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 | |||
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Governors under James I (1610–1625): | ||||||||
![]() | John Guy | Cuper's Cove | 1610 | 1614 | ||||
![]() | John Mason | Cuper's Cove | 1615 | 1621 | ||||
![]() | Robert Hayman | Bristol's Hope | 1618 | 1628 | ||||
![]() | Sir Richard Whitbourne | Renews | 1618 | 1620 | ||||
![]() | Sir Francis Tanfield | South Falkland | 1623 | 1626 | ||||
![]() | Edward Wynne | Ferryland | 1621 | 1625 | ||||
Governors under Charles I (1625–1649): | ||||||||
![]() | Sir Arthur Aston | Avalon | 1625 | 1627 | ||||
![]() | The Lord Baltimore | Avalon | 1627 | 1629 | ||||
![]() | The Lord Baltimore | Avalon | 1629 | 1632 | ||||
![]() | William Hill | Avalon | 1634 | 1638 | ||||
1. | ![]() | Sir David Kirke | Newfoundland | 1638 | → | |||
Governors under Oliver Cromwell (1649–1658): | ||||||||
1. | ![]() | cont... | ← | 1651 | ||||
2. | ![]() | John Treworgie | Newfoundland | 1653 | → | |||
Governors under Richard Cromwell (1658–1660): | ||||||||
2. | ![]() | cont... | ← | → | ||||
Governors under Charles II (1660): | ||||||||
2. | ![]() | cont... | ← | 1660 |
Governors of Plaisance, 1655–1713
# | Image | Name | Term start | Term end |
---|---|---|---|---|
Governors under Louis XIV (1655–1713): | ||||
![]() | Sieur de Kéréon | 1655 | 1660 | |
![]() | Nicolas Gargot de la Rochette | 1660 | 1662 | |
![]() | Thalour Du Perron | 1662 | 1663 | |
![]() | Lafontaine Bellot | 1664 | 1667 | |
![]() | Sieur de la Palme | 1667 | 1670 | |
![]() | Sieur de la Poippe | 1670 | 1684 | |
![]() | Antoine Parat | 1685 | 1690 | |
![]() | Louis de Pastour de Costebelle | 1690 | 1691 | |
![]() | Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan | 1690 | 1701 | |
![]() | Joseph de Monic | 1697 | 1702 | |
![]() | Daniel d'Auger de Subercase | 1702 | 1706 | |
![]() | 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. | ![]() | John Moody | 1714 | 1717 |
2. | ![]() | 1717 | 1717 | |
3. | ![]() | Samuel Gledhill | 1717 | 1729 |
Lieutenant-Governors under George II (1727–1760): | ||||
1. | ![]() | 1736 | ?1742 | |
1. | ![]() | Otho Hamilton | 1744 | c.1764 |
1. | ![]() | Joseph Goreham | 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. | ![]() | Henry Osborn | 1729 | 1730 |
4. | ![]() | George Clinton | 1731 | 1731 |
5. | ![]() | Edward Falkingham | 1732 | 1732 |
6. | ![]() | Robert MacCarty, Viscount Muskerry | 1733 | 1734 |
7. | ![]() | FitzRoy Henry Lee | 1735 | 1737 |
8. | ![]() | Philip Vanbrugh | 1738 | 1738 |
9. | ![]() | Henry Medley | 1739 | 1740 |
10. | ![]() | Thomas Smith | 1741 | 1741 |
11. | ![]() | John Byng | 1742 | 1742 |
10. | ![]() | Thomas Smith (second time) | 1743 | 1743 |
12. | ![]() | Sir Charles Hardy | 1744 | 1744 |
13. | ![]() | Richard Edwards | 1745 | 1745 |
14. | ![]() | James Douglas Bt | 1746 | 1746 |
15. | ![]() | John Bradstreet | 1747 | 1747 |
15. | ![]() | Charles Watson | 1748 | 1748 |
