List of colonial governors and administrators of British Honduras

Governor of British Honduras
Flag of the governor of British Honduras (1884–1981)
Longest serving Robert Hodgson Sr. 1749 – 1758
Member of	Legislative Council
Residence	Government House, Belize City
Appointer	British Monarch
Formation	1749
First holder	Robert Hodgson Sr.
Final holder	Sir James Hennessy
Abolished	21 September 1981
Succession	Governor-General of Belize

This is a list of viceroys in British Honduras and Belize from the start of British settlement in the area until the colony's independence in 1981. Until 1862, the territory was under the vice-regency of the Governor of Jamaica, and administered by a Superintendent. After this it was a colony in its own right, and administered by a Lieutenant Governor, still subordinate to Jamaica. In 1884, the colony gained its own governor, independent of Jamaica.

In 1973 the colony's name was changed to Belize and in 1981 it gained independence. For a list of viceroys after independence, see Governor-General of Belize.

List of officeholders

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Notes
Superintendents of British Honduras (1749–1862)
1749–1758		Robert Hodgson Sr.
1758–1760		Richard Jones
1760–1767		Joseph Otway
1767–1775		Robert Hodgson Jr.
1776		John Ferguson
1776 – 10 March 1787		James Lawrie
1787 – June 1790		Edward Despard
June 1790 – March 1791		Lt Gen Peter Hunter	Acting
March 1791 – January 1797		Thomas Potts	Chief magistrate
January 1797 – August 1800		Thomas Barrow	First time
August 1800 – October 1802		Sir Richard Basset
January 1803 – February 1805		Thomas Barrow	Second time
September 1805 – April 1806		Gabriel Gordon
April 1806 – September 1809		Alexander Mark Kerr Hamilton
September 1809 – July 1814		John Nugent Smyth
July 1814 – April 1822		Sir George Arthur
1822–1823		Allan Hampden Pye
1823–1829		Edward Codd
1829–1830		Alexander MacDonald	First time
1830–1837		Sir Francis Cockburn
1837–1843		Alexander MacDonald	Second time
1843–1851		Charles St. John Fancourt
1851–1854		Sir Philip Wodehouse
1854–1857		Sir William Stevenson
1857–1862		Frederick Seymour
Lieutenant Governors of British Honduras (1862–1884)
1862–1864		Frederick Seymour	Continued
1864–1867		John Gardiner Austin
1867–1870		Sir James Robert Longden
1870–1874		Sir William Wellington Cairns
1874–1877		Sir Robert Miller Mundy
1877–1883		Sir Frederick Palgrave Barlee
13 May 1883 – 1884		Col Sir Robert William Harley
Governors of British Honduras (1884–1973)
1884–1891		Sir Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy
1891–1897		Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney
1897–1904		Sir David Wilson
15 April 1904 – 1906		Sir Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott
13 August 1906 – 9 May 1913		Sir Eric John Eagles Swayne
19 May 1913 – January 1918		Sir Wilfred Collet
29 January 1918 – 4 September 1918		William Hart-Bennett
22 March 1919 – 1925		Sir Eyre Hutson
16 April 1925 – 1932		Sir John Alder Burdon
9 March 1932 – 1934		Sir Harold Baxter Kittermaster
2 November 1934 – 1939		Sir Alan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns
24 February 1940 – 1 July 1946		Sir John Adams Hunter
1 July 1946 – 14 January 1947		Sir Arthur Norman Wolffsohn	Acting
14 January 1947 – 1948		Sir Edward Gerald Hawkesworth
28 February 1949 – 1952		Sir Ronald Herbert Garvey
21 October 1952 – 1955		Sir Patrick Muir Renison
17 January 1956 – 1961		Sir Colin Hardwick Thornley
9 December 1961 – 1966		Sir Peter Hyla Gawne Stallard
11 July 1966 – January 1972		Sir John Warburton Paul
26 January 1972 – 31 May 1973		Sir Richard Neil Posnett
Governors of Belize (1973–1981)
1 June 1973 – 1976		Sir Richard Neil Posnett	Continued
1 June 1976 – 1980		Peter Donovan McEntee
1980 – 21 September 1981		Sir James Hennessy

On 21 September 1981 Belize gained independence from the United Kingdom. For viceroys of Belize after independence, see Governor-General of Belize.

Notes

See also

• List of heads of state of Belize
• List of prime ministers of Belize

References

• rulers.org