List of Governors of Trinidad
This page lists governors of Trinidad.
Spanish governors (1506 - 1797)
- Diego Colón - 1506 - 1526
- Rodrigo de Bastidas - 1520
- 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
- Francisco Ruíz de Aguirre 1700 - 1705
- Felipe de Artineda 1705 - 1711
- Cristóbal Félix de Guzmán 1711 - 1716
- Pedro de Jara 1716 - 1721
- Juan de Orvay (acting) 1721
- Martín Pérez de Anda y Salazar 1721 - 1726
- 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
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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
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- 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