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Governor of British Mauritius

UK Government official, 1810 to 1968

Summary

UK Government official, 1810 to 1968

FieldValue
postGovernor
bodyMauritius
insigniaFlag of the Governor of Mauritius (1906-1968).svg
insigniasize250px
insigniacaptionGovernor of Mauritius Flag (1906–1968)
residenceState House (Official)
appointerGovernment of the United Kingdom
precursorGovernor of Isle de France
formation
firstSir Robert Farquhar
lastSir John Shaw Rennie
abolished
successionGovernor-General of Mauritius

The governor of Mauritius was the official who governed the Crown Colony of Mauritius (now Republic of Mauritius) during the British colonial period between 1810 and 1968. Upon the end of British rule and the independence of Mauritius in 1968, this office was replaced by the governor-general, who represented the British monarch and not the Government of the United Kingdom as did the governor. The office of Governor-General was itself abolished in 1992 and replaced by the post of President when Mauritius became a republic.

List of governors (1810–1968)

A list of British governors of Mauritius from 1810 to 1968.

No.PortraitNameTerm of officeTook officeLeft office
Mauritius
1Sir Robert Farquhar4 December 181020 May 1823
Henry Warde
Acting for Farquhar18 April 181115 July 1811
Gage John Hall
Acting for Farquhar10 November 181710 December 1818
Sir John Dalrymple
Acting for Farquhar10 December 18186 February 1819
[[File:General Ralph Darling.jpg60px]]Sir Ralph Darling
Acting for Farquhar6 February 18196 July 1820
[[File:General Ralph Darling.jpg60px]]Sir Ralph Darling
Acting20 May 182312 June 1823
2[[File:Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole by William Dyce.jpg60px]]Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole12 June 182317 June 1828
3[[File:Sir Charles Colville.jpg60px]]Sir Charles Colville17 June 18283 February 1833
4Sir William Nicolay4 February 183320 February 1840
James Power
Acting20 February 184016 July 1840
5Sir Lionel Smith16 July 18402 January 1842
[[File:William Staveley, Royal Staff Corps.png60px]]William Staveley
Acting3 January 184221 November 1842
6[[File:Sir William Maynard Gomm by William Salter.jpg60px]]Sir William Maynard Gomm21 November 18425 May 1849
Thomas Blanchard
Acting5 May 18498 June 1849
7Sir George William Anderson8 June 184919 October 1850
William Sutherland
Acting19 October 18508 January 1851
8Sir James Macaulay Higginson8 January 185120 September 1857
William Sutherland
Acting for Higginson14 April 185418 January 1855
Charles Murray Hay
Acting for Higginson18 January 185512 June 1855
9[[File:William Stevenson.jpg60px]]Sir William Stevenson20 September 18579 January 1863
Montague Cholmeley Johnstone
Acting10 January 186321 August 1863
10[[File:Henry Barkly.jpg60px]]Sir Henry Barkly21 August 18633 June 1870
[[File:Edward Selby Smyth.jpg60px]]Edward Selby Smyth
Acting4 June 187021 February 1871
11[[File:Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon.jpg60px]]Sir Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon21 February 187118 August 1874
[[File:Edward Selby Smyth.jpg60px]]Edward Selby Smyth
Acting for Hamilton-Gordon4 June 187021 February 1871
Edward Norton
Acting for Hamilton-Gordon21 October 187128 October 1872
Edward Norton
Acting for Hamilton-Gordon20 January 187320 October 1873
Edward Norton
Acting18 August 187421 September 1874
12[[File:Arthur Purves Phayre.jpg60px]]Sir Arthur Purves Phayre21 September 187431 December 1878
[[File:Frederick Broome.jpg60px]]Sir Frederick Napier Broome
Acting31 December 18784 April 1879
13[[File:George Bowen b.jpg60px]]Sir George Ferguson Bowen4 April 18799 December 1880
14[[File:Frederick Broome.jpg60px]]Sir Frederick Napier Broome9 December 18805 May 1883
[[File:Sir Charles Bruce (1836-1920) 1 March 1901.jpg60px]]Sir Charles Bruce
Acting5 May 18831 June 1883
15[[File:Portrait of John Pope Hennessy (cropped).jpg60px]]Sir John Pope Hennessy
Suspended from 14 December 1886 until 12 July 18871 June 188311 December 1889
Henry Nicholas Duverger-Beyts
Acting for Hennessy24 September 188415 October 1884
Henry Nicholas Duverger-Beyts
Acting for Hennessy29 September 188612 December 1886
[[File:LordRosmead.jpg60px]]Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson
Acting for Hennessy15 December 188618 December 1886
William Hanbury Hawley
Acting for Hennessy18 December 18862 July 1887
