |  | 15 May 1867 | 3 June 1872 |
| Charles van Straubenzee (1812–1892) |  | 3 June 1872 | 13 May 1878 |
| Arthur Borton (1814–1893) |  | 10 June 1878 | April 1884 |
| John Linthorn Simmons (1821–1903) |  | April 1884 | 28 September 1888 |
| Henry Torrens (1823–1889) | .svg.png){kind=small} | 28 September 1888 | 1 December 1889 |
| Henry Augustus Smyth (1825–1906) |  | 1890 | 1893 |
| Arthur Lyon Fremantle (1835–1901) |  | 1893 | 6 January 1899 |
| Francis Wallace Grenfell (1841–1925) |  | 6 January 1899 | 1903 |
| Charles Clarke (1839–1932) | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1903 | 1907 |
| Henry Grant (1848–1919) | | 1907 | 1909 |
| Leslie Rundle (1856–1934) |  | 1909 | February 1915 |
| Paul Methuen (1845–1932) |  | February 1915 | May 1919 |
| Herbert Plumer (1857–1932) |  | 1919 | 1924 |
| Walter Norris Congreve (1862–1927) |  | 29 June 1924 | 28 February 1927 |
| John Philip Du Cane (1865–1947) | | 28 February 1927 | 1931 |
| David Campbell (1869–1936) |  | June 1931 | 12 March 1936 |
| Charles Bonham-Carter (1876–1955) | | 12 March 1936 | 1940 |
| William Dobbie (1879–1964) |  | April 1940 | May 1942 |
| John Vereker (Lord Gort) (1886–1946) |  | May 1942 | 26 September 1944 |
| Edmond Schreiber (1890–1978) | .svg.png){kind=small} | 26 September 1944 | 10 July 1946 |
| Francis Douglas (1889–1980) | | 10 July 1946 | 16 September 1949 |
| Gerald Creasy (1897–1983) | | 16 September 1949 | 3 August 1954 |
| Robert Laycock (1907–1968) |  | 3 August 1954 | 13 February 1959 |
| Guy Grantham (1900–1992) | | 13 February 1959 | 2 July 1962 |
| Maurice Henry Dorman (1902–1993) | | 2 July 1962 | 21 September 1964 |
Lieutenant Governors of Malta
Public Secretary
- Arthur Baynes 1801
- Alexander Macauley 1801
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1804–1805
- E.F. Chapman 1805
- Rev Francis Laing 1811–1813
Chief Secretary
- Rev Francis Laing 1813–1815
- Alexander Wood 1815–1817
- Richard Plasket 1817–1824
- Sir Frederick Hankey 1824–1837
- Sir Hector Greig 1837–1847
- Henry Lushington 1847–1855
- Sir Victor Houlton 1855–1883
- Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson 1883–1884
Lieutenant Governor
- Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson 1884–1889 (as Lieutenant Governor)
- Sir Gerald Strickland 1889–1902 (as Chief Secretary)
- Sir Edward Marsh Merewether 1902–1910 (as Lieutenant Governor and Chief Secretary)
Chief Secretary
- Major John E Clauson 1911–1914
- Horace A Byatt 1914–1916
- A Campbell 1959–1962
- W.C.F. Robertson 1917–1925
- Sir Thomas Van Best 1925–1930
- Sir Harry Charles Luke 1930–1938
- John Adams Hunter 1938–1940
- Sir Edward St. John Jackson 1940–1943
- Sir David Campbell 1943–1952
- Trafford Smith 1952–1959
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See also
- Commonwealth realm
- List of Civil Commissioners of Malta
- List of Governors-General of Malta
- President of Malta
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