Governor-General of Malta
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Governors of Malta, 1813-1964
- Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Maitland (1813 - 17 January 1824)
- General Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of HastingsFrancis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of HastingsFrancis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings KG PC , styled The Honourable Francis Rawdon from birth until 1762 and as The Lord Rawdon between 1762 and 1783 and known as The Earl of Moira between 1793 and 1816, was an Irish-British politician and military officer who served as...
(22 March 1824 - 28 November 1826)
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- Sir Alexander George WoodfordAlexander George WoodfordField Marshal Sir Alexander George Woodford, KCB, KCMG was a British Army officer.-Military career:Woodford was born at 30 Welbeck Street, London, the eldest son of Lieutenant-Colonel John Woodford , and his second wife, Lady Susan Field Marshal Sir Alexander George Woodford, KCB, KCMG (15 June...
(acting) (28 November 1826 - 15 February 1827)- Major-General Sir Frederick Cavendish PonsonbyFrederick Cavendish PonsonbyMajor General The Honourable Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby, GCMG, KCB, KCH , styled The Honourable from 1806 to 1837, was a British military officer, the second son of the 3rd Earl of Bessborough and Henrietta Spencer....
(15 February 1827 - 30 September 1836)
- Major-General Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby
- George Cardew (acting for Ponsonby) (May 1835 - 4 July 1836)
- Lieut.-General Thomas Evans (acting for Ponsonby) (4 July 1836 - 30 September 1836)
- Lieut.-General Sir Henry BouverieHenry BouverieLieutenant-General Sir Henry Frederick Bouverie GCB GCMG was a British Army officer. He was Governor of Malta from 1836 to 1843.He was the son of Edward Bouverie MP, of Delapré Abbey in Northamptonshire, and his wife, Harriet, the only daughter and sole heiress of Sir Everard Fawkener; and nephew...
(1 October 1836 - 1843) - Lieut.-General Sir Patrick Stuart (1843 - October 1847)
- Right Honourable Richard More O'FerrallRichard More O'FerrallRichard More O'Ferrall was an Irish politician.He was born in Balyna, Moyvalley, County Kildare, Ireland, the eldest son of Major Ambrose O'Ferrall and his first wife, Anne Bagot....
(October 1847 - 13 May 1851
- Lieut.-General Sir Henry Bouverie
- Lt. General Robert Ellice (acting) (13 May 1851 - 27 October 1851)
- Major-General Sir William Reid (27 October 1851 - 1858)
- Lieut-General Sir John Gaspard Le Marchant (1858 - 15 November 1864)
- Lieut.-General Sir Henry Knight StorksHenry Knight StorksSir Henry Knight Storks GCMG GCB was a British soldier and colonial governor.Educated at Charterhouse School, he entered the Army on 10 January 1828 as an ensign of the 61st Regiment of Foot. He was promoted lieutenant on 2 March 1832, exchanged to the 14th Regiment of Foot on 23 March 1832 and...
(15 November 1864 - 15 May 1867) - General Sir Patrick GrantPatrick GrantField Marshal Sir Patrick Grant, GCB, GCMG was a senior British Army officer.-Military career:He was the second son of Major John Grant, of the 97th Regiment of Foot, of Auchterblair, Invernessshire, where he was born....
(15 May 1867 - 3 June 1872) - General Sir Charles van Straubenzee (3 June 1872 - 13 May 1878
- General Sir Arthur Borton (10 June 1878 - April 1884)
- General Sir John Lintorn Arabin SimmonsJohn Lintorn Arabin SimmonsField Marshal Sir John Lintorn Arabin Simmons GCB GCMG , was a British soldier.-Military career:Simmons was the fifth son of Captain Thomas Frederick Simmons, Royal Artillery of Langford in Somerset...
(April 1884 - 28 September 1888) - Lieut.-General Sir Henry D'Oyley TorrensHenry TorrensLieutenant General Sir Henry D'Oyley Torrens KCB KCMG was a British army officer and colonial governor. He was born in Meerut, India, the son of Henry Whitelocke Torrens and Eliza Mary Roberts and died in London....
(28 September 1888 - 1 December 1889) - Lieut.-General Sir Henry Augustus SmythHenry Augustus SmythSir Henry Augustus Smyth , FSA, FRGS, Governor of Malta, general and colonel commandant Royal Artillery, born at St James's Street, London, on 25 November 1825, was third son in the family of three sons and six daughters of Admiral William Henry Smyth by his wife Annarella, only daughter of Thomas...
(1890 - 1893) - General Sir Arthur James Lyon FremantleArthur FremantleGeneral Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle, GCMG, CB was a British soldier, a member of Her Majesty's Coldstream Guards, and a notable British witness to the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War...
(1893 - 6 January 1899) - Lieut.-General Lord GrenfellFrancis Grenfell, 1st Baron GrenfellField Marshal Francis Wallace Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell, GCB, GCMG, PC was a British Army officer.-Military career:Francis Wallace Grenfell was descended from Pascoe Grenfell...