16. | ![]() | The Lord Rodney | 1749 | 1749 |
17. | ![]() | Francis William Drake | 1750 | 1752 |
18. | ![]() | Hugh Bonfoy | 1753 | 1754 |
19. | ![]() | Richard Dorrill | 1755 | 1756 |
20. | ![]() | Richard Edwards | 1757 | 1759 |
21. | ![]() | James Webb | 1760 | → |
Governors under George III (1760–1820): | ||||
21. | ![]() | cont... | ← | 1760 |
22. | ![]() | Thomas Graves | 1761 | 1763 |
23. | ![]() | Sir Hugh Palliser | 1764 | 1768 |
24. | ![]() | John Byron | 1769 | 1771 |
25. | ![]() | Molyneux Shuldham | 1772 | 1774 |
26. | ![]() | Robert Duff | 1775 | 1775 |
27. | ![]() | John Montagu | 1776 | 1778 |
28. | ![]() | Richard Edwards | 1779 | 1781 |
29. | ![]() | John Campbell | 1782 | 1785 |
30. | ![]() | John Elliot | 1786 | 1788 |
31. | ![]() | Mark Milbanke | 1789 | 1791 |
32. | ![]() | Sir Richard King Bt | 1792 | 1793 |
33. | ![]() | Sir James Wallace | 1794 | 1796 |
34. | ![]() | William Waldegrave | 1797 | 1799 |
35. | ![]() | Sir Charles Morice Pole Bt | 1800 | 1801 |
36. | ![]() | James Gambier | 1802 | 1803 |
37. | ![]() | Sir Erasmus Gower | 1804 | 1806 |
38. | ![]() | John Holloway | 1807 | 1809 |
39. | ![]() | Sir John Thomas Duckworth GCB | 1810 | 1812 |
40. | ![]() | Sir Richard Goodwin Keats | 1813 | 1816 |
41. | ![]() | Francis Pickmore | 1817 | 1818 |
42. | ![]() | Sir Charles Hamilton Bt | 1818 | → |
Governors under George IV (1820–1825): | ||||
42. | ![]() | cont... | ← | 1825 |
Civil governors of Newfoundland, 1825–1855
# | Image | Name | Term start | Term end | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Governors under George IV (1825–1830): | ||||||||
43. | ![]() | Sir Thomas John Cochrane | 1825 | → | ||||
Governors under William IV (1830–1837): | ||||||||
43. | ![]() | cont... | ← | 1834 | ||||
44. | ![]() | Sir Henry Prescott | 1834 | → | ||||
Governors under Queen Victoria (1837–1855): | ||||||||
44. | ![]() | cont... | ← | 1841 | ||||
45. | ![]() | Sir John Harvey KCH | 1841 | 1846 | ||||
![]() | Robert Law (colonial administrator) | 1846 | 1847 | |||||
46. | ![]() | Sir John Le Marchant | 1847 | 1852 | ||||
47. | ![]() | Ker Baillie-Hamilton | 1852 | 1855 |
Colonial governors of Newfoundland, 1855–1907
# | Image | Name | Term start | Term end |
---|---|---|---|---|
Governors under Queen Victoria (1855–1901): | ||||
48. | ![]() | Sir Charles Henry Darling | 1855 | 1857 |
49. | ![]() | Sir Alexander Bannerman | 1857 | 1864 |
50. | ![]() | Sir Anthony Musgrave | 1864 | 1869 |
51. | ![]() | Sir Stephen John Hill KCMG CB | 1869 | 1876 |
52. | ![]() | Sir John Hawley Glover KCMG | 1876 | 1881 |
53. | ![]() | Sir Henry Berkeley Fitzhardinge Maxse KCMG | 1881 | 1883 |
52. | ![]() | Sir John Hawley Glover (second time) KCMG | 1883 | 1885 |
54. | ![]() | Sir William Des Vœux | 1886 | 1887 |
55. | ![]() | Sir Henry Arthur Blake KCMG FRGS FRCI | 1887 | 1889 |
56. | ![]() | Sir John Terence Nicholls O'Brien | 1889 | 1895 |
