Governor of British Mauritius

UK Government official, 1810 to 1968

Governor of Mauritius

Governor of Mauritius Flag (1906–1968)

Appointer| Government of the United Kingdom
Precursor| Governor of Isle de France
Formation| 12 April 1810; 214 years ago (1810-04-12)
First holder| Sir Robert Farquhar
Final holder| Sir John Shaw Rennie
Abolished| 12 March 1968; 56 years ago (1968-03-12)
Succession| Governor-General of Mauritius

The governor of Mauritius was the official who governed the Crown Colony of Mauritius (now Republic of Mauritius) during the British colonial period between 1810 and 1968. Upon the end of British rule and the independence of Mauritius in 1968, this office was replaced by the governor-general, who represented the British monarch and not the Government of the United Kingdom as did the governor. The office of Governor-General was itself abolished in 1992 and replaced by the post of President when Mauritius became a republic.

## List of governors (1810–1968)

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A list of British governors of Mauritius from 1810 to 1968.[1][2]

No. | Portrait  | Incumbent  | Tenure

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Took office  | Left office
Mauritius
1  |  | Sir Robert Farquhar | 4 December 1810  | 20 May 1823
|  | Henry Warde
Acting for Farquhar | 18 April 1811  | 15 July 1811
|  | Gage John Hall
Acting for Farquhar | 10 November 1817  | 10 December 1818
|  | Sir John Dalrymple
Acting for Farquhar | 10 December 1818  | 6 February 1819
|  | Sir Ralph Darling
Acting for Farquhar | 6 February 1819  | 6 July 1820
|  | Sir Ralph Darling
Acting | 20 May 1823  | 12 June 1823
2  |  | Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole | 12 June 1823  | 17 June 1828
3  |  | Sir Charles Colville | 17 June 1828  | 3 February 1833
4  |  | Sir William Nicolay | 4 February 1833  | 20 February 1840
|  | James Power
Acting | 20 February 1840  | 16 July 1840
5  |  | Sir Lionel Smith | 16 July 1840  | 2 January 1842
|  | William Staveley
Acting | 3 January 1842  | 21 November 1842
6  |  | Sir William Maynard Gomm | 21 November 1842  | 5 May 1849
|  | Thomas Blanchard
Acting | 5 May 1849  | 8 June 1849
7  |  | Sir George William Anderson | 8 June 1849  | 19 October 1850
|  | William Sutherland
Acting | 19 October 1850  | 8 January 1851
8  |  | Sir James Macaulay Higginson | 8 January 1851  | 20 September 1857
|  | William Sutherland
Acting for Higginson | 14 April 1854  | 18 January 1855
|  | Charles Murray Hay[3]
Acting for Higginson | 18 January 1855  | 12 June 1855
9  |  | Sir William Stevenson | 20 September 1857  | 9 January 1863
|  | Montague Cholmeley Johnstone
Acting | 10 January 1863  | 21 August 1863
10  |  | Sir Henry Barkly | 21 August 1863  | 3 June 1870
|  | Edward Selby Smyth
Acting | 4 June 1870  | 21 February 1871
11  |  | Sir Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon | 21 February 1871  | 18 August 1874
|  | Edward Selby Smyth
Acting for Hamilton-Gordon | 4 June 1870  | 21 February 1871
|  | Edward Norton
Acting for Hamilton-Gordon | 21 October 1871  | 28 October 1872
|  | Edward Norton
Acting for Hamilton-Gordon | 20 January 1873  | 20 October 1873
|  | Edward Norton
Acting | 18 August 1874  | 21 September 1874
12  |  | Sir Arthur Purves Phayre | 21 September 1874  | 31 December 1878
|  | Sir Frederick Napier Broome
Acting | 31 December 1878  | 4 April 1879
13  |  | Sir George Ferguson Bowen | 4 April 1879  | 9 December 1880
14  |  | Sir Frederick Napier Broome | 9 December 1880  | 5 May 1883
|  | Sir Charles Bruce
Acting | 5 May 1883  | 1 June 1883
15  |  | Sir John Pope Hennessy
Suspended from 14 December 1886 until 12 July 1887 | 1 June 1883  | 11 December 1889
|  | Henry Nicholas Duverger-Beyts
Acting for Hennessy | 24 September 1884  | 15 October 1884
|  | Henry Nicholas Duverger-Beyts
Acting for Hennessy | 29 September 1886  | 12 December 1886
|  | Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson
Acting for Hennessy | 15 December 1886  | 18 December 1886
|  | William Hanbury Hawley
Acting for Hennessy | 18 December 1886  | 2 July 1887
|  | Sir Francis Fleming
