List of Governors of Trinidad

This page lists Governors of Trinidad.

Spanish Governors (1506 - 1797)

• Diego Colón - 1506 - 1526
• Rodrigo de Bastides - 1521
• Don Antonio Sedeño - July 12 1530 - 1538
• Don Juan Ponce de León 1571 - 1591
• Antonio de Berrío 1580 - 1597
• Fernando de Berrío 1597 - 1612
• Don Diego Palomeque de Acuña 1615 - 1618
• Fernando de Berrío 1619 - 1622
• Don Luis de Monsalves 1624 - 1631
• Cristóval de Aranda 1631 - 1636
• Diego López de Escobar 1636 - 1641
• Don Martín de Mendoza y Berrío 1642 - 1657
• Juan de Viedma 1657 - 1664
• José de Aspe y Zuñiga 1665 - 1668
• Diego Ximenes de Aldana 1670 - 1677
• Tiburcio de Aspe y Zúñiga 1678 - 1682
• Diego Suárez Ponce de León 1682 - 1688
• Sebastian de Roseta 1688 - 1690
• Francisco de Ménez 1692 - 1698
• José de León Echales 1699 - 1700
• Francisco Ruíz de Aguirre 1700 - 1705
• Felipe de Artineda 1705 - 1711
• Cristóval Félix de Guzman 1700 - 1705
• Pedro de Varza 1700 - 1705
• Martín Pérez de Anda y Salazar 1700 - 1705
• Don Agustín de Arredonda 1726 - 1731
• Bartholomé de Aldunate y Rada 1731 - 1732
• Estevan Simón de Linán y Vera 1734 - 1746
• Juan José Salcedo 1746 - 1752
• Francisco Nanclares 1752 - 1757
• Pedro de La Moneda 1757 - 1760
• Jacinto San Juan 1760 - 1762
• José Antonio Gil 1762 - 1766
• José de Flores 1766 - 1773
• Juan de Dios Valdez y Vara 1773 - 1776
• Don Manuel Falques 1776 - 1779 - Military Governor
• Martín de Salvatierra 1779 - 1784 - Civil Governor
• Don José María Chacón 1784 - 1797

British Governors (1797 - 1885)

• Sir Ralph Abercromby - 18 February 1797 - February 1797
• Thomas Picton Feb 1797 - Feb 1803 (military governor to 1801)
• Commission (William Fullarton, Samuel Hood, Thomas Picton) - February 1803 - July 1804
• Sir Thomas Hislop - July 1804 - 27 September 1811
• Hector William Munro - 27 September 1811 - 14 June 1813
• Sir Ralph James Woodford - 14 June 1813 - January 1828
• J.V. Capadose (acting) - January 1828 - April 1828
• Charles Felix Smith - April 1828 - 10 March 1829
• Lewis Grant - 10 March 1829 - 22 April 1833
• Sir George Hill - 22 April 1833 - 9 March 1839
• John Alexander Mein (acting) - 9 March 1839 - April 1840
• Henry George Macleod - April 1840 - 1846
• George Francis Robert Harris, 3rd Baron Harris - 1846 - 1854
• L. Bourchier (acting) - 1854
• Sir Charles Elliot - 10 March 1854 - 1856
• B. Brooks (acting) - 1856 - 1857
• Robert William Keate - 26 January 1857 - 1864
•  ? Thompson (acting) -1864
• Sir John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton - 6 September 1864 - 1866
• E.E. Bushworth (acting) - 1866
• Sir Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon - 7 November 1866 - 1870
• James Robert Longden - 25 June 1870 - 1874
• William Wellington Cairns - 2 May 1874 - 1874
• John Scott Bushe (1st time)(acting) - 1874
• Henry Turner Irving (1st time) - 20 November 1874 - 1876
• John Scott Bushe (2nd time)(acting) - 1876 - 1877
• G.M. Desvoeux (acting) - 1877 - 1878
• Henry Turner Irving (2nd time) - 1878 - 1880
• William Rowland Pyne (acting) - 1880
• William A.G. Young (acting) - 1880
• Sir Sanford Freeling - 2 November 1880 - 1884
• John Scott Bushe (3rd time)(acting) - 1884
• Sir Frederick Palgrave Barlee (acting) - 19 June 1884 - 8 August 1884
• John Scott Bushe (4th time)(acting) - 1884 - 1885
• Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock - 24 January 1885 - 1885
• David Wilson (acting) 1885
• Sir William Robinson - October 9, 1885-1891

See also

• List of Governors of Tobago
• List of Governors of Trinidad and Tobago
• List of Governors-General of Trinidad and Tobago
• List of Presidents of Trinidad and Tobago
• List of Prime Ministers of Trinidad and Tobago

References

• Anthony, Michael (2001). Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago. Scarecrow Press, Inc. Lanham, Md., and London. ISBN 0-8108-3173-2. 
• Worldstatesman.com