List of Governors of Trinidad

This page lists Governors of Trinidad. 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.

panish 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
*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

References

*cite book | author=Anthony, Michael | title=Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago | publisher=Scarecrow Press, Inc. Lanham, Md., and London | year=2001 |id=ISBN 0-8108-3173-2
* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Trinidad.html Worldstatesman.com]