Lieutenant-Governors of Newfoundland and Labrador

The following is a list of the Governors and Lieutenant Governors of Newfoundland and later Newfoundland and Labrador. Though the present day office of the lieutenant governor in Newfoundland and Labrador

Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador

The Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador is the viceregal representative in Newfoundland and Labrador of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada and resides predominantly...

came into being only upon the province's entry into Canadian Confederation

Canadian Confederation

Canadian Confederation was the process by which the federal Dominion of Canada was formed on July 1, 1867. On that day, three British colonies were formed into four Canadian provinces...

in 1949, the post is a continuation from the first governorship of Newfoundland in 1610.

Proprietary Governors of Newfoundland, 1610-1728

#	Name	Colony	Governor from	Governor until
Governors under James I James I of England James VI and I was King of Scots as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the English and Scottish crowns on 24 March 1603... (1610 1625):
	John Guy	Cuper's Cove Cuper's Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador Cuper's Cove, on the southwest shore of Conception Bay on Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula was an early English settlement in the New World, and the second one after the Jamestown Settlement to endure for longer than a year...	1610	1614
	John Mason	Cuper's Cove	1615	1621
	Robert Hayman Robert Hayman Robert Hayman was a poet, colonist and Proprietary Governor of Bristol's Hope colony in Newfoundland.-Early life and education:...	Bristol's Hope Bristol's Hope, Newfoundland and Labrador Bristol's Hope is the modern name of a community in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is located on Conception Bay between Carbonear and Harbour Grace....	1618	1628
	Sir Richard Whitbourne Richard Whitbourne Sir Richard Whitbourne was an English colonist, author and mariner.Richard Whitbourne was born near Teignmouth in Devon, England. Whilst apprenticed to a merchant adventurer of Southampton, he sailed extensively around Europe and twice to Newfoundland. He served in a ship of his own against the...	Renews	1618	1620
	Sir Francis Tanfield Francis Tanfield Sir Francis Tanfield was Proprietary Governor of the South Falkland colony of Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland, his cousin's husband. Tanfield was to establish a colony at Renews and left England in 1623 with an unknown number of colonists. The settlers were harassed by migratory fishermen who...	South Falkland South Falkland South Falkland was an English colony in Newfoundland established by Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland, in 1623 on territory in the Avalon Peninsula including the former colony of Renews. Cary appointed Sir Francis Tanfield, his wife's cousin, to be the colony's first Proprietary Governor. Tanfield...	1623	1626
	Edward Wynne Edward Wynne Edward Wynne was Proprietary Governor of Ferryland colony from 1621 to 1626. Born in Wales, he was appointed by George Calvert to establish the colony, and in August 1621, he landed at Ferryland with 12 men. By November of that same year, the colonists had completed a large dwelling, and then by...	Ferryland Ferryland Ferryland is a town in Newfoundland and Labrador on the Avalon Peninsula. According to the 2006 Statistics Canada census, its population is 529. Addresses in Ferryland use the alphanumerically lowest postal codes in Canada, starting with A0A....	1621	1625
Governors under Charles I Charles I of England Charles I was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue whilst Parliament sought to curb his Royal prerogative which Charles... (1625 1649):
	Sir Arthur Aston Arthur Aston Sir Arthur Aston was appointed Proprietary Governor of Avalon in 1625 by Sir George Calvert. Aston was a devout Roman Catholic and was recommended by Father Stout to govern the Catholic colony...	Avalon Avalon Peninsula The Avalon Peninsula is a large peninsula that makes up the southeast portion of the island of Newfoundland.The peninsula is home to 257,223 people, which is approximately 51% of Newfoundland's population in 2009, and is the location of the provincial capital, St. John's. It is connected to the...	1625	1627
	The Lord Baltimore George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore Sir George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, 8th Proprietary Governor of Newfoundland was an English politician and colonizer. He achieved domestic political success as a Member of Parliament and later Secretary of State under King James I...	Avalon	1627	1629
	The Lord Baltimore Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, 1st Proprietor and 1st Proprietary Governor of Maryland, 9th Proprietary Governor of Newfoundland , was an English peer who was the first proprietor of the Province of Maryland. He received the proprietorship after the death of his father, George Calvert, the...	Avalon	1629	1632
	William Hill William Hill (governor) William Hill was the Proprietary Governor of the Province of Avalon in Newfoundland from 1634 to 1638. He was appointed to the position by Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore...	Avalon	1634	1638
1.	Sir David Kirke David Kirke Sir David Kirke was an adventurer, colonizer and governor for the king of England. Kirke was the son of Gervase Kirke, a wealthy London-based Scottish merchant, who had married a Huguenot woman, Elizabeth Goudon, and was raised in Dieppe, in Normandy.In 1627 Kirke's father and several London...	Newfoundland	1638	→
Governors under Oliver Cromwell Oliver Cromwell Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland.... (1649 1658):
1.	cont...		←	1651
2.	John Treworgie John Treworgie John Treworgie was the last Proprietary Governor of Newfoundland. Treworgie had worked as an agent at a Kittery, Maine trading post from 1635 to 1650...	Newfoundland	1653	→
Governors under Richard Cromwell Richard Cromwell At the same time, the officers of the New Model Army became increasingly wary about the government's commitment to the military cause. The fact that Richard Cromwell lacked military credentials grated with men who had fought on the battlefields of the English Civil War to secure their nation's... (1658 1660):
2.	cont...		←	→
Governors under Charles II Charles II of England Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War... (1660):
2.	cont...		←	1660

