List of colonial governors of Burma

The colonial governors of Burma were the colonial administrators responsible for the territory of British Burma, an area equivalent to modern-day Myanmar.

As a result of the Second Anglo-Burmese War, Burma was initially set up as a province of British India. Following the Government of India Act 1935 it was made a separate crown colony within the British Empire. Following invasion by the Empire of Japan during World War II, it was controlled by a Japanese military governor. After the Japanese were expelled, it was under an Allied military commander, then a civilian governor until independence.

List (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Portrait Name Term of office Took office Left office Time in office British Burma Chief commissioner 1 Arthur Purves Phayre 31 January 1862 16 February 1867 2 Albert Fytche 16 February 1867 18 April 1871 3 Ashley Eden 18 April 1871 14 April 1875 – Augustus Rivers Thompson 14 April 1875 30 April 1877 4 30 April 1877 30 March 1878 5 Charles Umpherston Aitchison 30 March 1878 2 July 1880 – Charles Bernard 2 July 1880 4 April 1882 6 4 April 1882 2 March 1883 – Sir Charles Crosthwaite 2 March 1883 28 February 1884 7 28 February 1884 25 September 1886 (6) Charles Bernard 25 September 1886 12 March 1887 (7) Sir Charles Crosthwaite 12 March 1887 10 December 1890 8 Alexander Mackenzie 10 December 1890 3 April 1895 9 Frederick William Richards Fryer 3 April 1895 1 May 1897 Lieutenant governor 1 Frederick William Richards Fryer 1 May 1897 4 April 1903 2 Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes 4 April 1903 9 May 1905 3 Sir Herbert Thirkell White 9 May 1905 19 May 1910 4 Sir Harvey Adamson 19 May 1910 28 October 1915 – Sir George Shaw 15 May 1913 1 November 1913 5 Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler 28 October 1915 22 September 1917 – Walter Francis Rice 22 September 1917 15 February 1918 6 Sir Reginald Craddock 15 February 1918 21 December 1922 5 Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler 21 December 1922 2 January 1923 Governor 1 Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler 2 January 1923 20 December 1927 2 Sir Charles Alexander Innes 20 December 1927 20 December 1932 years 3 Sir Hugh Lansdown Stephenson 20 December 1932 8 May 1936 4 Sir Archibald Douglas Cochrane 8 May 1936 6 May 1941 5 Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith 6 May 1941 31 August 1946 Japanese Occupation of British Burma Military commander 1 Lieutenant generalShōjirō Iida 20 April 1942 18 March 1943 2 GeneralMasakazu Kawabe 18 March 1943 30 August 1944 3 GeneralHeitarō Kimura 30 August 1944 15 August 1945 Allied military administration Military governor 1 Act. AdmiralLord Louis Mountbatten 1 January 1944 October 1945 2 Major generalSir Hubert Rance October 1945 31 August 1946 British Burma Governor 1 Sir Hubert Rance 31 August 1946 4 January 1948

List of colonial governors of Burma

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