(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Term | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch Suzerainty | ||
| Claimed for the Netherlands by Captain Wybrant Warwijk, only brief settlement | ||
| 20 September 1598 to 1598 | Wybrant Warwijck, Opperhoofd | Commander |
| 1598 to 6 May 1638 | Abandoned | |
| Dutch colony of Mauritius; under the Dutch East India Company rule | ||
| 6 May 1638 to 7 November 1639 | Cornelis Simonszoon Gooyer, Opperhoofd | Commander |
| 7 November 1639 to 1645 | Adriaan van der Stel, Opperhoofd | Commander |
| 1645 to September 1648 | Jacob van der Meersch, Opperhoofd | Commander |
| 1648 to 1653 | Reinier Por, Opperhoofd | Commander |
| 1653 to 1654 | Joost van der Woutbeekr, Opperhoofd | Commander |
| 1654 to 1656 | Maximiliaan de Jongh, Opperhoofd | Commander |
| 1656 to 16 July 1658 | Abraham Evertszoon, Opperhoofd | Commander |
| 16 July 1658 to 1664 | Abandoned | |
| 1664 to May 1665 | Jacobus van Nieuwlant, Opperhoofd | Commander |
| 1665 to 1667 | Georg Frederick Wreede, Opperhoofd | Commander, 1st time |
| 1667 to 1668 | Jan van Jaar, Opperhoofd | Commander |
| 1668 to 1669 | Dirk Janszoon Smient, Opperhoofd | Commander |
| 1669 to 1672 | Georg Frederick Wreede, Opperhoofd | Commander, 2nd time |
| 1672 | Swen Felleson, Opperhoofd | Commander |
| 1672 to 13 February 1673 | Philip Col, Opperhoofd | Commander |
| 13 February 1673 to 4 October 1677 | Hubert Hugo, Opperhoofd | Commander |
| 4 October 1677 to 22 October 1692 | Isaac Johannes Lamotius, Opperhoofd | Commander |
| 22 October 1692 to 25 November 1703 | Roelof Deodati, Opperhoofd | Commander |
| 25 November 1703 to 17 February 1710 | Abraham Momber van de Velde, Opperhoofd | Commander |
| 17 February 1710 to 6 September 1718 | Abandoned | |
| French Suzerainty | ||
| Claimed for France (Île de France) by Chevalier Jean-Baptiste Garnier de Fougeray, taking possession on 24 December 1721; under French East India Company rule | ||
| 24 December 1721 to 7 April 1722 | Julien Duronguët le Toullec, acting Governor | |
| 7 April 1722 to 16 December 1725 | Denis, chevalier de Nyon, Governor | |
| 4 May 1722 to 13 June 1722 | Duval de Hauville, acting Governor | Acting for Nyon |
| 13 July 1722 to 3 December 1722 | Jacques Gast d'Hauterive, acting Governor | Acting for Nyon |
| 16 December 1725 to 13 March 1729 | Denis de Brousse, acting Governor | |
| 13 March 1729 to 20 August 1729 | Pierre Benoît Dumas, Governor | |
| 20 August 1729 to 4 June 1735 | Nicolas de Maupin, Governor | |
| French Mascarene Islands colony; under French East India Company rule | ||
| 4 June 1735 to 23 March 1746 | Bertrand François Mahé, comte de La Bourdonnais, Governor-General | |
| 20 March 1740 to 14 August 1741 | Didier de Saint-Martin, acting Governor-General | Acting for La Bourdonnais, 1st time |
| 1741 to 18 December 1742 | Didier de Saint-Martin, acting Governor-General | Acting for La Bourdonnais, 2nd time |
| Separate colony; under French East India Company rule | ||
| 23 March 1746 to 6 October 1746 | Didier de Saint-Martin, acting Governor-General | 3rd time |
| 6 October 1746 to 10 February 1753 | Pierre Félix Barthélemy David, Governor-General | |
| 10 February 1753 to 3 December 1755 | Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, Governor-General | |
| 3 December 1755 to 4 November 1759 | René Magon de la Villebague, Governor-General | |
| 4 November 1759 to 14 July 1767 | Antoine Marie Desforges-Boucher, Governor-General | |
| French crown colony | ||
| 14 July 1767 to 27 November 1768 | Jean Daniel Dumas, Governor-General | |
