To date, there has been no female Governor of Gibraltar.
Term |
Incumbent |
Notes |
24 July 1704 |
Habsburg occupation |
24 July 1704 to 4 August 1704 |
Sir George Rooke, Military commander |
4 August 1704 to 14 September 1705 |
Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt, Governor |
24 December 1707 to 24 January 1711 |
Roger Elliott, Governor |
24 January 1711 to 13 July 1713 |
Thomas Stanwix, Governor |
13 July 1713 |
Spain cedes Gibraltar to Great Britain |
13 July 1713 to 7 August 1713 |
Thomas Stanwix, Governor |
7 August 1713 to 20 October 1720 |
The Earl of Portmore, Governor |
20 October 1720 to 2 February 1727 |
Richard Kane, Governor |
2 February 1727 to 13 May 1730 |
Jasper Clayton, Governor |
15 May 1730 to 24 October 1739 |
Joseph Sabine, Governor |
24 October 1739 to 22 April 1740 |
Francis Columbine, Governor |
22 April 1740 to 1749 |
William Hargrave, Governor |
1749 to 31 May 1754 |
Sir Humphrey Bland, Governor |
31 May 1754 to 12 July 1756 |
Thomas Fowke, Governor |
12 July 1756 to 16 April 1757 |
The Lord Tyrawley, Governor |
16 April 1757 to 28 April 1761 |
The Earl of Home, Governor |
28 April 1761 to 23 June 1761 |
John Toovey, acting Governor |
13 June 1761 to 14 June 1761 |
John Parslow, acting Governor |
14 June 1761 to January 1776 |
Edward Cornwallis, Governor |
January 1776 to 25 May 1777 |
Robert Boyd, acting Governor |
1st Term |
25 May 1777 to 14 June 1787 |
George Augustus Eliott, Governor |
14 June 1787 to July 1790 |
The Lord Heathfield, Governor |
July 1790 to October 1790 |
Sir Robert Boyd, acting Governor |
October 1790 to 13 May 1794 |
Sir Robert Boyd, Governor |
2nd Term |
13 May 1794 to 30 December 1795 |
Charles Rainsford, Governor |
30 December 1795 to 25 February 1802 |
Charles O'Hara, Governor |
25 February 1802 to 10 May 1802 |
Charles Barnett, Governor |
24 May 1802 to 23 January 1820 |
The Duke of Kent |
2 May 1803 to 17 December 1804 |
Sir Thomas Trigge, acting Governor |
For the Duke of Kent |
17 December 1804 to June 1806 |
Henry Edward Fox, acting Governor |
For the Duke of Kent |
June 1806 to November 1806 |
James Drummond, acting Governor |
1st Term; for the Duke of Kent |
November 1806 to August 1808 |
Sir Hew Dalrymple, acting Governor |
For the Duke of Kent |
August 1808 to May 1809 |
James Drummond, acting Governor |
2nd Term; for the Duke of Kent |
May 1809 to August 1809 |
Sir John Francis Cradock, acting Governor |
For the Duke of Kent |
August 1809 to October 1809 |
John Smith, acting Governor |
For the Duke of Kent |
October 1809 to November 1809 |
Alex McKenzie Fraser, acting Governor |
For the Duke of Kent |
November 1809 to 2 April 1814 |
Sir Colin Campbell, acting Governor |
For the Duke of Kent |
3 April 1814 to 15 November 1821 |
Sir George Don, acting Governor |
1st Term; for the Duke of Kent |
29 January 1820 to 1835 |
The Earl of Chatham, Governor |
7 June 1825 to 20 June 1830 |
Sir George Don, acting Governor |
2nd Term; for the Earl of Chatham |
British crown colony |
20 June 1830 to 10 May 1831 |
Sir George Don, acting Governor |
2nd Term; for the Earl of Chatham |
10 May 1831 to 29 May 1835 |
Sir William Houstoun, acting Governor |
For the Earl of Chatham |
28 February 1835 to 11 October 1842 |
