A list of Victorian Governors
Charles La Trobe was appointed Superintendent of Port Phillip District on 3 October 1839. He remained in that position until his appointment as Lieutenant-Governor of the new Colony of Victoria on 1 July 1851. La Trobe was never Governor of Victoria, as that office was not established until 1855.
The first Governor of Victoria was Charles Hotham, who was Lieutenant-Governor from 22 June 1854 to 21 May 1855, before becoming Governor.
Charles La Trobe
3 October 1839 –5 May 1854
Sir Charles Hotham, RN KCB
22 June 1854 –31 December 1855
Sir Henry Barkly, KCB
26 December 1856 –10 September 1863
Sir Charles Henry Darling, KCB
11 September 1863 –7 May 1866
The Hon. Sir John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton, KCB
15 August 1866 –2 March 1873
Sir George Ferguson Bowen, GCMG
30 July 1873 –22 February 1879
The Most Hon. George Augustus Constantine Phipps, Marquess of Normanby, GCB GCMG PC
29 April 1879 –18 April 1884
Sir Henry Brougham Loch, GCMG KCB
15 July 1884 –15 November 1889
The Right Hon. John Adrian Louis Hope, the Earl of Hopetoun, GCMG
28 November 1889 –12 July 1895
The Right Hon. The Lord Brassey, KCB
25 October 1895 –31 March 1900
Sir George Sydenham Clarke, KCMG FRS
10 December 1901 –24 November 1903
Major-General The Hon. Sir Reginald Arthur James Talbot, KCB
25 April 1904 –6 July 1908
Sir Thomas David Gibson Carmichael, Bt KCMG
27 July 1908 –19 May 1911
Sir John Michael Fleetwood Fuller, Bt KCMG
24 May 1911 –24 November 1913
The Hon. Sir Arthur Lyulph Stanley, KCMG
23 February 1914 –30 January 1920
Col. The Right Hon. George Edward John Mowbray Rous, Earl of Stradbroke, KCMG CB CVO CBE ADC
24 February 1921 –7 April 1926
Lt. Col. The Right Hon. Arthur Herbert Tennyson, the Lord Somers, KCMG DSO MC
28 June 1926 –23 June 1931
Capt. The Right Hon. William Charles Arcedeckne, the Lord Huntingfield, KCMG
14 May 1934 –4 April 1939
Major-General Sir Winston Joseph Dugan, GCMG CB DSO
17 July 1939 –20 February 1949
General Sir Reginald Alexander Dallas Brooks, KCB CMG DSO
18 October 1949 –7 May 1963
Major General Sir Rohan Delacombe, KCMG KCVO KBE CB DSO
8 May 1963 –31 May 1974
The Hon. Sir Henry Winneke, AC KCMG KCVO OBE
3 June 1974 –28 February 1982
Rear-Admiral Sir Brian Murray, KCMG AO
1 March 1982 –3 October 1985
Dr J. Davis McCaughey, AC
18 February 1986 –22 April 1992
The Hon. Richard E. McGarvie, AC QC
23 April 1992 –23 April 1997
The Hon. Sir James A. Gobbo, AC CVO QC
24 April 1997 –31 December 2000
The Hon. John Landy, AC CVO MBE
1 January 2001 –7 April 2006
Professor the Hon. David de Kretser, AC
7 April 2006 –7 April 2011
The Hon. Alex Chernov, AC KC
8 April 2011 –30 June 2015
The Hon. Linda Dessau, AC CVO
1 July 2015 –30 June 2023
Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Margaret Gardner AC
9 August 2023
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