List of governors of Newfoundland and Labrador

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The following is a list of governors, commodore-governors, and lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador. Though the present day office of the lieutenant governor in Newfoundland and Labrador came into being only upon the province's entry into Canadian Confederation in 1949, the post is a continuation from the first governorship of Newfoundland in 1610.

Proprietary governors of Newfoundland, 1610–1728

# Image Name Colony Term start Term end
Governors under James I (1610–1625):
File:NFLD stamp John Guy.jpg John Guy Cuper's Cove 1610 1614
File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg John Mason Cuper's Cove 1615 1621
File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Robert Hayman Bristol's Hope 1618 1628
File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Sir Richard Whitbourne Renews 1618 1620
File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Sir Francis Tanfield South Falkland 1623 1626
File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Edward Wynne Ferryland 1621 1625
Governors under Charles I (1625–1649):
File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Sir Arthur Aston Avalon 1625 1627
File:Baron George Calvert by Daniel Mytens I.jpg The Lord Baltimore Avalon 1627 1629
File:Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, by Gerard Soest (1670).jpg The Lord Baltimore[n 1] Avalon 1629 1632
File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg William Hill Avalon 1634 1638
1. File:OUR FIRST FOOTING IN CANADA. CHAMPLAIN SURRENDERING QUEBEC TO ADMIRAL KIRKE. JULY 20 1629.jpg Sir David Kirke Newfoundland 1638 →
Governors under Oliver Cromwell (1649–1658):
1. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg cont... ← 1651
2. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg John Treworgie Newfoundland 1653 →
Governors under Richard Cromwell (1658–1660):
2. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg cont... ← →
Governors under Charles II (1660):
2. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg cont... ← 1660

Governors of Plaisance, 1655–1713

# Image Name Term start Term end
Governors under Louis XIV (1655–1713):
File:Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg Sieur de Kéréon 1655 1660
File:Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg Nicolas Gargot de la Rochette 1660 1662
File:Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg Thalour Du Perron 1662 1663
File:Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg Lafontaine Bellot 1664 1667
File:Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg Sieur de la Palme 1667 1670
File:Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg Sieur de la Poippe 1670 1684
File:Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg Antoine Parat 1685 1690
File:Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg Louis de Pastour de Costebelle 1690 1691
File:Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan 1690 1701
File:Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg Joseph de Monic 1697 1702
File:Daniel d'Auger de Subercase.jpg Daniel d'Auger de Subercase 1702 1706
File:Philippe de Pastour de Costebelle.png Philippe Pastour de Costebelle 1706 1713

Lieutenant-governors of Placentia, 1713–1770

# Image Name Governor from Governor until
Lieutenant-Governors under George I (1713–1727) (Subject to Governor of Nova Scotia and Placentia):
1. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg John Moody[1] 1714 1717
2. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Martin Purcell (governor) 1717 1717
3. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Samuel Gledhill[2][3] 1717 1729
Lieutenant-Governors under George II (1727–1760):
1. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Henry Cope[4] 1736 ?1742
1. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Otho Hamilton[5] 1744 c.1764
1. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Joseph Goreham[6] 1770

Commodore-governors of Newfoundland, 1729–1825

The Commodore-Governor was a British Royal Navy official who was commander of the annual fishing convoy which left England each spring to fish off Newfoundland and was charged with protecting the convoys from harm. He was also responsible for various administrative and judicial functions, including assisting the fishing admirals in maintaining law and order and compiling the annual report on the fishery for the English government. By 1818, the colony had a significant enough permanent population to justify having a resident governor.