57. | ![]() | Sir Herbert Harley Murray | 1895 | 1898 |
58. | ![]() | Sir Henry Edward McCallum | 1898 | → |
Governors under Edward VII (1901–1907): | ||||
58. | ![]() | cont... | ← | 1901 |
59. | ![]() | Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle KCMG | 1901 | 1904 |
60. | ![]() | Sir William MacGregor CB KCMG | 1904 | 1907 |
Governors of the Dominion of Newfoundland, 1907–1934
# | Image | Name | Term start | Term end |
---|---|---|---|---|
Governors under Edward VII (1907–1910): | ||||
60. | ![]() | Sir William MacGregor (continued) CB KCMG | 1907 | 1909 |
61. | ![]() | Sir Ralph Champneys Williams CMG | 1909 | → |
Governors under George V (1910–1934): | ||||
61. | ![]() | cont... | ← | 1913 |
62. | ![]() | Sir Walter Edward Davidson KCMG CBE | 1913 | 1917 |
63. | ![]() | Sir Charles Alexander Harris | 1917 | 1922 |
64. | ![]() | Sir William Allardyce KCMG | 1922 | 1928 |
65. | ![]() | Sir John Middleton | 1928 | 1932 |
66. | ![]() | Sir David Murray Anderson KCB KCMG MVO | 1933 | 1934 |
Commission governors of Newfoundland, 1934–1949
# | Image | Name | Term start | Term end |
---|---|---|---|---|
Governors under George V (1934–1936): | ||||
66. | ![]() | Sir David Murray Anderson (continued) KCB KCMG MVO | 1934 | 1935 |
67. | ![]() | Sir Humphrey T. Walwyn KCSI KCMG CB DSO | 1936 | → |
Governors under Edward VIII (1936): | ||||
67. | ![]() | cont... | ← | → |
Governors under George VI (1936–1949): | ||||
67. | ![]() | cont... | ← | 1946 |
68. | ![]() | Gordon MacDonald | 1946 | 1949 |
Lieutenant governors of Newfoundland, 1949–1999
# | Image | Name | Term start | Term end |
---|---|---|---|---|
Governors under George VI (1949–1952): | ||||
69. | ![]() | Sir Albert Walsh | 1949 | 1949 |
70. | ![]() | Sir Leonard Outerbridge CBE DSO | 1949 | → |
Governors under Elizabeth II (1952–1999): | ||||
70. | ![]() | cont... | ← | 1957 |
71. | ![]() | Campbell Leonard Macpherson | 1957 | 1963 |
72. | ![]() | ρ Fabian O'Dea QC | 1963 | 1969 |
73. | ![]() | Ewart John Arlington Harnum OC | 1969 | 1974 |
74. | ![]() | Gordon Arnaud Winter OC | 1974 | 1981 |
75. | ![]() | William Anthony Paddon OC | 1981 | 1986 |
76. | ![]() | James McGrath PC | 1986 | 1991 |
77. | ![]() | Frederick Russell OC CD | 1991 | 1997 |
78. | ![]() | 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. | ![]() | Arthur Maxwell House OC FRCP | 1999 | 2002 |
79. | ![]() | Edward Roberts CM ONL QC | 2002 | 2008 |
80. | ![]() | John Crosbie PC OC ONL QC | 2008 | 2013 |
81. | ![]() | Frank Fagan CM ONL | 2013 | 2018 |
82. | ![]() | Judy Foote PC ONL | 2018 | → |
Governors under Charles III (2022–present): | ||||
82. | ![]() | cont... | ← | 2023 |
83. | ![]() | Joan Marie Aylward | 2023 | Present |
- Colour denotes living former lieutenant governors
See also
- Office-holders of Canada
- Canadian incumbents by year
Notes
- The Lord Baltimore became the de facto Governor of Avalon upon the death of his father, the first Baron Baltimore.
