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Major Robert Ross 24 October 1786 8 July 1792
Major Francis Grose 11 December 1792 17 December 1794
Major William Paterson administered 17 December 1794 10 September 1795
Office vacant 11 September 1795 September 1800
Colonel William Paterson 28 September 1800 26 January 1808
Lieutenant-Colonel George Johnston 26 January 1808 25 April 1808
Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Foveaux 25 April 1808 9 January 1809
Colonel William Paterson 9 January 1809 31 December 1809
Lieutenant-Colonel Maurice O'Connell 10 January 1810 12 February 1814
Colonel George Molle 13 February 1814 12 September 1817
Colonel James Erskine CB 12 September 1817 25 February 1823
Colonel William Stewart 26 February 1823 23 March 1827
Office vacant 24 March 1827 4 December 1837
Colonel Patrick Lindesay CB 22 October 1831 2 December 1831
Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Snodgrass 5 December 1837 23 February 1838
Office vacant 24 February 1838 12 July 1846
The Hon. Lieutenant-General Sir Maurice O'Connell 12 July 1846 2 August 1846
Office vacant 1846 1861
Lieutenant-Colonel John Francis Kempt administered 22 Jan 1861 21 March 1861
Office vacant 1861 1867
The Rt Hon. Sir John Young KCB GCMG administered 22 May 1861 24 December 1867
Major-General Sir Trevor Chute administered Dec  1867 Jan 1868
Office vacant 1868 1872
The Rt Hon. Sir Alfred Stephen GCMG CB 22 February 1872 15 January 1891
The Rt Hon. Sir Frederick Darley GCMG 16 January 1891 4 January 1910
The Hon. George Bowen Simpson 24 March 1909 27 January 1910
The Hon. Sir William Cullen KCMG KC 30 March 1910 1 October 1930
The Hon. Sir Philip Street KCMG 1 October 1930 17 October 1938
The Hon. Sir Frederick Jordan KCMG QC 17 October 1938 4 November 1949
The Hon. Sir Kenneth Street KCMG QC 27 February 1950 22 April 1972
The Hon. Sir Leslie Herron KBE CMG QC 22 April 1972 3 May 1973
The Rt. Hon. Sir John Kerr AK, GCMG, GCVO, QC 30 August 1973 1 July 1974
The Hon. Sir Laurence Street AC KCMG QC 1 July 1974 24 July 1989
The Hon. Murray Gleeson AC QC 24 July 1989 17 June 1998
The Hon. James Spigelman AC QC 18 June 1998 30 January 2012
The Hon. Tom Bathurst AC QC 1 Feb 2012 Present
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