List of Governors of British Guiana

The Governor of British Guiana was the Crown representative in British Guiana. The office existed from 1833 when the colonies of Demerara-Essequibo (see Demerara and Essequibo (colony)) and Berbice united as British Guiana until 1966 when Guyana attained independence.

Governors of British Guiana (1831–1966)

*Sir Benjamin d'Urban, 21 July 1831–26 June 1833
*Sir James Carmichael Smyth, 26 June 1833–27 June 1838
*Henry Light, 27 June 1838–19 May 1848
*"William Walker, 19 May 1848–12 February 1849, acting, first time"
*Henry Barkly 12 February 1849–11 May 1853
*"William Walker, 11 May 1853–23 May 1854, acting, second time"
*Philip Edmond Wodehouse, 23 May 1854–7 January 1862
*Sir Francis Hincks, 7 January 1862–25 January 1869
*Sir John Scott, 25 January 1869–26 December 1873
*"Edward E. Rushworth, 27 December 1873–10 March 1874, acting"
*James Robert Longden, 10 March 1874–8 March 1877
*"William A. G. Young, 8 March 1877–3 April 1877, acting, first time"
*Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright, 3 April 1877–13 December 1881
*"William A. G. Young, 13 December 1881–4 May 1882, acting, second time"
*Sir Henry Turner Irving, 4 May 1882–1887
**"William Frederick Haynes-Smith, 26 April 1884–1884, acting for Irving"
*"Charles Bruce, 1887–1888, acting"
*The Viscount Gormanston, 1888–23 March 1893
**"Sir Charles Bruce, April 1891–15 October 1891, acting for Viscount Gormanston, second time"
*"Sir Charles Bruce, 23 March 1893–5 July 1893, acting, third time"
*Sir Charles Cameron Lees, 5 July 1893–September 1895
**"Charles Cavendish Boyle, 15 December 1894–29 January 1895, acting for Lees, first time"
*"Charles Cavendish Boyle, September 1895–March 1896, acting, second time"
*Sir Augustus William Lawson Hemming, March 1896–27 March 1898
**"Charles Cavendish Boyle, 1 October 1896–18 November 1896, acting for Hemming, third time"
**"Charles Cavendish Boyle, 27 May 1897–28 July 1897, acting for Hemming, fourth time"
*Sir Walter Joseph Sendall, 27 March 1898–25 December 1901
*Sir James Alexander Swettenham, 25 December 1901–26 September 1904
*Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson, 26 September 1904–5 July 1912
*Sir Walter Egerton, 5 July 1912–15 April 1917
*Sir Wilfred Collet, 15 April 1917–4 April 1923
*Sir Graeme Thomson, 4 April 1923–31 August 1925
*Sir Cecil Hunter Rodwell, 31 August 1925–7 November 1928
*Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg, 7 November 1928–9 June 1930
*Sir Edward Brandis Denham, 9 June 1930–26 March 1935
*Sir Geoffry Alexander Stafford Northcote, 26 March 1935–19 November 1937, "acting from 1936"
*Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson, 19 November 1937–7 November 1941
*Sir Gordon James Lethem, 7 November 1941–1947, "acting from 1946"
*Sir Charles Campbell Woolley, 12 April 1947–14 April 1953
*Sir Alfred William Lungley Savage, 14 April 1953–25 October 1955
*Sir Patrick Muir Renison, 25 October 1955–22 December 1958
*Sur Ralph Francis Alnwick Grey, 22 December 1958–7 March 1964
*Sir Richard Edmonds Luyt, 7 March 1964–26 May 1966

On 26 May 1966, the colony achieved independence from the United Kingdom as Guyana. After independence, the viceroy in Guyana was the Governor-General of Guyana.

References

* http://rulers.org/rulg2.html#guyana