| 27 November 1768 to 6 June 1769 | Jean Guillaume Steinauer, acting Governor-General | |
| 6 June 1769 to 23 August 1772 | François Julien du Dresnay, chevalier Desroches, Governor-General | |
| 23 August 1772 to 2 December 1776 | Charles Henri Louis d'Arsac, chevalier de Ternay, Governor-General | |
| 2 December 1776 to 28 April 1779 | Antoine de Guiran, chevalier de La Brillanne, Governor-General | |
| 28 April 1779 to 30 April 1779 | Joseph Murinais, comte de Saint-Maurice, acting Governor-General | |
| 1 May 1779 to 3 November 1787 | François, vicomte de Souillac, Governor-General | Acting to 30 January 1780 |
| 5 April 1785 to 28 June 1785 | Camille Charles Leclerc, chevalier de Fresne, acting Governor-General | Acting for Souillac |
| 28 June 1785 to 7 November 1785 | chevalier de Fleury, acting Governor-General | Acting for Souillac |
| 5 November 1787 to 14 November 1789 | Joseph Antoine Raimond de Bruni, chevalier d'Entrecasteaux, Governor-General | |
| 14 November 1789 to 29 July 1790 | Thomas, comte de Conway, Governor-General | |
| 29 July 1790 to 19 August 1790 | Dominique Prosper de Chermont, acting Governor-General | |
| 19 August 1790 to 18 June 1792 | David Charpentier de Cossigny, acting Governor-General | |
| 18 June 1792 to 28 July 1800 | Anne Joseph Hippolyte de Maurès, comte de Malartic, Governor-General | |
| 28 July 1800 to 3 February 1803 | François Louis Magallon de la Morlière, Governor-General | |
| Part of French colony of Indes-Orientales | ||
| 3 February 1803 to 25 September 1803 | François Louis Magallon de la Morlière, Governor-General | |
| 26 September 1803 to 3 December 1810 | Charles Mathieu Isidore, comte Decaen, Captain-General | |
| 26 September 1803 to 3 December 1810 | Louis Léger, Prefect | Deposed after invasion of Île de France by the British |
| British Suzerainty | ||
| Colony of Mauritius | ||
| 4 December 1810 to 20 May 1823 | Robert Townsend Farquhar, Governor | From 28 July 1821, Sir Robert Townsend Farquhar |
| 18 April 1811 to 15 July 1811 | Henry Warde, acting Governor | Acting for Farquhar |
| 10 November 1817 to 10 December 1818 | Gage Hall, acting Governor | Acting for Farquhar |
| 10 December 1818 to 6 February 1819 | John Dalrymple, acting Governor | Acting for Farquhar |
| 6 February 1819 to 6 July 1820 | Ralph Darling, acting Governor | Acting for Farquhar, 1st time |
| 20 May 1823 to 12 June 1823 | Ralph Darling, acting Governor | 2nd time |
| 12 June 1823 to 17 June 1828 | Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole, Governor | |
| 17 June 1828 to 3 February 1833 | Sir Charles Colville, Governor | |
| 4 February 1833 to 20 February 1840 | Sir William Nicolay, Governor | |
| 20 February 1840 to 16 July 1840 | James Power, acting Governor | |
| 16 July 1840 to 2 January 1842 | Sir Lionel Smith, Governor | |
| 3 January 1842 to 21 November 1842 | William Staveley, acting Governor | |
| 21 November 1842 to 5 May 1849 | Sir William Maynard Gomm, Governor | |
| 5 May 1849 to 8 June 1849 | Thomas Blanchard, acting Governor | |
| 8 June 1849 to 19 October 1850 | Sir George William Anderson, Governor | |
| 19 October 1850 to 8 January 1851 | )|, acting Governor | 1st time |
| 8 January 1851 to 20 September 1857 | Sir James Macaulay Higginson, Governor | |
| 14 April 1854 to 18 January 1855 | William Sutherland, acting Governor | Acting for Higginson, 2nd time |
| 18 January 1855 to 12 June 1855 | C.M. Hay, acting Governor | Acting for Higginson |
| 20 September 1857 to 9 January 1863 | Sir William Stevenson, Governor | |