Acting for Hennessy | 2 July 1887  | 11 December 1888
|  | Thomas Erskine Arthur Hall
Acting for Hennessy | 11 December 1888  | 22 December 1888
|  | Sir Francis Fleming
Acting | 11 December 1889  | 17 December 1889
|  | Thomas Erskine Arthur Hall
Acting | 17 December 1889  | 20 December 1889
16  |  | Sir Charles Cameron Lees | 21 December 1889  | 12 March 1892
|  | Sir Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham
Acting | 12 March 1892  | 20 September 1892
17  |  | Sir Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham | 20 September 1892  | 15 January 1897
|  | Charles Anthony King-Harman
Acting for Jerningham | 17 January 1894  | 24 July 1894
|  | Charles Anthony King-Harman
Acting for Jerningham | 2 March 1896  | 19 September 1896
|  | Charles Anthony King-Harman
Acting | 15 January 1897  | 11 May 1897
18  |  | Sir Charles Bruce | 11 May 1897  | 30 October 1903
|  | Sir Graham John Bower
Acting for Bruce | 12 July 1900  | 11 May 1901
|  | Sir Graham John Bower
Acting | 30 October 1903  | 20 August 1904
19  |  | Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle | 20 August 1904  | 10 April 1911
|  | Sir Graham John Bower
Acting for Boyle | 14 April 1906  | 14 September 1906
|  | Sir Graham John Bower
Acting for Boyle | 17 October 1908  | 23 April 1909
|  | George Smith
Acting | 10 April 1911  | 13 September 1911
20  |  | Sir John Robert Chancellor | 13 September 1911  | 28 January 1916
|  | Sir John Middleton
Acting for Chancellor | 10 March 1914  | 22 September 1914
|  | Sir John Middleton
Acting for Chancellor | 28 January 1916  | 18 May 1916
21  |  | Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell | 18 May 1916  | 16 August 1924
|  | Sir John Middleton
Acting for Bell | 8 February 1919  | 17 November 1919
|  | Sir Edward Brandis Denham
Acting for Bell | 2 February 1921  | 3 April 1921
|  | Sir Edward Brandis Denham
Acting for Bell | 8 May 1922  | 3 March 1923
|  | Sir Edward Allan Grannum
Acting | 16 August 1924  | 19 February 1925
22  |  | Sir Herbert James Read | 19 February 1925  | 9 December 1929
|  | Sir Edward Allan Grannum
Acting for Read | 2 September 1926  | 17 October 1926
|  | Sir Edward Allan Grannum
Acting for Read | 3 August 1927  | 17 May 1928
|  | Sir Edward Allan Grannum
Acting | 9 December 1929  | 30 August 1930
23  |  | Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson | 30 August 1930  | 7 June 1937
|  | Edward Walter Evans
Acting for Jackson | 24 August 1932  | 29 April 1933
|  | Edward Walter Evans
Acting for Jackson | 3 September 1934  | 26 October 1934
|  | Edward Walter Evans
Acting for Jackson | 7 April 1936  | 4 December 1936
|  | Edward Walter Evans
Acting | 7 June 1937  | 23 October 1937
24  |  | Sir Bede Edward Hugh Clifford | 23 October 1937  | 16 April 1942
|  | Sydney Moody
Acting for Clifford | 29 January 1940  | 10 September 1940
|  | Sydney Moody
Acting | 16 April 1942  | 5 July 1942 1940
25  |  | Sir Donald Mackenzie-Kennedy | 5 July 1942  | 5 December 1948
|  | Sydney Moody
Acting for Mackenzie-Kennedy | 23 May 1945  | 3 January 1946
|  | Sydney Moody
Acting for Mackenzie-Kennedy | 8 May 1947  | 10 January 1948
|  | Sir James Dundas Harford
Acting | 5 December 1948  | 26 September 1949
26  |  | Sir Hilary Blood | 26 September 1949  | 11 January 1954
|  | Sir James Dundas Harford
Acting for Blood | 26 June 1950  | 17 November 1950
|  | Sir James Dundas Harford
Acting for Blood | 22 May 1952  | 14 October 1952
|  | Robert Newton
Acting | 11 January 1954  | 22 March 1954
27  |  | Sir Robert Scott | 22 March 1954  | 10 July 1959
|  | Robert Newton
Acting for Scott | 8 November 1956  | 18 April 1957
|  | Robert Newton
Acting | 10 July 1959  | 2 November 1959
28  |  | Sir Colville Montgomery Deverell | 2 November 1959  | 10 July 1962
|  | Thomas Douglas Vickers
Acting for Deverell | 11 June 1961  | 20 July 1961
|  | Thomas Douglas Vickers
Acting | 10 July 1962  | 17 September 1962
29  |  | Sir John Shaw Rennie | 17 September 1962  | 12 March 1968
|  | Thomas Douglas Vickers
Acting for Rennie | 24 August 1964  | 30 November 1964
|  | Thomas Douglas Vickers
Acting for Rennie | 11 October 1966  | 28 December 1966