Sir Alexander George Woodford, Governor |
11 October 1842 to 12 December 1848 |
Sir Robert Thomas Wilson, Governor |
12 December 1848 to 26 July 1855 |
Sir Robert William Gardiner, Governor |
26 July 1855 to 5 May 1859 |
Sir James Fergusson, Governor |
5 May 1859 to 21 September 1865 |
Sir William John Codrington, Governor |
21 September 1865 to 25 July 1870 |
Sir Richard Airey, Governor |
25 July 1870 to 23 June 1876 |
Sir William Williams, Governor |
23 June 1876 to 3 January 1883 |
The Lord Napier of Magdala, Governor |
3 January 1883 to 2 November 1886 |
Sir John Miller Adye, Governor |
2 November 1886 to 23 August 1890 |
Sir Arthur Edward Hardinge, Governor |
23 August 1890 to 27 January 1891 |
Sir Leicester Smyth, Governor |
27 January 1891 to 31 March 1891 |
H. R. L. Newdigate, acting Governor |
31 March 1891 to 27 June 1893 |
Sir Lothian Nicholson, Governor |
27 June 1893 to 7 August 1893 |
G.J. Smart, acting Governor |
7 August 1893 to 22 May 1900 |
Sir Robert Biddulph, Governor |
22 May 1900 to 1 August 1905 |
Sir George Stuart White, Governor |
1 August 1905 to 30 July 1910 |
Sir Frederick Forestier-Walker, Governor |
30 July 1910 to 11 July 1913 |
Sir Archibald Hunter, Governor |
11 July 1913 to 9 July 1918 |
Sir Herbert Scott Gould Miles, Governor |
9 July 1918 to 26 May 1923 |
Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, Governor |
26 May 1923 to 13 August 1928 |
Sir Charles Monro, Governor |
13 August 1928 to 13 May 1933 |
Sir Alexander Godley, Governor |
13 May 1933 to 12 August 1938 |
Sir Charles Harington Harington, Governor |
12 August 1938 to 11 July 1939 |
Sir Edmund Ironside, Governor |
11 July 1939 to 14 May 1941 |
Sir Clive Gerard Liddell, Governor |
14 May 1941 to 31 May 1942 |
The Viscount Gort, Governor |
31 May 1942 to 1943 |
Noel Mason-Macfarlane, Governor |
1943 to 14 February 1944 |
Sir Noel Mason-Macfarlane, Governor |
14 February 1944 to 8 February 1947 |
Sir Ralph Eastwood, Governor |
8 February 1947 to 23 April 1952 |
Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, Governor |
23 April 1952 to 6 May 1955 |
Sir George MacMillan, Governor |
6 May 1955 to 16 April 1958 |
Sir Harold Redman, Governor |
16 April 1958 to 8 June 1962 |
Sir Charles Keightley, Governor |
8 June 1962 to 5 August 1965 |
Sir Alfred Dudley Ward, Governor |
5 August 1965 to March 1969 |
Sir Gerald Lathbury, Governor |
March 1969 to 3 October 1973 |
Sir Varyl Begg, Governor |
3 October 1973 to 30 May 1978 |
Sir John Grandy, Governor |
30 May 1978 to 26 October 1982 |
Sir William Jackson, Governor |
26 October 1982 to 19 November 1985 |
Sir David Williams, Governor |
19 November 1985 to December 1989 |
Sir Peter Terry, Governor |
December 1989 to April 1993 |
Sir Derek Reffell, Governor |
April 1993 to 5 December 1995 |
Sir John Chapple, Governor |
5 December 1995 to 19 February 1997 |
Sir Hugo White, Governor |
24 February 1997 to 5 April 2000 |
Sir Richard Luce, Governor |
5 April 2000 to 16 May 2003 |
David Durie, Governor (Sir David Durie from 1 Jan 2003) |
16 May 2003 to 27 May 2003 |
David Blunt, acting Governor |
27 May 2003 to 17 July 2006 |
Sir Francis Richards, Governor |
17 July 2006 to 27 September |
Philip Barton, acting Governor |
27 September 2006 to Present |
Sir Robert Fulton, Governor |