List of Governors of New South Wales

26 Jan 1788 – 10 Dec 1792 Captain (later Vice-Admiral) Arthur Phillip, RN
11 Sept 1795 – 27 Sep 1800 Captain John Hunter, RN
28 Sept 1800 – 12 Aug 1806 Captain Phillip Gidley King, RN
13 Aug 1806 – 26 Jan 1808 Captain (later Vice-Admiral) William Bligh, RN
1 Jan 1810 – 1 Dec 1821 Colonel (later Major-General) Lachlan Macquarie
1 Dec 1821 – 1 Dec 1825 Major-General Sir Thomas Brisbane
19 Dec 1825 – 22 Oct 1831 Major-General (later General and Sir) Ralph Darling
3 Dec 1831 – 5 Dec 1837 Lieutenant-General (later General) Sir Richard Bourke, KCB
24 Feb 1838 – 11 Jul 1846 Lieutenant-Colonel Sir George Gipps
3 Aug 1846 – 20 Jan 1855 Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy, KCH, KCB
20 Jan 1855 – 22 Jan 1861 Lieutenant-General Sir William Thomas Denison, KCB
16 May 1861 – 24 Dec 1867 Rt. Hon. Sir John Young, Bt, KCB, GCMG, PC, (later 1st Baron Lisgar)
8 Jan 1868 – 21 Feb 1872 4th Earl of Belmore (Somerset Richard Lowry-Corry), GCMG, PC Ireland
3 Jun 1872 – 19 Mar 1879 Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, GCMG (later 1st Baron Rosmead)
4 Aug 1879 – 9 Nov 1885 Lord Augustus William Frederick Spencer Loftus, GCB, PC
12 Dec 1885 – 3 Nov 1890 3rd Baron Carrington (Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington), KG, KCMG, PC
15 Jan 1891 – 2 Mar 1893 7th Earl of Jersey (Victor Albert George Child-Villiers), GCB, GCMG, PC
29 May 1893 – 15 Mar 1895 Rt. Hon. Sir Robert William Duff, GCMG, PC
21 Nov 1895 – 5 Mar 1899 2nd Viscount Hampden (Rt. Hon. Henry Robert Brand), GCMG
18 May 1899 – 30 Apr 1901 7th Earl of Beauchamp (Rt. Hon. William Lygon), KG, KCMG, PC
27 Mar 1902 – 27 May 1909 Admiral Sir Harry Holdsworth Rawson, GCB, GCMG
28 May 1909 – 11 Mar 1913 2nd Baron Chelmsford (Rt. Hon. Frederic John Napier Thesiger), GCMG
14 Mar 1913 – 27 Oct 1917 Sir Gerald Strickland, Count della Catena, GCMG (later 1st Baron Strickland)
18 Feb 1918 – 14 Sept 1923 Sir Walter Edward Davidson, KCMG, CBE
28 Feb 1924 – 7 Apr 1930 Admiral Sir Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair, KCB, MVO
29 May 1930 – 15 Jan 1935 Air Vice-Marshall Sir Philip Woolcott Game, GBE, KCB, DSO
21 Feb 1935 – 22 Jan 1936 Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven VC, GCMG, CB, DSO (later Lord Gowrie of Canberra and Dirleton)
6 Aug 1936 – 29 Oct 1936 Admiral Sir David Murray Anderson, KCB, KCMG, MVO
8 Aug 1937 – 8 Jan 1946 2nd Baron Wakehurst (Rt. Hon. John de Vere Loder), KG, KCMG
1 Aug 1946 – 31 Jul 1957  Lieutenant-General Sir John Northcott KCMG, KCVO, CB
1 Aug 1957 – 31 Jul 1965 Lieutenant-General Sir Eric Woodward, KCMG, KCVO, CB, CBE, DSO
20 Jan 1966 – 19 Jan 1981 Sir Arthur Roden Cutler, VC, AK, KCMG, KCVO, CBE
20 Jan 1981 – 19 Jan 1989 Air Marshall Sir James Rowland, AC, KBE, DFC, AFC
20 Jan 1989 – 7 Aug 1990 Rear Admiral Sir David Martin, KCMG, AO
8 Aug 1990 – 29 Feb 1996 Rear Admiral Peter Sinclair, AC
1 Mar 1996 – 28 Feb 2001 The Hon. Gordon Samuels, AC
1 Mar 2001 – Present Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC, CVO

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