List of governors of Trinidad

Flag of the Governor of Trinidad (1875–1889).

This page lists governors of Trinidad.

Spanish governors (1506–1797)
  • Diego Colón – 1506 – 1526
  • Rodrigo de Bastidas – 1520
  • Don Antonio Sedeño – July 12, 1530 – 1538
  • Don Juan Ponce de León II 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
  • Francisco Ruíz de Aguirre 1700 – 1705
  • Felipe de Artineda 1705 – 1711
  • Cristóbal Félix de Guzmán 1711 – 1716
  • Pedro de Yarza 1716 – 1721
  • Juan de Orvay (acting) 1721
  • Martín Pérez de Anda y Salazar 1721 – 1726
  • 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 Valdés y Yarza 1773 – 1776
  • Don Manuel Falques 1776 – 1779 – Military Governor
  • Martín de Salaverría 1779 – 1783 – Civil Governor
  • Juan Francisco Machado 1781 – 1784
  • José María Chacón 1784 – 1797
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British governors (1797–1889)
  • 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
  • Hector William Munro – 27 September 1811 – 14 June 1813
  • Sir Ralph James Woodford – 14 June 1813 – January 1828
  • Henry Capadose (acting) – January 1828 – April 1828
  • Charles Felix Smith – April 1828 – 10 March 1829
  • Lewis Grant – 10 March 1829 – 22 April 1833
  • Sir George 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
  • Edward Everard Rushworth (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 – 1889 (continued as Governor of Trinidad and Tobago until 1891)

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

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