Previous Governors and Lieutenant-Governors of Tasmania

1804 - 1810 Colonel David Collins, Lt-Gov (South)1
1804 - 1808 Lieutenant Colonel William Paterson, Lt-Gov (North)
1808 - 1810 Captain John Brabyn, Cmdt (North)
1810 Lieutenant Edward Lord, RM, Cmdt (South)
1810 - 1812 Major G A Gordon, Cmdt (North)
1810 - 1812 Captain J Murray, Cmdt (South)
June 1812 Captain J Ritchie, Cmdt (North)2
1812 - 1813 Major A E Geils, Cmdt
1813 - 1817 Colonel Thomas Davey, Lt-Gov
1817 - 1824 Colonel William Sorell, Lt-Gov
1824 - 1836 Colonel George Arthur, Lt-Gov
1837 - 1843 Sir John Franklin, KCH, RN, Lt-Gov
1843 - 1846 Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, Bt, Lt-Gov
1847 - 1855 Sir William Denison, Lt-Gov
1855 - 1861 Sir Henry Fox Young, CB, Governor-in-Chief
1861 - 1869 Colonel Sir Thomas Gore Browne, CB
1869 - 1874 Sir Charles du Cane, KCMG, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
1875 - 1880 Sir Frederick Weld, GCMG
1880 - 1881 Sir John Henry Lefroy, KCMG, CB
1881 - 1886 Major Sir George Strahan, KCMG
1887 - 1892 Sir Robert Hamilton, KCB, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
1893 - 1900 The Viscount Gormanston, GCMG
1901 - 1904 Captain Sir Arthur Havelock, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE
1904 - 1909 Sir Gerald Strickland, GCMG
1909 - 1913 Major General Sir Harry Barron, KCMG, CVO
1913 - 1917 The Right Honourable Sir William Ellison-Macartney, KCMG
1917 - 1920 Sir Francis Newdegate, KCMG
1920 - 1922 Sir William Allardyce, KCMG
1924 - 1930 Sir James O'Grady
1933 - 1945 Sir Ernest Clark, GCMG, KCG, CBE
1945 - 1951 Admiral Sir Hugh Binney, KCB, KCMG, DSO
1951 - 1958 The Right Honourable Sir Ronald Cross, Bt, KCMG, KCVO
1959 - 1963 The Lord Rowallan, KT, KBE, MC, TD
1963 - 1968 Lieutenant General Sir Charles Gairdner, CBE, KCMG, KCVO, CB
1968 - 1973 Lieutenant General Sir Edric Bastyan, KCMG, KCVO, KBE, CB
1973 - 1982 The Honourable Sir Stanley Burbury, KCMG, KCVO, KBE3
1982 - 1987 Sir James Plimsoll, AC, CBE
1987 - 1995 General Sir Phillip Bennett, AC, KBE, DSO
1995 - 2003 The Honourable Sir Guy Green, AC, KBE, KCVO4
2003 - 2004 Mr Richard Butler, AC5
2004 - 2008 The Honourable William Cox, AC, RFD, ED
2008 - 2014 The Honourable Peter Underwood, AC
2014 - 2021 Professor the Honourable Kate Warner, AC
2021 - 2026 The Honourable Barbara Baker, AC
  • 1 Before the arrival of Colonel David Collins as Van Diemen's Land's first Lieutenant-Governor, the Colony was under the control of Lieutenant John Bowen, RN, as its Commandant.
  • 2 On 1st July 1812, the north of Van Diemen's Land was united with the south and administered from Hobart. Captain Ritchie had been Lieutenant Governor for only one month.
  • 3 Sir Stanley Burbury was the first Australian born Governor.
  • 4 Sir Guy Green was the first Tasmanian born Governor.
  • 5 Resigned from office on the 9th August 2004.