Sir Francis Fleming
Acting for Hennessy2 July 188711 December 1888
Thomas Erskine Arthur Hall
Acting for Hennessy11 December 188822 December 1888
Sir Francis Fleming
Acting11 December 188917 December 1889
Thomas Erskine Arthur Hall
Acting17 December 188920 December 1889
16[[File:The late Sir C Cameron Lees.jpg60px]]Sir Charles Cameron Lees21 December 188912 March 1892
[[File:Sir Hubert Jerningham.PNG60px]]Sir Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham
Acting12 March 189220 September 1892
17[[File:Sir Hubert Jerningham.PNG60px]]Sir Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham20 September 189215 January 1897
[[File:Charles Anthony King Harman 1904.jpg60px]]Charles Anthony King-Harman
Acting for Jerningham17 January 189424 July 1894
[[File:Charles Anthony King Harman 1904.jpg60px]]Charles Anthony King-Harman
Acting for Jerningham2 March 189619 September 1896
[[File:Charles Anthony King Harman 1904.jpg60px]]Charles Anthony King-Harman
Acting15 January 189711 May 1897
18[[File:Sir Charles Bruce (1836-1920) 1 March 1901.jpg60px]]Sir Charles Bruce11 May 189730 October 1903
Sir Graham John Bower
Acting for Bruce12 July 190011 May 1901
Sir Graham John Bower
Acting30 October 190320 August 1904
19[[File:Sir Cavendish Boyle.jpg60px]]Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle20 August 190410 April 1911
Sir Graham John Bower
Acting for Boyle14 April 190614 September 1906
Sir Graham John Bower
Acting for Boyle17 October 190823 April 1909
George Smith
Acting10 April 191113 September 1911
20[[File:John Chancellor portrait.jpg60px]]Sir John Robert Chancellor13 September 191128 January 1916
Sir John Middleton
Acting for Chancellor10 March 191422 September 1914
Sir John Middleton
Acting for Chancellor28 January 191618 May 1916
21Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell18 May 191616 August 1924
Sir John Middleton
Acting for Bell8 February 191917 November 1919
Sir Edward Brandis Denham
Acting for Bell2 February 19213 April 1921
Sir Edward Brandis Denham
Acting for Bell8 May 19223 March 1923
Sir Edward Allan Grannum
Acting16 August 192419 February 1925
22Sir Herbert James Read19 February 19259 December 1929
Sir Edward Allan Grannum
Acting for Read2 September 192617 October 1926
Sir Edward Allan Grannum
Acting for Read3 August 192717 May 1928
Sir Edward Allan Grannum
Acting9 December 192930 August 1930
23Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson30 August 19307 June 1937
Edward Walter Evans
Acting for Jackson24 August 193229 April 1933
Edward Walter Evans
Acting for Jackson3 September 193426 October 1934
Edward Walter Evans
Acting for Jackson7 April 19364 December 1936
Edward Walter Evans
Acting7 June 193723 October 1937
24[[File:Bede Edmund Hugh Clifford.jpg60px]]Sir Bede Edward Hugh Clifford23 October 193716 April 1942
Sydney Moody
Acting for Clifford29 January 194010 September 1940
Sydney Moody
Acting16 April 19425 July 1942 1940
25Sir Donald Mackenzie-Kennedy5 July 19425 December 1948
Sydney Moody
Acting for Mackenzie-Kennedy23 May 19453 January 1946
Sydney Moody
Acting for Mackenzie-Kennedy8 May 194710 January 1948
Sir James Dundas Harford
Acting5 December 194826 September 1949
26Sir Hilary Blood26 September 194911 January 1954
Sir James Dundas Harford
Acting for Blood26 June 195017 November 1950
Sir James Dundas Harford
Acting for Blood22 May 195214 October 1952
Robert Newton
Acting11 January 195422 March 1954
27Sir Robert Scott22 March 195410 July 1959
Robert Newton
Acting for Scott8 November 195618 April 1957
Robert Newton
Acting10 July 19592 November 1959
28Sir Colville Montgomery Deverell2 November 195910 July 1962
Thomas Douglas Vickers
Acting for Deverell11 June 196120 July 1961
Thomas Douglas Vickers
Acting10 July 196217 September 1962
29Sir John Shaw Rennie17 September 196212 March 1968
Thomas Douglas Vickers
Acting for Rennie24 August 196430 November 1964
Thomas Douglas Vickers
Acting for Rennie11 October 196628 December 1966

Flag of the governor

|Flag of the Governor of Mauritius (1906-1968).svg|Governor's flag, 1906–1968 |Flag of the Governor of Mauritius (1869–1906).svg|Governor's flag, 1869–1906

References

References

  1. "Mauritius". Worldsstatesmen.org.
  2. "Governors". Rulers.org.
  3. (1859). "The Mauritius Register: Historical, Official & Commercial, Corrected to the 30th June 1859". L. Channell.
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