| 10 January 1863 to 21 August 1863 | M.G. Johnstone, acting Governor | |
| 21 August 1863 to 3 June 1870 | Sir Henry Barkly, Governor | |
| 4 June 1870 to 21 February 1871 | E. Selby Smith, acting Governor | 1st time |
| 21 February 1871 to 18 August 1874 | Sir Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon, Governor | |
| 19 August 1871 to 29 September 1871 | E. Selby Smith, acting Governor | Acting for Hamilton-Gordon, 2nd time |
| 21 October 1871 to 28 October 1872 | Edward Norton, acting Governor | Acting for Hamilton-Gordon, 1st time |
| 20 January 1873 to 20 October 1873 | Edward Norton, acting Governor | Acting for Hamilton-Gordon, 2nd time |
| 18 August 1874 to 21 September 1874 | Edward Norton, acting Governor | 3rd time |
| 21 September 1874 to 31 December 1878 | Sir Arthur Purves Phayre, Governor | |
| 31 December 1878 to 4 April 1879 | Frederick Napier Broome, acting Governor | 1st time |
| 4 April 1879 to 9 December 1880 | Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor | |
| 9 December 1880 to 5 May 1883 | Sir Frederick Napier Broome, Governor | 2nd time |
| 5 May 1883 to 1 June 1883 | Charles Bruce, acting Governor | |
| 1 June 1883 to 11 December 1889 | Sir John Pope Hennessy, Governor | Suspended from 14 December 1886 until 12 July 1887 |
| 24 September 1884 to 15 October 1884 | Henry Nicholas Duverger-Beyts, acting Governor | Acting for Hennessy, 1st time |
| 29 September 1886 to 12 December 1886 | Henry Nicholas Duverger-Beyts, acting Governor | Acting for Hennessy, 2nd time |
| 15 December 1886 to 18 December 1886 | Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, acting Governor | Acting for Hennessy |
| 18 December 1886 to 2 July 1887 | William Hanbury Hawley, acting Governor | Acting for Hennessy |
| 2 July 1887 to 11 December 1888 | Francis Fleming, acting Governor | Acting for Hennessy, 1st time |
| 11 December 1888 to 22 December 1888 | T.E.A. Hall, acting Governor | Acting for Hennessy, 1st time |
| 11 December 1889 to 17 December 1889 | Francis Fleming, acting Governor | 2nd time |
| 17 December 1889 to 20 December 1889 | T.E.A. Hall, acting Governor | 2nd time |
| 21 December 1889 to 12 March 1892 | Sir Charles Cameron Lees, Governor | |
| 12 March 1892 to 15 January 1897 | Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham, Governor | Acting to 20 September 1892; From 2 January 1893, Sir Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham |
| 17 January 1894 to 24 July 1894 | Charles Anthony King-Harman, acting Governor | Acting for Jerningham, 1st time |
| 2 March 1896 to 19 September 1896 | Charles Anthony King-Harman, acting Governor | Acting for Jerningham, 2nd time |
| 15 January 1897 to 11 May 1897 | Charles Anthony King-Harman, acting Governor | 3rd time |
| 11 May 1897 to 30 October 1903 | Sir Charles Bruce, Governor | |
| 12 July 1900 to 11 May 1901 | Graham John Bower, acting Governor | Acting for Bruce, 1st time |
| 30 October 1903 to 20 August 1904 | Graham John Bower, acting Governor | 2nd time |
| 20 August 1904 to 10 April 1911 | Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle, Governor | |
| 14 April 1906 to 14 September 1906 | Graham John Bower, acting Governor | Acting for Boyle, 3rd time |
| 17 October 1908 to 23 April 1909 | Graham John Bower, acting Governor | Acting for Boyle, 4th time |
| 10 April 1911 to 13 September 1911 | George Smith, acting Governor | |
| 13 September 1911 to 28 January 1916 | John Robert Chancellor, Governor | From 3 June 1913, Sir John Robert Chancellor |
| 10 March 1914 to 22 September 1914 | John Middleton, acting Governor | Acting for Chancellor, 1st time |
