List of colonial governors and administrators of British Honduras

Belize Advertiser, 1839/41 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 TenurePortrait Incumbent Notes Superintendents of British Honduras (1749–1862)1749–1758 Robert Hodgson Sr.1758–1760 Richard Jones1760–1767 Joseph Otway1767–1775 Robert Hodgson Jr.1776 John Ferguson1776 – 10 March 1787 James Lawrie1787 – June 1790Edward DespardJune 1790 – March 1791 Lt Gen Peter HunterActingMarch 1791 – January 1797 Thomas PottsChief magistrateJanuary 1797 – August 1800 Thomas BarrowFirst timeAugust 1800 – October 1802 Sir Richard BassetJanuary 1803 – February 1805 Thomas BarrowSecond timeSeptember 1805 – April 1806 Gabriel GordonApril 1806 – September 1809 Alexander Mark Kerr HamiltonSeptember 1809 – July 1814 John Nugent SmythJuly 1814 – April 1822Sir George Arthur1822–1823 Allan Hampden Pye1823–1829 Edward Codd1829–1830 Alexander MacDonaldFirst time1830–1837 Sir Francis Cockburn1837–1843 Alexander MacDonaldSecond time1843–1851 Charles St. John Fancourt1851–1854Sir Philip Wodehouse1854–1857Sir William Stevenson1857–1862Frederick Seymour Lieutenant Governors of British Honduras (1862–1884)1862–1864Frederick SeymourContinued1864–1867John Gardiner Austin1867–1870Sir James Robert Longden1870–1874Sir William Wellington Cairns1874–1877 Sir Robert Miller Mundy1877–1883Sir Frederick Palgrave Barlee13 May 1883 – 1884Col Sir Robert William Harley Governors of British Honduras (1884–1973)1884–1891Sir Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy1891–1897 Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney1897–1904 Sir David Wilson15 April 1904 – 1906Sir Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott13 August 1906 – 9 May 1913Sir Eric John Eagles Swayne19 May 1913 – January 1918 Sir Wilfred Collet29 January 1918 – 4 September 1918 William Hart-Bennett22 March 1919 – 1925 Sir Eyre Hutson16 April 1925 – 1932 Sir John Alder Burdon9 March 1932 – 1934 Sir Harold Baxter Kittermaster2 November 1934 – 1939Sir Alan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns24 February 1940 – 1 July 1946 Sir John Adams Hunter1 July 1946 – 14 January 1947 Sir Arthur Norman WolffsohnActing14 January 1947 – 1948 Sir Edward Gerald Hawkesworth28 February 1949 – 1952 Sir Ronald Herbert Garvey21 October 1952 – 1955 Sir Patrick Muir Renison17 January 1956 – 1961 Sir Colin Hardwick Thornley9 December 1961 – 1966 Sir Peter Hyla Gawne Stallard11 July 1966 – January 1972 Sir John Warburton Paul26 January 1972 – 31 May 1973 Sir Richard Neil Posnett Governors of Belize (1973–1981)1 June 1973 – 1976 Sir Richard Neil PosnettContinued1 June 1976 – 1980Peter Donovan McEntee1980 – 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

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