Governors of New South Wales

List of Governors of New South Wales

See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor.

Lieutenant-General Ralph Darling, 1825-1831

Major-General Sir Richard Bourke, 1831-1837

Sir George Gipps, 1838-1846

Sir Charles FitzRoy, 1846-1855

Sir William Denison, 1855-1861

Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore, 1868-1872

Lord Augustus Loftus, 1879-1885

Charles Wynn-Carington, 3rd Baron Carrington, 1885-1890

Victor Albert George Child-Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey, 1891-1893

Sir Robert Duff, 1893-1895

Henry Robert Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden, 1895-1899

William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, 1899-1901

Frederick Augustus Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, 1909-1913

Sir Gerald Strickland, 1913-1917

Sir Walter Davidson, 1918-1923

Admiral Sir Dudley de Chair, 1924-1930

Air Vice-Marshall Sir Philip Game, 1930-1935

Admiral Sir David Anderson, 1936

John de Vere Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst, 1937-1946

General Sir John Northcott, 1946-1957

Lieutenant-General Sir Eric Woodward, 1957-1965

Sir Roden Cutler, 1966-1981

Admiral Sir James Rowland, 1981-1989

Sir David Martin, 1989-1990

Sir Peter Sinclair, 1990-1996

Gordon Samuels, 1996-2001