# Image Name Term start Term end
Governors under George II (1729–1760):
3. File:Captain Henry Osborn by Claude Arnulphy.jpg Henry Osborn 1729 1730
4. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg George Clinton 1731 1731
5. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Edward Falkingham 1732 1732
6. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Robert MacCarty, Viscount Muskerry 1733 1734
7. File:Vice-Admiral Fitzroy Henry Lee (1699-1750), by British school of the 18th century.jpg FitzRoy Henry Lee 1735 1737
8. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Philip Vanbrugh 1738 1738
9. File:Henry Medley Faber.jpg Henry Medley 1739 1740
10. File:Commodore Thomas Smith.jpg Thomas Smith 1741 1741
11. File:John Byng.jpg John Byng[n 2] 1742 1742
10. File:Commodore Thomas Smith.jpg Thomas Smith (second time) 1743 1743
12. File:Admiral Sir Charles Hardy, 1780.jpg Sir Charles Hardy 1744 1744
13. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Richard Edwards 1745 1745
14. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg James Douglas Bt 1746 1746
15. File:Thomas McIlworth - General John Bradstreet - Google Art Project.jpg John Bradstreet 1747 1747
15. File:Admiral Charles Watson.png Charles Watson 1748 1748
16. File:Admiral of the White by Thomas Gainsborough.jpg The Lord Rodney 1749 1749
17. File:Francis William Drake (1724 - c. 1788).jpg Francis William Drake 1750 1752
18. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Hugh Bonfoy 1753 1754
19. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Richard Dorrill 1755 1756
20. File:Richard Edwards Royal Navy Admiral by Nathaniel Dance 1780.jpg Richard Edwards 1757 1759
21. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg James Webb 1760 →
Governors under George III (1760–1820):
21. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg cont... ← 1760
22. File:Admiral Lord Graves, 1st Baron Graves of Gravesend, by Thomas Gainsborough.jpg Thomas Graves 1761 1763
23. File:HughPalliser.jpg Sir Hugh Palliser 1764 1768
24. File:John Byron-Joshua Reynolds-1759.jpg John Byron 1769 1771
25. File:Molyneux Shuldham (c. 1717-1798).jpg Molyneux Shuldham 1772 1774
26. File:Robert Duff (- 1787).jpg Robert Duff 1775 1775
27. File:John Montagu (1719-1795).jpg John Montagu 1776 1778
28. File:Richard Edwards Royal Navy Admiral by Nathaniel Dance 1780.jpg Richard Edwards 1779 1781
29. File:1782 campbell.jpg John Campbell 1782 1785
30. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg John Elliot 1786 1788
31. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Mark Milbanke 1789 1791
32. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Sir Richard King Bt 1792 1793
33. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Sir James Wallace 1794 1796
34. File:Admiral William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock (1753-1825) by James Northcote.jpg William Waldegrave 1797 1799
35. File:Captain Charles Morice Pole, by John Francis Rigaud.jpg Sir Charles Morice Pole Bt 1800 1801
36. File:James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier by Joseph Slater.jpg James Gambier 1802 1803
37. File:Admiral Sir Erasmus Gower.jpg Sir Erasmus Gower 1804 1806
38. File:John Holloway (1744-1826).jpg John Holloway 1807 1809
39. File:Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth (1748-1817).jpg Sir John Thomas Duckworth GCB 1810 1812
40. File:Richard Goodwin Keats 2.jpg Sir Richard Goodwin Keats 1813 1816
41. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Francis Pickmore 1817 1818
42. File:Admiral Sir Charles Hamilton (1767-1849), by William Beechey.jpg Sir Charles Hamilton Bt 1818 →
Governors under George IV (1820–1825):
42. File:Admiral Sir Charles Hamilton (1767-1849), by William Beechey.jpg cont... ← 1825

Civil governors of Newfoundland, 1825–1855

# Image Name Term start Term end
Governors under George IV (1825–1830):
43. File:Thomas-john-cochrane.jpg Sir Thomas John Cochrane 1825 →
Governors under William IV (1830–1837):
43. File:Thomas-john-cochrane.jpg cont... ← 1834
44. File:Sir Henry Prescott (1783-1874).jpg Sir Henry Prescott 1834 →
Governors under Queen Victoria (1837–1855):
44. File:Sir Henry Prescott (1783-1874).jpg cont... ← 1841
45. File:John Harvey.jpg Sir John Harvey KCH 1841 1846
File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Robert Law (colonial administrator) 1846 1847
46. File:SirGaspardLeMarchant,LtGovOfNovaScotia.jpg Sir John Le Marchant 1847 1852
47. File:Ker Baillie Hamilton (1804-1889).jpg Ker Baillie-Hamilton 1852 1855

Colonial governors of Newfoundland, 1855–1907

# Image Name Term start Term end
Governors under Queen Victoria (1855–1901):
48. File:Portrait of Sir Charles Darling 1863 wood engraving.jpg Sir Charles Henry Darling 1855 1857
49. File:Sir Alexander Bannerman.jpg Sir Alexander Bannerman 1857 1864
50. File:AnthonyMusgrave.jpg Sir Anthony Musgrave 1864 1869
51. File:Stephen John Hill 1870.jpg Sir Stephen John Hill KCMG CB 1869 1876
52. File:Sir John Hawley Glover (1829-1885).jpg Sir John Hawley Glover KCMG 1876 1881
53. File:Crimean War 1854-56 Q71496.jpg Sir Henry Berkeley Fitzhardinge Maxse KCMG 1881 1883
52. File:Sir John Hawley Glover (1829-1885).jpg Sir John Hawley Glover (second time) KCMG 1883 1885
54. File:Sir G. William Des Voeux.jpg Sir William Des Vœux 1886 1887
55. File:Henry Arthur Blake.jpg Sir Henry Arthur Blake KCMG FRGS FRCI 1887 1889
56. File:Sir John Terence Nicholls O'Brien (1830-1903).jpg Sir John Terence Nicholls O'Brien 1889 1895
57. File:Sir Herbert Harley Murray (1829-1904).jpg Sir Herbert Harley Murray 1895 1898
58. File:Sir Henry Edward McCallum (1852-1919).jpg Sir Henry Edward McCallum 1898 →
Governors under Edward VII (1901–1907):
58. File:Sir Henry Edward McCallum (1852-1919).jpg cont... ← 1901
59. File:Sir Cavendish Boyle.jpg Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle KCMG 1901 1904
60. File:Sir William MacGregor.jpg Sir William MacGregor CB KCMG 1904 1907

