Deputy Governor

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A Deputy governor is a gubernatorial official who is subordinated to a governor, rather like a Lieutenant governor.

1 British colonial cases
2 Governor's deputy
3 References
4 See also
5 Source

[edit] British colonial cases

In the British empire, there were such colonial offices in :

Delaware, while it was part of the province of Pennsylvania (Lower counties; till 22 November 1704), the sole incumbent (only 1691 - 1693) being William Markham (b. 1635? - d. 1704)
Montserrat since the start in 1632, first under the Governor of Antigua, then 1667 - 1816 while the island was part of the Leeward Islands colony (governed till 1696 from Nevis, then from Saint John's on Antigua)
Saint Kitts and Nevis in January 1671 - 1816 while the Antillian islands (who had their own Governor before and after) were part of the above Leeward Islands colony.
Massachusetts, while known as the Massachusetts Bay Colony, John Humphrey served as Deputy governor^[1]

[edit] Governor's deputy

This variation was used once, in British Kaffraria (a separate crown colony since 1860, first under a Lieutenant governor; native inhabitants Xhosa), for its last own gubernatorial official before its final (re)incorporation into the Cape Colony: 24 December 1864 - 17 April 1866 Robert Graham