List of Governors of British Guiana

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The Governor of British Guiana was the Crown representative in British Guiana. The office existed from 1833 when the colonies of Demerara-Essequibo (see Demerara and Essequibo (colony)) and Berbice united as British Guiana until 1966 when Guyana attained independence.

[edit] Governors of British Guiana 1831-1966

Sir Benjamin D'Urban (21 Jul 1831 - 26 Jun 1833)
Sir James Carmichael Smyth (26 Jun 1833 - 27 Jun 1838)
Henry Light (27 Jun 1838 - 19 May 1848)
William Walker (1st time, acting) (19 May 1848 - 12 Feb 1849)
Henry Barkly (b. 1815 - d. 1898) (12 Feb 1849 - 11 May 1853)
William Walker (2nd time, acting) (11 May 1853 - 23 May 1854)
Philip Edmond Wodehouse (b. 1811 - d. 1887) (23 May 1854 - 7 Jan 1862)
Sir Francis Hincks (7 Jan 1862 - 25 Jan 1869)
Sir John Scott (b. 1814 - d. 1898) (25 Jan 1869 - 26 Dec 1873)
Edward E Rushworth (acting) (27 Dec 1873 - 10 Mar 1874)
James Robert Longden (b. 1827 - d. 1891) (from 1876, Sir James Robert Longden) (10 Mar 1874 - 8 Mar 1877)
William AG Young (1st time, acting) (8 Mar 1877 - 3 Apr 1877)
Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright (b. 1817 - d. 1899) (3 Apr 1877 - 13 Dec 1881)
William AG Young (2nd time, acting) (13 Dec 1881 - 4 May 1882)
Sir Henry Turner Irving (b. 1833 - d. 1923) (4 May 1882 - 1887)
William Frederick Haynes-Smith (acting for Irving) (26 Apr 1884 - 1884)
Charles Bruce (1st time, acting) (b. 1836 - d. 1920) (1887 - 1888)
Jenico William Joseph Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston (b. 1837 - d. 1907) (1888 - 23 Mar 1893)
Sir Charles Bruce (2nd time, acting for Gormanston) (Apr 1891 - 15 Oct 1891)
Sir Charles Bruce (3rd time, acting) (23 Mar 1893 - 5 Jul 1893)
Sir Charles Cameron Lees (b. 1831 - d. 1898) (5 Jul 1893 - Sep 1895)
Charles Cavendish Boyle (1st time, acting for Lees) (15 Dec 1894 - 29 Jan 1895)
Charles Cavendish Boyle (2nd time, acting) (Sep 1895 - Mar 1896)
Sir Augustus William Lawson Hemming (b. 1842 - d. 1907) (Mar 1896 - 27 Mar 1898)
Charles Cavendish Boyle (3rd time, acting for Hemming) (1 Oct 1896 - 18 Nov 1896)
Charles Cavendish Boyle (4th time, acting for Hemming) (27 May 1897 - 28 Jul 1897)
Sir Walter Joseph Sendall (b. 1832 - d. 1904) (27 Mar 1898 - 25 Dec 1901)
Sir James Alexander Swettenham (b. 1846 - d. 1933) (25 Dec 1901 - 26 Sep 1904)
Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson (b. 1851 - d. 1925) (26 Sep 1904 - 5 Jul 1912)
Sir Walter Egerton (b. 1858 - d. 1947) (5 Jul 1912 - 15 Apr 1917)
Sir Wilfred Collet (b. 1856 - d. 1929) (15 Apr 1917 - 4 Apr 1923)
Sir Graeme Thomson (b. 1875 - d. 1933) (4 Apr 1923 - 31 Aug 1925)
Sir Cecil Hunter-Rodwell (b. 1874 - d. 1953) (31 Aug 1925 - 7 Nov 1928)
Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg (b. 1869 - d. 1930) (7 Nov 1928 - 9 Jun 1930)
Sir Edward Brandis Denham (b. 1876 - d. 1938) (9 Jun 1930 - 26 Mar 1935)
Sir Geoffrey Alexander Stafford Northcote (26 Mar 1935 - 1936)
Sir Geoffrey Alexander Stafford Northcote (acting) (1936 - 19 Nov 1937)
Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson (b. 1883 - d. 1971) (19 Nov 1937 - 7 Nov 1941)
Sir Gordon James Lethem (b. 1886 - d. 1962) (7 Nov 1941 - 1946)
Sir Gordon James Lethem (acting) (1946 - 12 Apr 1947)
Sir Charles Campbell Woolley (b. 1893 - d. 1981) (12 Apr 1947 - 14 Apr 1953)
Sir Alfred William Lungley Savage (14 Apr 1953 - 25 Oct 1955)
Sir Patrick Muir Renison (b. 1911 - d. 1965) (25 Oct 1955 - 22 Dec 1958)
Sir Ralph Francis Alnwick Grey (22 Dec 1958 - 7 Mar 1964)
Sir Richard Edmonds Luyt (7 Mar 1964 - 26 May 1966)

List of Governors of British Guiana

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[edit] Governors of British Guiana 1831-1966

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