New Zealand: Governors: 1840-1917 |
| Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand [1] |
| 30 Jan 1840 - 3 May 1841 |
William Hobson |
| Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies |
| 3 May 1841 - 10 Sep 1842 |
William Hobson |
| Officer administering the Government of Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies |
| 10 Sep 1842 - 26 Dec 1843 |
Willoughby Shorthand |
| Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies |
| 26 Dec 1843 - 18 Nov 1845 |
Robert FitzRoy |
| Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand, and its Dependencies |
| 18 Nov 1845 - 1 Jan 1848 |
George Grey |
| Governor-in-Chief in and over the Islands of New Zealand |
| 1 Jan 1848 - 7 Mar 1853 |
George Grey (from 27 Apr 1848 Sir George Grey) |
| Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies |
| 7 Mar 1853 - 6 Sep 1855 |
Sir George Grey |
| 6 Sep 1855 - 4 Dec 1861 |
Thomas Robert Gore Browne |
| 4 Dec 1861 - 5 Feb 1868 |
Sir George Grey |
| 5 Feb 1868 - 14 Jun 1873 |
Sir George Ferguson Bowen |
| 14 Jun 1873 - 9 Jan 1875 |
Sir James Fergusson, Baronet, of Kilkerran in the County of Ayrshire |
| 9 Jan 1875 - 17 Apr 1879 |
George Augustus Constantine Phipps, Marquess of Normanby |
| 17 Apr 1879 - 29 Nov 1880 |
Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson |
| 29 Nov 1880 - 20 Jan 1883 |
Sir Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon |
| 20 Jan 1883 - 2 May 1889 |
Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois |
| 2 May 1889 - 7 Jun 1892 |
William Hillier Onslow, Earl of Onslow |
| 7 Jun 1892 - 10 Aug 1897 |
David Boyle, Earl of Glasgow |
| 10 Aug 1897 - 20 Jun 1904 |
Uchter John Mark Knox, Earl of Ranfurly |
| 20 Jun 1904 - 27 Nov 1907 |
William Lee Plunket, Baron Plunket, of Newton in County Cork |
| Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies |
| 27 Nov 1907 - 22 Jun 1910 |
William Lee Plunket, Baron Plunket, of Newton in County Cork |
| 22 Jun 1910 - 19 Dec 1912 |
John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, of Islington in the County of London, 6th Baronet, of Sydenham, Roxburgh, New Brunswick |
| 19 Dec 1912 - 28 Jun 1917 |
Arthur William de Brito Savile Foljambe, Earl of Liverpool, Viscount Hawkesbury, of Kirkham in the County of York and of Mansfield in the County of Nottingham, Baron Hawkesbury, of Haselbech in the County of Northampton and of Ollerton, Sherwood Forest, in the County of Nottingham |