- 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
- "Biography – MOODY, JOHN – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
- "Biography – GLEDHILL, SAMUEL – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
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- "Biography – HAMILTON, OTHO – Volume III (1741-1770) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
- "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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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 John Guy Cuper s Cove 1610 1614 John Mason Cuper s Cove 1615 1621 Robert Hayman Bristol s Hope 1618 1628 Sir Richard Whitbourne Renews 1618 1620 Sir Francis Tanfield South Falkland 1623 1626 Edward Wynne Ferryland 1621 1625 Governors under Charles I 1625 1649 Sir Arthur Aston Avalon 1625 1627 The Lord Baltimore Avalon 1627 1629 The Lord Baltimore Avalon 1629 1632 William Hill Avalon 1634 1638 1 Sir David Kirke Newfoundland 1638 Governors under Oliver Cromwell 1649 1658 1 cont 1651 2 John Treworgie Newfoundland 1653 Governors under Richard Cromwell 1658 1660 2 cont Governors under Charles II 1660 2 cont 1660Governors of Plaisance 1655 1713 Image Name Term start Term end Governors under Louis XIV 1655 1713 Sieur de Kereon 1655 1660 Nicolas Gargot de la Rochette 1660 1662 Thalour Du Perron 1662 1663 Lafontaine Bellot 1664 1667 Sieur de la Palme 1667 1670 Sieur de la Poippe 1670 1684 Antoine Parat 1685 1690 Louis de Pastour de Costebelle 1690 1691 Jacques Francois de Monbeton de Brouillan 1690 1701 Joseph de Monic 1697 1702 Daniel d Auger de Subercase 1702 1706 Philippe Pastour de Costebelle 1706 1713Lieutenant 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 John Moody 1714 1717 2 1717 1717 3 Samuel Gledhill 1717 1729 Lieutenant Governors under George II 1727 1760 1 1736 1742 1 Otho Hamilton 1744 c 1764 1 Joseph Goreham 1770Commodore governors of Newfoundland 1729 1825The 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 Henry Osborn 1729 1730 4 George Clinton 1731 1731 5 Edward Falkingham 1732 1732 6 Robert MacCarty Viscount Muskerry 1733 1734 7 FitzRoy Henry Lee 1735 1737 8 Philip Vanbrugh 1738 1738 9 Henry Medley 1739 1740 10 Thomas Smith 1741 1741 11 John Byng 1742 1742 10 Thomas Smith second time 1743 1743 12 Sir Charles Hardy 1744 1744 13 Richard Edwards 1745 1745 14 James Douglas Bt 1746 1746 15 John Bradstreet 1747 1747 15 Charles Watson 1748 1748 16 The Lord Rodney 1749 1749 17 Francis William Drake 1750 1752 18 Hugh Bonfoy 1753 1754 19 Richard Dorrill 1755 1756 20 Richard Edwards 1757 1759 21 James Webb 1760 Governors under George III 1760 1820 21 cont 1760 22 Thomas Graves 1761 1763 23 Sir Hugh Palliser 1764 1768 24 John Byron 1769 1771 25 Molyneux Shuldham 1772 1774 26 Robert Duff 1775 1775 27 John Montagu 1776 1778 28 Richard Edwards 1779 1781 29 John Campbell 1782 1785 30 John Elliot 1786 1788 31 Mark Milbanke 1789 1791 32 Sir Richard King Bt 1792 1793 33 Sir James Wallace 1794 1796 34 William Waldegrave 1797 1799 35 Sir Charles Morice Pole Bt 1800 1801 36 James Gambier 1802 1803 37 Sir Erasmus Gower 1804 1806 38 John Holloway 1807 1809 39 Sir John Thomas Duckworth GCB 1810 1812 40 Sir Richard Goodwin Keats 1813 1816 41 Francis Pickmore 1817 1818 42 Sir Charles Hamilton Bt 1818 Governors under George IV 1820 1825 42 cont 1825Civil governors of Newfoundland 1825 1855 Image Name Term start Term end Governors under George IV 1825 1830 43 Sir Thomas John Cochrane 1825 Governors under William IV 1830 1837 43 cont 1834 44 Sir Henry Prescott 1834 Governors under Queen Victoria 1837 1855 44 cont 1841 45 Sir John Harvey KCH 1841 1846 