## Flag of the governor

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* Governor's flag, 1906-1968

* Governor's flag, 1869-1906

## See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Governors of British Mauritius.

* Governor of Mauritius

## References

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1. ^ "Mauritius". Worldsstatesmen.org. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
2. ^ "Governors". Rulers.org. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
3. ^ The Mauritius Register: Historical, Official & Commercial, Corrected to the 30th June 1859. L. Channell. 1859. p. 186. Retrieved 7 February 2021.

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Governors of British Mauritius

* Sir Robert Farquhar
* Henry Warde
* Gage Hall
* Sir John Dalrymple
* Sir Ralph Darling
* Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole
* Sir Charles Colville
* Sir William Nicolay
* James Power
* Sir Lionel Smith
* William Staveley
* Sir William Maynard Gomm
* Thomas Blanchard
* Sir George William Anderson
* William Sutherland
* Sir James Macaulay Higginson
* C.M. Hay
* Sir William Stevenson
* M.G. Johnstone
* Sir Henry Barkly
* E. Selby Smith
* Sir Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon
* Edward Norton
* Sir Arthur Purves Phayre
* Sir Frederick Napier Broome
* Sir George Ferguson Bowen
* Sir Charles Bruce
* Sir John Pope Hennessy
* Henry Nicholas Duverger-Beyts
* Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson
* William Hanbury Hawley
* Sir Francis Fleming
* T.E.A. Hall
* Sir Francis Fleming
* Sir Charles Cameron Lees
* Sir Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham
* Charles Anthony King-Harman
* Sir Charles Bruce
* Sir Graham John Bower
* Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle
* George Smith
* Sir John Robert Chancellor
* Sir John Middleton
* Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell
* Sir Edward Brandis Denham
* Sir Edward Allan Grannum
* Sir Herbert James Read
* Sir Edward Allan Grannum
* Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson
* Edward Walter Evans
* Sir Bede Edward Hugh Clifford
* Sydney Moody
* Sir Donald Mackenzie-Kennedy
* Sir James Dundas Harford
* Sir Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood
* Sir James Dundas Harford
* Sir Robert Newton
* Sir Robert Scott
* Sir Colville Montgomery Deverell
* Thomas Douglas Vickers
* Sir John Shaw Rennie

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