A list of Victorian Governors.

Charles La Trobe was appointed Superintendent of Port Phillip District on 3 October 1839. He remained in that position until his appointment as Lieutenant-Governor of the new Colony of Victoria on 1 July 1851. La Trobe was never Governor of Victoria, as that office was not established until 1855.

The first Governor of Victoria was Charles Hotham, who was Lieutenant-Governor from 22 June 1854 to 21 May 1855, before becoming Governor. 

 

Wood engraving of Charles J. La Trobe Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria
1839 –

Charles La Trobe

 

 

Portrait of Sir Charles Hotham
1854 –

Sir Charles Hotham, RN KCB

 

 

Portrait of Sir Henry Barkly
1856 –

Sir Henry Barkly, KCB

Image of Sir Charles Henry Darling
1863 –

Sir Charles Henry Darling, KCB

Image of The Hon Sir John Henry Thomas Manners Sutton
1866 –

The Hon. Sir John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton, KCB

Portrait of Sir George Ferguson Bowen
1873 –

Sir George Ferguson Bowen, GCMG

Image of The Most Hon George Augustus Constantine Phipps, Marquess of Normanby
1879 –

The Most Hon. George Augustus Constantine Phipps, Marquess of Normanby, GCB GCMG PC

Portrait of Sir Henry Brougham Loch
1884 –

Sir Henry Brougham Loch, GCMG KCB

Portrait of The Right Hon John Adrian Louis Hope the Earl of Hopetoun
1889 –

The Right Hon. John Adrian Louis Hope, the Earl of Hopetoun, GCMG

Portrait of The Right Hon The Lord Brassey
1895 –

The Right Hon. The Lord Brassey, KCB

Portrait of Sir George Sydenham Clarke
1901 –

Sir George Sydenham Clarke, KCMG FRS

1904 –

Major-General The Hon. Sir Reginald Arthur James Talbot, KCB

Portrait of Sir Thomas David Gibson Carmichael
1908 –

Sir Thomas David Gibson Carmichael, Bt KCMG

1911 –

Sir John Michael Fleetwood Fuller, Bt KCMG

Image of The Hon. Sir Arthur Lyulph Stanley
1914 –

The Hon. Sir Arthur Lyulph Stanley, KCMG

Image of Col. The Right Hon. George Edward John Mowbray, Earl of Stradbroke
1921 –

Col. The Right Hon. George Edward John Mowbray Rous, Earl of Stradbroke, KCMG CB CVO CBE ADC

Image of Lt. Col. The Right Hon. Arthur Herbert Tennyson the Lord Somers
1926 –

Lt. Col. The Right Hon. Arthur Herbert Tennyson, the Lord Somers, KCMG DSO MC

Image of Capt. The Right Hon. William Charles Arcedeckne the Lord Huntingfield KCMG
1934 –

Capt. The Right Hon. William Charles Arcedeckne, the Lord Huntingfield, KCMG

 

Footage of Lord Huntingfield arriving in Victoria

 

Image of Major-General Sir Winston Joseph Dugan, GCMG CB DSO
1939 –

Major-General Sir Winston Joseph Dugan, GCMG CB DSO

Image of general Sir Reginald Alexander Dallas Brooks KCB CMG DSO
1949 –

General Sir Reginald Alexander Dallas Brooks, KCB CMG DSO

1963 –

Major General Sir Rohan Delacombe, KCMG KCVO KBE CB DSO

The Hon. Sir Henry Winneke
1974 –

The Hon. Sir Henry Winneke, AC KCMG KCVO OBE

Rear-Admiral Sir Brian Murray
1982 –

Rear-Admiral Sir Brian Murray, KCMG AO

Dr Davis McCaughey
1986 –

Dr J. Davis McCaughey, AC

The Hon. Richard McGarvie
1992 –

The Hon. Richard E. McGarvie, AC QC

The Hon. Sir James Gobbo
1997 –

The Hon. Sir James A. Gobbo, AC CVO QC

John Landy
2001 –

The Hon. John Landy, AC CVO MBE


 

2006 –

Professor the Hon. David de Kretser, AC

The Hon. Alex Chernov AC KC
2011 –

The Hon. Alex Chernov, AC KC

Her Excellency the Honourable Linda Dessau AC CVO, Governor of Victoria
2015 –

The Hon. Linda Dessau, AC CVO

2023

Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Margaret Gardner AC

Reviewed 28/08/2023
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