Robert Law colonial administrator 1846 1847 46 Sir John Le Marchant 1847 1852 47 Ker Baillie Hamilton 1852 1855Colonial governors of Newfoundland 1855 1907 Image Name Term start Term end Governors under Queen Victoria 1855 1901 48 Sir Charles Henry Darling 1855 1857 49 Sir Alexander Bannerman 1857 1864 50 Sir Anthony Musgrave 1864 1869 51 Sir Stephen John Hill KCMG CB 1869 1876 52 Sir John Hawley Glover KCMG 1876 1881 53 Sir Henry Berkeley Fitzhardinge Maxse KCMG 1881 1883 52 Sir John Hawley Glover second time KCMG 1883 1885 54 Sir William Des Vœux 1886 1887 55 Sir Henry Arthur Blake KCMG FRGS FRCI 1887 1889 56 Sir John Terence Nicholls O Brien 1889 1895 57 Sir Herbert Harley Murray 1895 1898 58 Sir Henry Edward McCallum 1898 Governors under Edward VII 1901 1907 58 cont 1901 59 Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle KCMG 1901 1904 60 Sir William MacGregor CB KCMG 1904 1907Governors of the Dominion of Newfoundland 1907 1934 Image Name Term start Term end Governors under Edward VII 1907 1910 60 Sir William MacGregor continued CB KCMG 1907 1909 61 Sir Ralph Champneys Williams CMG 1909 Governors under George V 1910 1934 61 cont 1913 62 Sir Walter Edward Davidson KCMG CBE 1913 1917 63 Sir Charles Alexander Harris 1917 1922 64 Sir William Allardyce KCMG 1922 1928 65 Sir John Middleton 1928 1932 66 Sir David Murray Anderson KCB KCMG MVO 1933 1934Commission governors of Newfoundland 1934 1949 Image Name Term start Term end Governors under George V 1934 1936 66 Sir David Murray Anderson continued KCB KCMG MVO 1934 1935 67 Sir Humphrey T Walwyn KCSI KCMG CB DSO 1936 Governors under Edward VIII 1936 67 cont Governors under George VI 1936 1949 67 cont 1946 68 Gordon MacDonald 1946 1949Lieutenant governors of Newfoundland 1949 1999 Image Name Term start Term end Governors under George VI 1949 1952 69 Sir Albert Walsh 1949 1949 70 Sir Leonard Outerbridge CBE DSO 1949 Governors under Elizabeth II 1952 1999 70 cont 1957 71 Campbell Leonard Macpherson 1957 1963 72 r Fabian O Dea QC 1963 1969 73 Ewart John Arlington Harnum OC 1969 1974 74 Gordon Arnaud Winter OC 1974 1981 75 William Anthony Paddon OC 1981 1986 76 James McGrath PC 1986 1991 77 Frederick Russell OC CD 1991 1997 78 Arthur Maxwell House OC FRCP 1997 1999Lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador 1999 present Image Name Term start Term end Governors under Elizabeth II 1999 2022 78 Arthur Maxwell House OC FRCP 1999 2002 79 Edward Roberts CM ONL QC 2002 2008 80 John Crosbie PC OC ONL QC 2008 2013 81 Frank Fagan CM ONL 2013 2018 82 Judy Foote PC ONL 2018 Governors under Charles III 2022 present 82 cont 2023 83 Joan Marie Aylward 2023 Present Colour denotes living former lieutenant governorsSee alsoOffice holders of Canada Canadian incumbents by yearNotesThe Lord Baltimore became the de facto Governor of Avalon upon the death of his father the first Baron Baltimore 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 Biography MOODY JOHN Volume II 1701 1740 Dictionary of Canadian Biography Biography GLEDHILL SAMUEL Volume II 1701 1740 Dictionary of Canadian Biography Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on December 22 2015 Retrieved December 22 2015 a href wiki Template Cite web title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Biography COPE HENRY Volume III 1741 1770 Dictionary of Canadian Biography Biography HAMILTON OTHO Volume III 1741 1770 Dictionary of Canadian Biography Biography GOREHAM JOSEPH Volume IV 1771 1800 Dictionary of Canadian Biography External linksOffice of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador Profiles of Governors Memorial University of Newfoundland