Governors of Plaisance, 1655-1713

#	Name	Governor from	Governor until
Governors under Louis XIV Louis XIV of France Louis XIV , known as Louis the Great or the Sun King , was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. His reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days... (1655 1713):
	Sieur de Kéréon Sieur de Kéréon Sieur de Kéréon was the first French Governor of Plaisance , Newfoundland in 1655. The post was left vacant until 1660.- See also :* Governors of Newfoundland* List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador-External links:*...	1655	1660
	Nicolas Gargot de la Rochette	1660	1662
	Thalour Du Perron Thalour du Perron Thalour Du Perron was Governor of Plaisance , Newfoundland from 1662 to 1664.- See also :* Governors of Newfoundland* List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador-External links:**...	1662	1663
	Lafontaine Bellot	1664	1667
	La Palme La Palme The Sieur de la Palme was the Governor of Plaisance in the French colony of Newfoundland from 1667 to 1670.-External links:*...	1667	1670
	La Poippe La Poippe The Sieur de la Poippe was the Governor of Plaisance in the French colony of Newfoundland from 1670 to 1684.- External links :**...	1670	1684
	Antoine Parat Antoine Parat Antonie Parat was Governor of Plaisance , Newfoundland from 1685 to 1690.- See also :* Governors of Newfoundland* List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador- External links :**...	1685	1690
	Louis de Pastour de Costebelle Louis de Pastour de Costebelle Louis de Pastour de Costebelle naval officer served as interim governor of Plaisance , Newfoundland, before the arrival of Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan in 1690...	1690	1691
	Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan French military officer and Governor of Plaisance , Newfoundland....	1690	1701
	Joseph de Monic Joseph de Monic Joseph de Monic military officer and administrator, acting Governor of Newfoundland, born Oloron, Béarn died Bayonne....	1697	1702
	Daniel d'Auger de Subercase Daniel d'Auger de Subercase Daniel d'Auger de Subercase naval officer and French governor of Newfoundland, born Orthez, Béarn died Cannes-Ecluse, Île-de-France....	1702	1706
	Philippe Pastour de Costebelle	1706	1713

