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Governor - British

A governor is an official appointed to appointed to act as as representatives in a locale.

On Threedecks this role encompasses those officials variously title 'Governor', 'Lieutenant-Governor', 'Deputy-Governor', 'Acting-Governor' etc.


 
Date fromDate toHolderSource
Unknown 
John VaughanBritish
Administrator
Service 1639-1713
(Jamaica)		E-WIKI
1598/01/13 
Sir Edmund SheffieldBritish
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Soldier
Service 1587-1619
(Brielle)		E-WIKI
16381651
Sir David KirkeBritish
Ship Owner
Privateer
Service 1627-1651
(Newfoundland)		DCB
16491650
John MooreBritish
Administrator
Service 1599-1650
(Dublin)		E-WIKI
1664/091668
Richard NichollsBritish
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Service 1672
(New York)		E-WIKI
16741675
Henry MorganBritish
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Pirate
Administrator
Service 1635-1688
(Jamaica)		E-WIKI
1678 
Henry MorganBritish
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Pirate
Administrator
Service 1635-1688
(Jamaica)		E-WIKI
16801682
Henry MorganBritish
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Pirate
Administrator
Service 1635-1688
(Jamaica)		E-WIKI
16891699
Lord Thomas Osborne (1st Marquess of Carmarthen)British
Administrator
Service 1623-1712
(Kingston upon Hull)		E-WIKI
16931702/01/21
Sir William BeestonBritish
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Service 1671-1702
(Jamaica)		E-WIKI
16941696/10/01
Francis RussellBritish
Administrator
Service 1694-1696
(Barbados)		E-WIKI
17111716
Archibald HamiltonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1747
(Jamaica)		E-WIKI
1717/11/061721
Woodes RogersBritish
Naval Sailor
Ship Owner
Privateer
Service 1703-1732
(Nasáu, New Providence)		ref:1846
1718 
George ForbesBritish
Naval Sailor
Marine
Service 1702-1742
(Minorca)		ODNB
1727/061752/09
Edward TrelawnyBritish
Administrator
Service 1725-1752
(Jamaica)		HPO
17291731
George ForbesBritish
Naval Sailor
Marine
Service 1702-1742
(Leeward Islands)		HPO
17291732/07/15
Woodes RogersBritish
Naval Sailor
Ship Owner
Privateer
Service 1703-1732
(Nasáu, New Providence)		ref:1846
1729/05/141730
Henry OsborneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1710-1765
(Newfoundland)		E-WIKI
17311737
The Hon. George ClintonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1709-1757
(Newfoundland)		HPO
1733/04/051734
Lord Robert MacCarthy (Viscount Muskerry)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1713-1735
(Newfoundland)		E-WIKI
1733/06/261754
Richard HughesBritish
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Service 1689-1754
(Royal Naval Academy)ADM 6/14/147		ADM 6/14
17401741
Lord George GrahamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1734-1746
(Newfoundland)		HPO
1742/06/16 
The Hon. John ByngBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1757
(Newfoundland)		E-WIKI
1743/091753
The Hon. George ClintonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1709-1757
(New York)		E-WIKI
1744 
Charles HardyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1731-1762
(Newfoundland)		E-WIKI
17531754
Hugh BonfoyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1731-1735
(Newfoundland)		E-WIKI
17551757
Sir Charles HardyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1731-1762
(New York)		E-WIKI
17571759
Richard EdwardsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1794
(Newfoundland)		E-WIKI
1760/021760/07/27
John Zephaniah HolwellBritish
Administrator
Merchant Sailor
Medic
Service 1732-1760
(Bengal)		ref:1059
17611764
Thomas GravesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1741-1802
(Newfoundland)		E-WIKI
1762/101765
William BreretonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1786
(Manila)		ref:676
17631766
George JohnstonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1787
(West Florida)		E-WIKI
17651769
Hugh PalliserBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1735-1779
(Newfoundland)		HPO
17661770
Lord Harry Powlett (6th Duke of Bolton)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1733-1775
(Isle of Wight)		ODNB
1766/071773/10
Lord William CampbellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1753-1775
(Nova Scotia)		ref:572
17671768
John MacbrideBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1751-1799
(Falkland Islands)		E-WIKI
17671772/12/11
Sir William TrelawnyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1743-1767
(Jamaica)		HPO
17681769
John RaynorBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1780
(Falkland Islands)		E-WIKI
17691770
Anthony HuntBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1782
(Falkland Islands)		E-WIKI
1769/04/021769/05/02
John EliotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1752-1783
(West Florida)		E-WIKI
1770 
George FarmerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1752-1771
(Falkland Islands)		E-WIKI
17711772
John BurrBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1741-1777
(Falkland Islands)		E-WIKI
17721774
Molyneaux ShuldhamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1732-1793
(Newfoundland)		HPO
17731776
Samuel Wittewronge ClaytonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1795
(Falkland Islands)		E-WIKI
1773/08/25 
James GambierBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1743-1800
(Royal Naval Academy)ADM 6/20/528		ADM 6/20
1774/011777/06/15
Sir Basil KeithBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1747-1751
(Jamaica)		NMM
1775/06/181775/09/15
Lord William CampbellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1753-1775
(South Carolina)		ref:572
1776/04/261778/06
Marriot ArbuthnotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1793
(Nova Scotia)		ODNB
17791781
Richard EdwardsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1794
(Newfoundland)		E-WIKI
1780/11/06 
Henry MartinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1749-1780
(Royal Naval Academy)ADM 6/22/193		ADM 6/22
17821791
Lord Harry Powlett (6th Duke of Bolton)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1733-1775
(Isle of Wight)		ODNB
1789/04/101791
Mark MilbankeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1737-1802
(Newfoundland)		E-WIKI
1792/04/111793
Sir Richard King (1st Baronet of Bellevue)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1805
(Newfoundland)		E-WIKI
18021802/08/20
Henry Folkes EdgellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1814
(Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon)
1803/03/201804
Richard Longfield DaviesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1799-1812
(Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon)
18061810
William BlighBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1762-1814
(New South Wales)		ref:616
18081829/12
Charles BrisbaneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1819
(Saint Vincent)		ref:616
1808/07/211810/02/12
Thomas Perronet ThompsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Soldier
Service 1803-1806
(Sierra Leone)		E-WIKI
18101812
John Thomas DuckworthBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1759-1817
(Newfoundland)		WWNH
1810/02/121811/06/18
Edward Henry ColumbineBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1798
(Sierra Leone)		ODNB
1815 
David BuchanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1806-1823
(Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon)
1818/011819/11
Adam CuppageBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1806-1830
(Ascension)		NBD1849
18251834
Thomas John CochraneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1805-1856
(Newfoundland)		E-WIKI
1847/011851/10
Frederick HuttonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1825-1863
(Ascension)		W025

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