List of governors of British Guiana

The governors of British Guyana were representatives of the Crown in British Guyana . The office existed from 1833, when the colonies of Demerara-Essequibo and Berbice were united under British Guyana, until 1966 when Guyana gained independence.

Governors of British Guyana (1833–1966)

• Sir Benjamin D'Urban , Governor of the Demerara-Essequibo and Berbiceder Territories between July 21, 1831 and 1833, 1833–26. June 1833 first governor of British Guiana
• Sir James Carmichael Smyth , June 26, 1833-27. June 1838
• Henry Light , June 27, 1838-19. May 1848
• William Walker , May 19, 1848-12. February 1849, first term
• Henry Barkly February 12, 1849-11. May 1853
• William Walker , May 11, 1853-23. May 1854, second term
• Philip Edmond Wodehouse , May 23, 1854-7. January 1862
• Sir Francis Hincks , January 7, 1862-25. January 1869
• Sir John Scott , Jan. 25, 1869-26. December 1873
• Edward E. Rushworth , December 27, 1873-10. March 1874
• James Robert Longden , March 10, 1874-8. March 1877
• William AG Young , March 8, 1877-3. April 1877, first term
• Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright , April 3, 1877-13. December 1881
• William AG Young , December 13, 1881-4. May 1882
• Sir Henry Turner Irving , May 4, 1882–1887
• William Frederick Haynes-Smith , April 26, 1884–1884
• Charles Bruce , 1887-1888
• The Viscount Gormanston , 1888-23. March 1893
• Sir Charles Bruce , April 1891-15. October 1891
• Sir Charles Bruce , March 23, 1893-5. July 1893
• Sir Charles Cameron Lees , July 5, 1893 – September 1895
• Charles Cavendish Boyle , December 15, 1894-29. January 1895
• Charles Cavendish Boyle , September 1895 – March 1896
• Sir Augustus William Lawson Hemming , March 1896-27. March 1898
• Charles Cavendish Boyle , October 1, 1896-18. November 1896
• Charles Cavendish Boyle , May 27, 1897-28. July 1897
• Sir Walter Joseph Sendall , March 27, 1898-25. December 1901
• Sir James Alexander Swettenham , December 25, 1901-26. September 1904
• Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson , September 26, 1904-5. July 1912
• Sir Walter Egerton , July 5, 1912-15. April 1917
• Sir Wilfred Collet , April 15, 1917–4. April 1923
• Sir Graeme Thomson , April 4, 1923-31. August 1925
• Sir Cecil Hunter Rodwell , August 31, 1925-7. November 1928
• Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg , Nov. 7, 1928-9. June 1930
• Sir Edward Brandis Denham , June 9, 1930–26. March 1935
• Sir Geoffry Alexander Stafford Northcote , March 26, 1935-19. November 1937
• Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson , November 19, 1937-7. November 1941
• Sir Gordon James Lethem , Nov. 7, 1941–1947
• Sir Charles Campbell Woolley , April 12, 1947-14. April 1953
• Sir Alfred William Lungley Savage , April 14, 1953-25. October 1955
• Sir Patrick Muir Renison , October 25, 1955-22. December 1958
• Sir Ralph Francis Alnwick Gray , December 22, 1958-7. March 1964
• Sir Richard Edmonds Luyt , March 7, 1964-26. May 1966

On May 26, 1966, the colony gained independence from the United Kingdom as “Guyana”.

Web links

• British Guyana Governors on rulers.org , accessed December 20, 2011