| 28 January 1916 to 18 May 1916 | John Middleton, acting Governor | 2nd time |
| 18 May 1916 to 16 August 1924 | Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell, Governor | |
| 8 February 1919 to 17 November 1919 | John Middleton, acting Governor | Acting for Bell, 3rd time |
| 2 February 1921 to 3 April 1921 | Edward Brandis Denham, acting Governor | Acting for Bell, 1st time |
| 8 May 1922 to 3 March 1923 | Edward Brandis Denham, acting Governor | Acting for Bell, 2nd time |
| 16 August 1924 to 19 February 1925 | Edward Allan Grannum, acting Governor | 1st time |
| 19 February 1925 to 9 December 1929 | Sir Herbert James Read, Governor | |
| 2 September 1926 to 17 October 1926 | Edward Allan Grannum, acting Governor | Acting for Read, 2nd time |
| 3 August 1927 to 17 May 1928 | Edward Allan Grannum, acting Governor | Acting for Read, 3rd time |
| 9 December 1929 to 30 August 1930 | Sir Edward Allan Grannum, acting Governor | 4th time |
| 30 August 1930 to 7 June 1937 | Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson, Governor | From 3 June 1931, Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson |
| 24 August 1932 to 29 April 1933 | Edward Walter Evans, acting Governor | Acting for Jackson, 1st time |
| 3 September 1934 to 26 October 1934 | Edward Walter Evans, acting Governor | Acting for Jackson, 2nd time |
| 7 April 1936 to 4 December 1936 | Edward Walter Evans, acting Governor | Acting for Jackson, 3rd time |
| 7 June 1937 to 23 October 1937 | Edward Walter Evans, acting Governor | 4th time |
| 23 October 1937 to 16 April 1942 | Sir Bede Edward Hugh Clifford, Governor | |
| 29 January 1940 to 10 September 1940 | Sydney Moody, acting Governor | Acting for Clifford, 1st time |
| 16 April 1942 to 5 July 1942 1940 | Sydney Moody, acting Governor | 2nd time |
| 5 July 1942 to 5 December 1948 | Sir Donald Mackenzie-Kennedy, Governor | |
| 23 May 1945 to 3 January 1946 | Sydney Moody, acting Governor | Acting for Mackenzie-Kennedy, 3rd time |
| 8 May 1947 to 10 January 1948 | Sydney Moody, acting Governor | Acting for Mackenzie-Kennedy, 4th time |
| 5 December 1948 to 26 September 1949 | James Dundas Harford, acting Governor | 1st time |
| 26 September 1949 to 11 January 1954 | Sir Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood, Governor | |
| 26 June 1950 to 17 November 1950 | James Dundas Harford, acting Governor | Acting for Blood, 2nd time |
| 22 May 1952 to 14 October 1952 | James Dundas Harford, acting Governor | Acting for Blood, 3rd time |
| 11 January 1954 to 22 March 1954 | Robert Newton, acting Governor | 1st time |
| 22 March 1954 to 10 July 1959 | Sir Robert Scott, Governor | |
| 8 November 1956 to 18 April 1957 | Robert Newton, acting Governor | Acting for Scott, 2nd time |
| 10 July 1959 to 2 November 1959 | Robert Newton, acting Governor | 3rd time |
| 2 November 1959 to 10 July 1962 | Sir Colville Montgomery Deverell, Governor | |
| 11 June 1961 to 20 July 1961 | Thomas Douglas Vickers, acting Governor | Acting for Deverell, 1st time |
| 10 July 1962 to 17 September 1962 | Thomas Douglas Vickers, acting Governor | 2nd time |
| 17 September 1962 to 12 March 1968 | Sir John Shaw Rennie, Governor | |
| 24 August 1964 to 30 November 1964 | Thomas Douglas Vickers, acting Governor | Acting for Rennie, 3rd time |
| 11 October 1966 to 28 December 1966 | Thomas Douglas Vickers, acting Governor | Acting for Rennie, 4th time |
| 12 March 1968 | Independence as Mauritius | |
For continuation after independence, see: List of Governors-General of Mauritius