(6 January 1899 - 1903) - General Sir Charles Mansfield ClarkeSir Charles Clarke, 3rd BaronetGeneral Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke, 3rd Baronet GCB GCVO was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:Educated at Eton College, Clarke was commissioned into the 57th Regiment of Foot in 1856....
(1903 - 1907) - Lieut.-General Sir Henry GrantHenry Grant (British Army officer)General Sir Henry Fane Grant GCB GCVO was a British Army officer who commanded 5th Division.-Military career:...
(1907 - 1909) - General Sir Leslie RundleLeslie RundleGeneral Sir Leslie Rundle GCB GCMG GCVO DSO was a British Army General during World War I.-Military career:...
(1909 - February 1915) - Field-Marshal Lord MethuenPaul Methuen, 3rd Baron MethuenField Marshal Paul Sanford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen GCB, GCMG, GCVO was a British military commander.-Early life:...
(February 1915 - May 1919) - Field-Marshal Lord PlumerHerbert Plumer, 1st Viscount PlumerField Marshal Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE was a British colonial official and soldier born in Torquay who commanded the British Second Army in World War I and later served as High Commissioner of the British Mandate for Palestine.-Military...
(1919 - 1924) - General Sir Walter Norris CongreveWalter Norris CongreveGeneral Sir Walter Norris Congreve VC KCB MVO DL was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces...
(1924 - 28 February 1927) - General Sir John Philip Du CaneJohn Philip Du CaneGeneral Sir John Du Cane GCB is a former Master-General of the Ordnance.-Military career:Du Cane was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1884....
(28 February 1927 - 1931) - General Sir David CampbellDavid Campbell (British Army officer)General Sir David Graham Muschet "Soarer" Campbell GCB was a cavalry officer of the British Army, amateur sportsman, and later Governor of Malta....
(June 1931 - 12 March 1936) - General Sir Charles Bonham Carter (12 March 1936 - 1940)
- General Sir William DobbieWilliam DobbieLieutenant-General Sir William George Shedden Dobbie GCMG, KCB, DSO was a British Army veteran of the Second Boer War, and First and Second World Wars.-Early life:...
(April 1940 - 1942) - Field Marshal the Right Hon. Lord GortJohn Vereker, 6th Viscount GortField Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, VC, GCB, CBE, DSO & Two Bars, MVO, MC , was a British and Anglo-Irish soldier. As a young officer in World War I he won the Victoria Cross at the Battle of the Canal du Nord. During the 1930s he served as Chief of the...
(1942 - 26 September 1944) - Lieut.-General Sir Edmond SchreiberEdmond SchreiberLieutenant-General Sir Edmund Charles Acton Schreiber, KCB, DSO was a British Army officer who served in both the First and Second World Wars. In the second he commanded the 45th Infantry Division, V Corps and First Army....
(26 September 1944 - 10 July 1946) - Sir Francis DouglasFrancis Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of BarlochFrancis Campbell Ross Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Barloch KCMG , was a British journalist, solicitor and Labour Party politician....
(10 July 1946 - 16 September 1949) - Sir Gerald Hallen Creasy (16 September 1949 - 3 August 1954)
- Lieut.-General Sir Robert Edward LaycockRobert LaycockMajor General Sir Robert Edward Laycock KCMG, CB, DSO, KStJ was a British soldier, most famous for his service with the commandos during the Second World War...
(3 August 1954 - 13 February 1959 - Admiral Sir Guy GranthamGuy GranthamAdmiral Sir Guy Grantham GCB CBE DSO was a senior Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.-Naval career:Educated at Rugby School, Grantham joined the Royal Navy in 1918....
(13 February 1959 - 2 July 1962) - Sir Maurice Henry DormanMaurice Henry DormanSir Maurice Henry Dorman, GCMG, GCVO was the representative of the British Monarchy in Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Sierra Leone, and Malta. He studied at Cambridge University. He served in Sierra Leone from 1956 until 1962, for which he was knighted in 1957...
(2 July 1962 - 21 September 1964)
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Governors-General of Malta, 1964-1974
The Governor-GeneralGovernor-General
A Governor-General, is a vice-regal person of a monarch in an independent realm or a major colonial circonscription. Depending on the political arrangement of the territory, a Governor General can be a governor of high rank, or a principal governor ranking above "ordinary" governors.- Current uses...
of Malta was the representative in Malta
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
of Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
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as Queen of Malta between independence in 1964 until the declaration of the republic
Republic
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in the 1974.
- Sir Maurice Henry DormanMaurice Henry DormanSir Maurice Henry Dorman, GCMG, GCVO was the representative of the British Monarchy in Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Sierra Leone, and Malta. He studied at Cambridge University. He served in Sierra Leone from 1956 until 1962, for which he was knighted in 1957...
(21 September 1964 - 4 July 1971) - Sir Anthony Joseph Mamo (4 July 1971 - 13 December 1974)