List of Governors of Trinidad and Tobago
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Governors of Trinidad and Tobago 1889-1962
- Sir William Robinson - October 9, 1885-1891
- Sir Frederick Napier BroomeFrederick BroomeSir Frederick Napier Broome KCMG was a colonial administrator in the British Empire.He was born in Canada, but was living in England in 1865, when he married Mary Anne Barker...
- August 19, 1891-1897 - Sir Hubert Edward Henry JerninghamHubert JerninghamSir Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham, KCMG, DL was British Liberal Party politician and Governor of Trinidad and Tobago between 1897 and 1900....
- June 2, 1897-December, 1900 - Sir Cornelius Alfred MoloneyCornelius Alfred MoloneySir Cornelius Alfred Moloney, KCMG, was a British colonial administrator.He served as British Administrator of The Gambia from 1884 to 1886, Governor of Lagos Colony from 1886 to 1890, Governor of British Honduras from 1891 to 1897, Governor of the Federal Colony of the Windward Islands from 1897...
- December 4, 1900-August, 1904 - Sir Henry Moore JacksonHenry Moore JacksonSir Henry Moore Jackson R.A. GCMG was born in Grenada to the Anglican Bishop of Antigua and of the Leeward Islands. He received his education in England at Clifton College and the Royal Military Academy. After his education, Jackson went into the military, serving for the Royal Artillery from 1870...
- August 30, 1904-August 29, 1908 - Sir George Ruthven Le HunteGeorge Le HunteSir George Ruthven Le Hunte KCMG was Governor of South Australia from 1 July 1903 until 18 February 1909, soon after federation of Australia....
- May 11, 1909-January, 1916 - Sir John Robert ChancellorJohn Chancellor (British administrator)Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Robert Chancellor, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO was a British soldier and colonial official.After a career in the British Army's Corps of Royal Engineers, which included service on the North West Frontier and being Secretary of the Colonial Defence Committee, he became a...
- June 1, 1916-1921 - Sir Samuel Herbert WilsonSamuel Herbert WilsonBrigadier General Sir Samuel Herbert Wilson, GCMG, KCB, KBE was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Trinidad and Tobago between 1921 and 1924. He did much to popularise football, offering a Wilson Cup for football....
- January 1, 1922-1924 - Sir Horace Archer Byatt - November 22, 1924-1930
- Sir Alfred Claud HollisAlfred Claud HollisSir Alfred Claud Hollis, GCMG, CBE was British administrator who served as British Resident to the Sultan of Zanzibar between 1923 and 1929 and Governor of Trinidad and Tobago between 1930 and 1936 and author of a historical account of Spanish Trinidad.Hollis came into conflict with Arthur Andrew...
- March 22, 1930-1936 - Sir Arthur George Murchison Fletcher - September 17, 1936-1938
- Sir Hubert Winthrop Young - July 8, 1938 - 1942
- Sir Bede Edmund Hugh Clifford - June 8, 1942-1947
- Sir John Valentine Wistar Shaw - March 7, 1947-1950
- Sir Hubert Elvin RanceHubert RanceMajor General Sir Hubert Elvin Rance GCMG GBE CB was the last British Governor of Burma between 1946 and 1948, while the country moved towards independence. Later he became Governor of Trinidad and Tobago.-Career to 1945:...
- April 19, 1950-1955 - Sir Edward Betham BeethamEdward BeethamSir Edward "Eddy" Betham Beetham served as Governor of Trinidad and Tobago between 1955 and 1960. He presided over the transition to elected internal self-government. Beetham was the last British colonial governor. The Beetham Highway in Port of Spain is named after him....
- June 23, 1955-1960 - Sir Solomon HochoySolomon HochoySir Solomon Hochoy TC, GCMG, GCVO, OBE was the last British Governor of Trinidad and Tobago, the first non-white Governor and the first Governor General after independence and the first British viceroy of non-European descent.Of Hakka Chinese background, his family emigrated to Trinidad when he...
- July 4, 1960-August 31, 1962