List of civil commissioners, governors and governors-general of Malta

Civil Commissioners of Malta, 1799–1813

Sir Alexander Ball, President of the Maltese National Congress 1798–1800 and first civil commissioner of Malta 1799–1801

Civil Commissioners of Malta
Surname	from	to
Captain Alexander Ball	1799	1801
Major-General Henry Pigot	1801	1801
Sir Charles Cameron	1801	1802
Rear Admiral Alexander Ball	1802	1809
Lieutenant-General Sir Hilderbrand Oakes	1810	1813

Governors of Malta, 1813–1964

Flag of the Governor of Malta 1875

Flag of the Governor of Malta 1898

Flag of the Governor of Malta 1943

Governors of Malta
Surname	from	to	annotation
Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Maitland	1813	January 17, 1824
General Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings	March 22, 1824	November 28, 1826
Sir Alexander George Woodford	November 28, 1826	February 15, 1827	officiating
Major-General Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby	February 15, 1827	September 30, 1836
George Cardew	May 1835	September 30, 1836	officiating
Lieut.-General Sir Henry Bouverie	October 1, 1836	1843
Lieut.-General Sir Patrick Stuart	1843	October 1847
Right Honorable Richard More O'Ferrall	October 1847	May 13, 1851
Lieut General Robert Ellice	May 13, 1851	October 27, 1851	officiating
Major-General Sir William Reid	October 27, 1851	1858
Lieut General Sir John Gaspard Le Märzant	1858	November 15, 1864
Lieut.-General Sir Henry Knight Storks	November 15, 1864	May 15, 1867
General Sir Patrick Grant	May 15, 1867	June 3, 1872
General Sir Charles Thomas van Straubenzee	June 3, 1872	May 13, 1878
General Sir Arthur Borton	June 10, 1878	April 1884
General Sir John Lintorn Arabin Simmons	April 1884	September 28, 1888
Lieut.-General Sir Henry D'Oyley Torrens	September 28, 1888	December 1, 1889
Lieut.-General Sir Henry Augustus Smyth	1890	1893
General Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle	1893	January 6, 1899
Lieut.-General Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell	January 6, 1899	1903
General Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke	1903	1907
Lieut.-General Sir Henry Fane Grant	1907	1909
General Sir Henry Macleod Leslie Rundle	1909	February 1915
Field-Marshal Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen	February 1915	May 1919
Field Marshal Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer	1919	1924
General Sir Walter Norris Congreve	1924	February 28, 1927
General Sir John Philip Du Cane	February 28, 1927	1931
General Sir David Graham Muschet Campbell	June 1931	March 12, 1936
General Sir Charles Bonham Carter	March 12, 1936	1940
General Sir William Dobbie	April 1940	1942
Field Marshal the Right Hon. John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort	1942	September 26, 1944
Lieut.-General Sir Edmond Charles Acton Schreiber	September 26, 1944	July 10, 1946
Sir Francis Douglas	July 10, 1946	September 16, 1949
Sir Gerald Halls Creasy	September 16, 1949	3rd August 1954
Lieut.-General Sir Robert Edward Laycock	3rd August 1954	February 13, 1959
Admiral Sir Guy Grantham	February 13, 1959	July 2nd, 1962
Sir Maurice Henry Dorman	July 2nd, 1962	September 21, 1964

Governors General of Malta, 1964–1974

Flag of the Governor General of Malta

The Governor General of Malta was Queen Elizabeth II's representative as Queen of Malta between the declaration of independence in 1964 and the proclamation of the Republic in 1974.

Governors General of Malta
Surname	from	to	annotation
Sir Maurice Henry Dorman	September 21, 1964	4th July 1971
Sir Anthony Joseph Mamo	4th July 1971	December 13, 1974

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