Governors of the Dominion of Newfoundland, 1907–1934

Further information: Dominion of Newfoundland
# Image Name Term start Term end
Governors under Edward VII (1907–1910):
60. File:Sir William MacGregor.jpg Sir William MacGregor (continued) CB KCMG 1907 1909
61. File:Ralph Champneys Williams.jpg Sir Ralph Champneys Williams CMG 1909 →
Governors under George V (1910–1934):
61. File:Ralph Champneys Williams.jpg cont... ← 1913
62. File:WEDavidson.jpg Sir Walter Edward Davidson KCMG CBE 1913 1917
63. File:Sir Charles Alexander Harris (1855-1947).jpg Sir Charles Alexander Harris 1917 1922
64. File:William Lamond Allardyce.jpg Sir William Allardyce KCMG 1922 1928
65. File:Sir John Middleton (1870-1954).jpg Sir John Middleton 1928 1932
66. File:David Murray Anderson.jpg Sir David Murray Anderson KCB KCMG MVO 1933 1934

Commission governors of Newfoundland, 1934–1949

Further information: Newfoundland Commission of Government
# Image Name Term start Term end
Governors under George V (1934–1936):
66. File:David Murray Anderson.jpg Sir David Murray Anderson (continued) KCB KCMG MVO 1934 1935
67. File:Humphrey T. Walwyn.jpg Sir Humphrey T. Walwyn KCSI KCMG CB DSO 1936 →
Governors under Edward VIII (1936):
67. File:Humphrey T. Walwyn.jpg cont... ← →
Governors under George VI (1936–1949):
67. File:Humphrey T. Walwyn.jpg cont... ← 1946
68. File:Lord Macdonald.jpg Gordon MacDonald 1946 1949

Lieutenant governors of Newfoundland, 1949–1999

# Image Name Term start Term end
Governors under George VI (1949–1952):
69. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Sir Albert Walsh 1949 1949
70. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Sir Leonard Outerbridge CBE DSO 1949 →
Governors under Elizabeth II (1952–1999):
70. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg cont... ← 1957
71. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Campbell Leonard Macpherson 1957 1963
72. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg ρ Fabian O'Dea QC 1963 1969
73. File:Hon. E. John A. Harnum.jpg Ewart John Arlington Harnum OC 1969 1974
74. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Gordon Arnaud Winter OC 1974 1981
75. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg William Anthony Paddon OC 1981 1986
76. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg James McGrath PC 1986 1991
77. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Frederick Russell OC CD 1991 1997
78. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Arthur Maxwell House OC FRCP 1997 1999

Lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador, 1999–present

# Image Name Term start Term end
Governors under Elizabeth II (1999–2022):
78. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Arthur Maxwell House OC FRCP 1999 2002
79. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Edward Roberts CM ONL QC 2002 2008
80. File:John Crosbie (crop).jpg John Crosbie PC OC ONL QC 2008 2013
81.[† 1] File:Frank Fagan.jpg Frank Fagan CM ONL 2013 2018
82. File:Judy Foote.jpg Judy Foote PC ONL 2018 →
Governors under Charles III (2022–present):
82. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg cont... ← 2023
83. File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Joan Marie Aylward 2023 Present
  1. ↑ Colour denotes living former lieutenant governors

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The Lord Baltimore became the de facto Governor of Avalon upon the death of his father, the first Baron Baltimore.
  2. ↑ John Byng's elder brother, Robert Byng, was the great-great-grandfather of The Viscount Byng of Vimy, who served as Governor General of Canada from 1921 to 1926.

References

  1. ↑ "Biography – MOODY, JOHN – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
  2. ↑ "Biography – GLEDHILL, SAMUEL – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 22, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ "Biography – COPE, HENRY – Volume III (1741-1770) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
  5. ↑ "Biography – HAMILTON, OTHO – Volume III (1741-1770) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
  6. ↑ "Biography – GOREHAM, JOSEPH – Volume IV (1771-1800) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".

External links

  • Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. "Profiles of Governors". Memorial University of Newfoundland.
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