List of Governors of Natal

Below is a list of governors of Natal during the British occupation of South Africa:

Special Commissioner

• 1843-1844: Henry Cloete

Lieutenant-Governors

• 1845-1849: Martin West
• 1850-1855: Benjamin Pine
• 1856-1865: John Scott
• 1864-1865: John Maclean
• 1865: John Thomas (acting)
• 1865-1867: John Bisset (acting)
• 1867-1872: Robert William Keate
• 1872-1873: Anthony Musgrave
• 1873: Thomas Milles (acting)
• 1873-1875: Sir Benjamin Pine
• 1875: Sir Garnet Wolseley
• 1875-1880: Sir Henry Bulwer
• 1880: William Bellairs (acting)
• 1880: Henry Clifford (acting)

Governors

• 1880-1881: Sir George Colley
• 1880: Henry Alexander (acting)
• 1881: Sir Evelyn Wood (acting)
• 1881: Redvers Buller (acting)
• 1881-1882: Charles Mitchell (acting)
• 1882-1885: Sir Henry Bulwer
• 1886-1889: Sir Arthur Havelock
• 1889-1893: Sir Charles Mitchell
• 1893: Francis Haden (acting)
• 1893-1901: Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson
• 1901-1907: Sir Henry McCallum
• 1907-1909: Sir Matthew Nathan
• 1910: Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen