List of Governors of Gibraltar

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The governor and commander in chief of Gibraltar ( English Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar ) is the representative of the British Crown in the overseas territory of Gibraltar . He is appointed by the British monarch on a proposal from the British government and acts de facto as head of state. He appoints the Chief Minister of Gibraltar and the other members of the government. He continues to have sole responsibility for security and defense policy. The current governor is Lieutenant General of the Royal Marines Sir Edward Davis .

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governor	Term of office	Remarks
Admiral Sir George Rooke	July 24, 1704 to August 4, 1704	Military commander
Prince Georg of Hesse-Darmstadt	August 4, 1704 to August 6, 1704	appointed by Archduke Karl
Major General Henry Nugent , Count of Valdesoto	August 6, 1704 to November 1704	appointed by Archduke Karl
Major General John Shrimpton	December 24, 1704 to December 24, 1707	appointed by Archduke Karl
Major General Roger Elliott	December 24, 1707 to January 24, 1711
Brigadier General Thomas Stanwix	January 24, 1711 to August 7, 1713	on July 13, 1713, Spain transfers Gibraltar to Great Britain in the Treaty of Utrecht
General David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore	August 7, 1713 to October 20, 1720
Colonel Richard Kane	October 20, 1720 to February 2, 1727
Lieutenant General Jasper Clayton	February 2, 1727 to May 13, 1730
General Joseph Sabine	May 15, 1730 to October 24, 1739
General Francis Columbine	October 24, 1739 to April 22, 1740
Lieutenant General William Hargrave	April 22, 1740 to 1749
Lieutenant General Sir Humphrey Bland	1749 to May 31, 1754
Lieutenant General Thomas Fowke	May 31, 1754 to July 12, 1756
Field Marshal James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley	July 12, 1756 to April 16, 1757
Lieutenant General William Home, 8th Earl of Home	April 16, 1757 to April 28, 1761
John Toovey	April 28, 1761 to June 13, 1761	interim
John Parslow	June 13, 1761 to June 14, 1761	interim
Lieutenant General Edward Cornwallis	June 14, 1761 to January 1776
General John Irwin	1765 to 1767	interim
Lieutenant General Sir Robert Boyd	January 1776 to May 25, 1777	interim
General George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield	May 25, 1777 to July 1790
Lieutenant General Sir Robert Boyd	July 1790 to May 13, 1794	2. Term of office
General Sir Henry Clinton	July 19, 1794 to December 25, 1795	died before arriving in Gibraltar
General Charles Rainsford	May 13, 1794 to December 30, 1795	interim, representing Sir Henry Clinton
General Charles O'Hara	December 30, 1795 to February 25, 1802
Charles Barnett	February 25, 1802 to May 10, 1802
Field Marshal Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn	May 24, 1802 to January 23, 1820
Sir Thomas Trigge	May 2, 1803 to December 17, 1804	interim, representation for the Duke of Kent
General Henry Edward Fox	December 17, 1804 to June 1806	interim, representation for the Duke of Kent
James Drummond	June 1806 to November 1806	interim, representation for the Duke of Kent
General Sir Hew Dalrymple	November 1806 to August 1808	interim, representation for the Duke of Kent
James Drummond	August 1808 to May 1809	interim, representing the Duke of Kent, 2nd term
General John Cradock, 1st Baron Howden	May 1809 to August 1809	interim, representation for the Duke of Kent
John Smith	August 1809 to October 1809	interim, representation for the Duke of Kent
Alex McKenzie Fraser	October 1809 to November 1809	interim, representation for the Duke of Kent
Lieutenant General Colin Campbell	November 1809 to April 2, 1814	interim, representation for the Duke of Kent
General Sir George Don	April 3, 1814 to November 15, 1821	interim, representation for the Duke of Kent / Earl of Chatham
General John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham	January 29, 1820 to 1835
General Sir George Don	June 7, 1825 to May 10, 1831	interim, representing the Earl of Chatham, 2nd term In 1830 Gibraltar becomes a crown colony
General Sir William Houston	May 10, 1831 to May 29, 1835	interim, representation for the Earl of Chatham / Sir Alexander Woodford
Field Marshal Sir Alexander Woodford	February 28, 1835 to October 11, 1842
General Sir Robert Wilson	October 11, 1842 to December 12, 1848
General Sir Robert William Gardiner	December 12, 1848 to July 26, 1855
General Sir James Fergusson	July 26, 1855 to May 5, 1859
General Sir William Codrington	May 5, 1859 to September 21, 1865
General Sir Richard Airey	September 21, 1865 to July 25, 1870
General Sir William Williams	July 25, 1870 to June 23, 1876
Field Marshal Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala	June 23, 1876 to January 3, 1883
General Sir John Miller Adye	January 3, 1883 to November 2, 1886
General Sir Arthur Hardinge	November 2, 1886 to August 23, 1890
Lieutenant General Sir Leicester Smyth	August 23, 1890 to January 27, 1891
HRL Newdigate	January 27, 1891 to March 31, 1891	interim
Lieutenant General Sir Lothian Nicholson	March 31, 1891 to June 27, 1893
GJ Smart	June 27, 1893 to August 7, 1893	interim
General Sir Robert Biddulph	August 7, 1893 to May 22, 1900
Field Marshal Sir George Stuart White	May 22, 1900 to August 1, 1905
General Sir Frederick Forestier-Walker	August 1, 1905 to July 30, 1910
General Sir Archibald Hunter	July 30, 1910 to July 11, 1913
Lieutenant General Sir Herbert Miles	July 11, 1913 to July 9, 1918
General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien	July 9, 1918 to May 26, 1923
General Sir Charles Monro	May 26, 1923 to August 13, 1928
General Sir Alexander Godley	August 13, 1928 to May 13, 1933
General Sir Charles Harington	May 13, 1933 to August 12, 1938
General Sir Edmund Ironside	August 12, 1938 to July 11, 1939
General Sir Clive Liddell	July 11, 1939 to May 14, 1941
General John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort	May 14, 1941 to May 31, 1942
Lieutenant General Sir Noel Mason-MacFarlane	May 31, 1942 to February 14, 1944
Lieutenant General Sir Ralph Eastwood	February 14, 1944 to February 8, 1947
General Sir Kenneth Anderson	February 8, 1947 to April 23, 1952
General Sir Gordon MacMillan	April 23, 1952 to May 6, 1955
Lieutenant General Sir Harold Redman	May 6, 1955 to April 16, 1958
General Sir Charles Keightley	April 16, 1958 to June 8, 1962
General Sir Alfred Ward	June 8, 1962 to August 5, 1965
General Sir Gerald Lathbury	August 5, 1965 to March 1969
Admiral Sir Varyl Begg	March 1969 to October 3, 1973
Marshal of the Royal Air Force John Grandy	October 3, 1973 to May 30, 1978
General Sir William Jackson	May 30, 1978 to October 26, 1982	In 1981 Gibraltar becomes a British dependent territory
Admiral Sir David Williams	October 26, 1982 to November 19, 1985
Air Chief Marshal Peter Terry	November 19, 1985 to December 1989
Admiral Sir Derek Reffell	December 1989 to April 1993
Field Marshal Sir John Chapple	April 1993 to December 5, 1995
Admiral Sir Hugo White	December 5, 1995 to February 19, 1997
Sir Richard Luce	February 24, 1997 to April 5, 2000
Sir David Durie	April 5, 2000 to May 16, 2003	In 2002 Gibraltar becomes a British Overseas Territory
David Blunt	May 16, 2003 to May 27, 2003	interim
Sir Francis Richards	May 27, 2003 to July 17, 2006
Philip Barton	July 17, 2006 to September 27, 2006	interim
Lieutenant General Sir Robert Fulton	September 27, 2006 to October 21, 2009
Leslie Pallett	October 21, 2009 to October 26, 2009	interim
Vice Admiral Sir Adrian Johns	October 26, 2009 to November 13, 2013
Alison MacMillan	November 13, 2013 to December 6, 2013	interim
Lieutenant General Sir James Dutton	December 6, 2013 to January 22, 2016
Lieutenant General Edward Davis	since January 22, 2016