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This page lists Governors of Trinidad. See also list of Governors of Tobago, list of Governors of Trinidad and Tobago, list of Governors-General of Trinidad and Tobago, list of Presidents of Trinidad and Tobago, list of Prime Ministers of Trinidad and Tobago.

Contents

Spanish Governors (1506 - 1797)

British Governors (1797 - 1885)

References

Spanish Governors (1506 - 1797)

★ Diego Colón - 1506 - 1526

★ Rodrigo de Bastides - 1521

★ Don Antonio Sedeño - July 12 1530 - 1538

★ Don Juan Ponce de León 1571 - 1591

★ Antonio de Berrío 1580 - 1597

★ Fernando de Berrío 1597 - 1612

★ Don Diego Palomeque de Acuña 1615 - 1618

★ Fernando de Berrío 1619 - 1622

★ Don Luis de Monsalves 1624 - 1631

★ Cristóval de Aranda 1631 - 1636

★ Diego López de Escobar 1636 - 1641

★ Don Martín de Mendoza y Berrío 1642 - 1657

★ Juan de Viedma 1657 - 1664

★ José de Aspe y Zuñiga 1665 - 1668

★ Diego Ximenes de Aldana 1670 - 1677

★ Tiburcio de Aspe y Zúñiga 1678 - 1682

★ Diego Suárez Ponce de León 1682 - 1688

★ Sebastian de Roseta 1688 - 1690

★ Francisco de Ménez 1692 - 1698

★ José de León Echales 1699 - 1700

★ Francisco Ruíz de Aguirre 1700 - 1705

★ Felipe de Artineda 1705 - 1711

★ Cristóval Félix de Guzman 1700 - 1705

★ Pedro de Varza 1700 - 1705

★ Martín Pérez de Anda y Salazar 1700 - 1705

★ Don Agustín de Arredonda 1726 - 1731

★ Bartholomé de Aldunate y Rada 1731 - 1732

★ Estevan Simón de Linán y Vera 1734 - 1746

★ Juan José Salcedo 1746 - 1752

★ Francisco Nanclares 1752 - 1757

★ Pedro de La Moneda 1757 - 1760

★ Jacinto San Juan 1760 - 1762

★ José Antonio Gil 1762 - 1766

★ José de Flores 1766 - 1773

★ Juan de Dios Valdez y Vara 1773 - 1776

★ Don Manuel Falques 1776 - 1779 - Military Governor

★ Martín de Salvatierra 1779 - 1784 - Civil Governor

★ Don José María Chacón 1784 - 1797

British Governors (1797 - 1885)

★ Sir Ralph Abercromby - 18 February 1797 - February 1797

★ Thomas Picton Feb 1797 - Feb 1803 (military governor to 1801)

★ Commission (William Fullarton, Samuel Hood, Thomas Picton) - February 1803 - July 1804

★ Sir Thomas Hislop - July 1804 - 27 September 1811

★ William Munro - 27 September 1811 - 14 June 1813

★ Sir Ralph James Woodford - 14 June 1813 - January 1828

★ J.V. Capadose (acting) - January 1828 - April 1828

★ Charles Felix Smith - April 1828 - 10 March 1829

★ Lewis Grant - 10 March 1829 - 22 April 1833

★ Sir George Fitzgerald Hill - 22 April 1833 - 9 March 1839

★ John Alexander Mein (acting) - 9 March 1839 - April 1840

★ Henry George Macleod - April 1840 - 1846

★ George Francis Robert Harris, 3rd Baron Harris - 1846 - 1854

★ L. Bourchier (acting) - 1854

★ Sir Charles Elliot - 10 March 1854 - 1856

★ B. Brooks (acting) - 1856 - 1857

★ Robert William Keate - 26 January 1857 - 1864

★ ? Thompson (acting) -1864

★ Sir John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton - 6 September 1864 - 1866

★ E.E. Bushworth (acting) - 1866

★ Sir Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon - 7 November 1866 - 1870

★ James Robert Longden - 25 June 1870 - 1874

★ William Wellington Cairns - 2 May 1874 - 1874

★ John Scott Bushe (1st time)(acting) - 1874

★ Henry Turner Irving (1st time) - 20 November 1874 - 1876

★ John Scott Bushe (2nd time)(acting) - 1876 - 1877

★ G.M. Desvoeux (acting) - 1877 - 1878

★ Henry Turner Irving (2nd time) - 1878 - 1880

★ William Rowland Pyne (acting) - 1880

★ William A.G. Young (acting) - 1880

★ Sir Sanford Freeling - 2 November 1880 - 1884

★ John Scott Bushe (3rd time)(acting) - 1884

★ Sir Frederick Palgrave Barlee (acting) - 19 June 1884 - 8 August 1884

★ John Scott Bushe (4th time)(acting) - 1884 - 1885

★ Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock - 24 January 1885 - 1885

★ David Wilson (acting) 1885

★ Sir William Robinson - October 9, 1885-1891

References

★ Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago, Anthony, Michael, , , Scarecrow Press, Inc. Lanham, Md., and London, 2001, ISBN 0-8108-3173-2

★ Worldstatesman.com