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List of colonial governors and administrators of British Honduras

Superintendents of British Honduras (1749–1862)[edit]

• Robert Hodgson Sr., 1749–1758
• Richard Jones, 1758–1760
• Joseph Otway, 1760–1767
• Robert Hodgson Jr., 1767–1775
• John Ferguson, 1776
• James Lawrie, 1776–10 March 1787
• Edward Despard, 1787 – June 1790
• Lt Gen Peter Hunter (acting), June 1790 – March 1791
• Thomas Potts (chief magistrate), March 1791 – January 1797
• Thomas Barrow, January 1797 – 1800, first time
• Richard Basset, 1800–1802
• Thomas Barrow, January 1803 – 1805, second time
• Gabriel Gordon, 1805–1806
• Alexander Mark Kerr Hamilton, 1806–1809
• John Nugent Smyth, 1809–1814
• Sir George Arthur, 1814–1822
• Allan Hampden Pye, 1822–1823
• Edward Codd, 1823–1829
• Alexander MacDonald, 1829–1830, first time
• Sir Francis Cockburn, 1830–1837
• Alexander MacDonald, 1837–1843, second time
• Charles St. John Fancourt, 1843–1851
• Sir Philip Wodehouse, 1851–1854
• Sir William Stevenson, 1854–1857
• Frederick Seymour, 1857–1862

Lieutenant Governors of British Honduras (1862–1884)[edit]

In 1862, the territory became a crown colony, and was subsequently administered by a Lieutenant Governor, subordinate to the Governor of Jamaica.

• Frederick Seymour, 1862–1864, continued
• John Gardiner Austin, 1864–1867
• Sir James Robert Longden, 1867–1870
• Sir William Wellington Cairns, 1870–1874
• Sir Robert Miller Mundy, 1874–1877
• Sir Frederick Palgrave Barlee, 1877–1883
• Col Sir Robert William Harley, 13 May 1883 – 1884

Governors of British Honduras (1884–1973)[edit]

In 1884, the colony was severed from its dependency to Jamaica and gained its own Governor.

• Sir Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy, 1884–1891
• Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney, 1891–1897
• Sir David Wilson, 1897–1904
• Sir Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott, 15 April 1904 – 1906
• Sir Eric John Eagles Swayne, 13 August 1906 – 9 May 1913
• Sir Wilfred Collet 19 May 1913 – January 1918
• William Hart-Bennett, 29 January 1918 – 4 September 1918
• Sir Eyre Hutson, 22 March 1919 – 1925
• Sir John Alder Burdon, 16 April 1925 – 1932
• Sir Harold Baxter Kittermaster, 9 March 1932 – 1934
• Sir Alan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns, 2 November 1934 – 1939
• Sir John Adams Hunter, 24 February 1940 – 1 July 1946
• Sir Arthur Norman Wolffsohn, 1 July 1946 – 14 January 1947, acting
• Sir Edward Gerald Hawkesworth, 14 January 1947 – 1948
• Sir Ronald Herbert Garvey, 28 February 1949 – 1952
• Sir Patrick Muir Renison, 21 October 1952 – 1955
• Sir Colin Hardwick Thornley, 17 January 1956 – 1961
• Sir Peter Hyla Gawne Stallard, 9 December 1961 – 1966
• Sir John Warburton Paul, 11 July 1966 – January 1972
• Sir Richard Neil Posnett, 26 January 1972 – 31 May 1973

Governors of Belize (1973–1981)[edit]

On 1 June 1973, the colony of British Honduras was renamed Belize.

• Sir Richard Neil Posnett, 1 June 1973 – 1976, continued
• Peter Donovan McEntee, 1 June 1976 – 1980
• Sir James Hennessy, 1980 – 21 September 1981

On 21 September 1981 Belize gained independence from the United Kingdom. For viceroys of Belize after independence, see Governor-General of Belize.

References[edit]

• rulers.org