List of Governors of the Falkland Islands
The following is a list of Governors of the Falkland Islands. Historically, several countries have had leaders on the islands with varying titles and degrees of power.
List of Governors
Administrator of the French Settlement of Fort St. Louis
Military Administrators of the British Settlement of [Port Egmont]
Military Administrators of the Spanish Settlement of [Puerto Soledad]
Military and Civil Commander of Puerto Luis (Port Louis)
Military Administrators of the British Settlement of Fort Louis
Lieutenant Governor of the Falkland Islands at Anson's Harbour">Port Louis, Falkland Islands">Anson's Harbour
Governor of the Falkland Islands at Port Stanley">Stanley, Falkland Islands">Port Stanley
From | To | Name |
1843 | 1848 | Lt. Richard Clement Moody |
1848 | 1855 | Lt. George Rennie |
1855 | 1862 | Capt. Thomas Edward Laws Moore |
1862 | 1866 | Capt. James George Mackenzie |
1866 | 1870 | Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson |
1870 | 1876 | Colonel George Abbas Kooli D'Arcy |
1876 | 1880 | Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan |
1880 | 1886 | Thomas Kerr |
1886 | 1887 | Arthur Cecil Stuart Barkly |
1887 | 1891 | Thomas Kerr |
1891 | 1897 | Sir Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy |
1897 | 1904 | Sir William Grey-Wilson |
1904 | 1915 | Sir William Lamond Allardyce |
1915 | 1920 | Sir William Douglas Young |
1920 | 1927 | Sir John Middleton |
1927 | 1931 | Sir Arnold Weinholt Hodson |
1931 | 1934 | Sir James O'Grady |
1935 | 1941 | Sir Herbert Henniker-Heaton |
1941 | 1946 | Sir Allan Wolsey Cardinall |
1946 | 1954 | Sir Geoffrey Miles Clifford |
1954 | 1957 | Sir Oswald Raynor Arthur |
1957 | 1964 | Sir Edwin Porter Arrowsmith |
1964 | 1970 | Sir Cosmo Dugal Patrick Thomas Haskard |
1971 | 1975 | Sir Ernest Gordon Lewis |
1975 | 1977 | Sir Neville Arthur Irwin French |
1977 | 1980 | Sir James Roland Walter Parker |
1980 | 2 April 1982 | Sir Rex Masterman Hunt |
Argentine Military Commanders at Puerto Argentino
From | To | Name |
2 April 1982 | 3 April 1982 | General Oswaldo Jorge García |
3 April 1982 | 14 June 1982 | Brigadier General Mario Benjamín Menéndez |
British Military Commander at Port Stanley
Civil Commissioner of the Falkland Islands at Port Stanley
Governors of the Falkland Islands at Stanley (and Commissioner for [South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands] from 1985)
From | To | Name |
1985 | 1988 | Sir Gordon Wesley Jewkes |
1988 | 1992 | William Hugh Fullerton |
1992 | 1996 | David Everard Tatham |
1996 | 1999 | Richard Peter Ralph |
1999 | 2002 | Donald Alexander Lamont |
2002 | 2006 | Howard John Stredder Pearce |
2006 | 2010 | Alan Huckle |
2010 | 2014 | Nigel Haywood |
2014 | 2017 | Colin Roberts |
2017 | Present | Nigel Phillips |