List of governors of Trinidad explained

This article 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

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 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
• Legendre Charles 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
• William Des Vœux (acting) – 1877 – 1878
• Henry Turner Irving (2nd time) – 1878 – 1880
• William Rowland Pyne (acting) – 1880
• William Alexander George 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 – 9 October 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

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

External links

• Worldstatesman.com