Commodore-Governors of Newfoundland, 1729-1825

#	Name	Governor from	Governor until
Governors under George II George II of Great Britain George II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Archtreasurer and Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death.George was the last British monarch born outside Great Britain. He was born and brought up in Northern Germany... (1729 1760):
3.	Henry Osborn	1729	1730
4.	George Clinton	1731	1731
5.	Edward Falkingham Edward Falkingham Edward Falkingham was an officer in the Royal Navy. He served for a time as Governor of Newfoundland.Falkingham received his first commission in 1703 when he was promoted to Lieutenant. On 26 February 1713 he was promoted to the rank of captain in command of HMS Weymouth...	1732	1732
6.	The Viscount Muskerry	1733	1734
7.	FitzRoy Henry Lee FitzRoy Henry Lee Fitzroy Henry Lee was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served as Commodore Governor of Newfoundland, Canada. He was supposedly the model for Hawser Trunnion from Tobias Smollett's The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle....	1735	1737
8.	Philip Vanbrugh Philip VanBrugh Philip VanBrugh naval officer and Commodore Governor of Newfoundland, born Chester England and baptised there 31 January 1681/2.-Family:...	1738	1738
9.	Henry Medley Henry Medley Henry Medley was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served as Commodore Governor of Newfoundland.Medley entered the Royal Navy in 1703 and was appointed Governor of Newfoundland in 1739 and served for two seasons.Service history:...	1739	1740
10.	Thomas Smith	1741	1741
11.	John Byng John Byng Admiral John Byng was a Royal Navy officer. After joining the navy at the age of thirteen he participated at the Battle of Cape Passaro in 1718. Over the next thirty years he built up a reputation as a solid naval officer and received promotion to Vice-Admiral in 1747...	1742	1742
10.	Thomas Smith	1743	1743
12.	Sir Charles Hardy Charles Hardy Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Hardy was a Royal Navy officer and colonial governor of New York.-Early career:Born at Portsmouth, the son of a vice admiral, Charles Hardy joined the Royal Navy as a volunteer in 1731....	1744	1744
13.	Richard Edwards	1745	1745
14.	James Douglas Sir James Douglas, 1st Baronet Admiral Sir James Douglas, 1st Baronet naval officer and Commodore of Newfoundland.-Naval career:Douglas became a captain in the Royal Navy in 1744 In 1745 commanded the HMS Mermaid at Louisbourg and in 1746 he commanded the HMS Vigilante at Louisbourg. In 1746 was appointed Commodore of...	1746	1746
15.	Charles Watson	1748	1748
16.	George Brydges Rodney George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, KB was a British naval officer. He is best known for his commands in the American War of Independence, particularly his victory over the French at the Battle of the Saintes in 1782...	1749	1749
17.	Francis William Drake Francis William Drake Francis William Drake born in Buckland Monachorum, Devon the third son of Anne Heathcote and Sir Francis Henry Drake. Francis William is often confused with his younger brother, also a naval officer whose death occurred around the same time...	1750	1752
18.	Hugh Bonfoy Hugh Bonfoy Hugh Bonfoy was a naval officer and colonial governor of Newfoundland.Bonfoy entered the Royal Navy in 1739, and made governor of Newfoundland in 1753. The common perception on the island was the uncertainty about the loyalty of Irish Roman Catholics in Newfoundland...	1753	1754
19.	Richard Dorrill Richard Dorrill Richard Dorill was a naval officer and colonial governor of Newfoundland, died in Bath, England.Dorill joined the Royal Navy in 1732 and was appointed Governor of Newfoundland in May 1755. He upheld Britain's commands regarding its inhabitants and his intolerance of the Irish Catholic...	1755	1756
20.	Richard Edwards Richard Edwards (governor) Richard Edwards naval officer and colonial governor of Newfoundland.Edwards a member of the Royal Navy was appointed governor of Newfoundland for his first term in 1757. His main concern was defense of the colony as Britain and France were at war...	1757	1759
21.	James Webb	1760	→
Governors under George III (1760 1820):
21.	cont...	←	1760
22.	Thomas Graves Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves \|-\|-...	1761	1763
23.	Sir Hugh Palliser Hugh Palliser Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser, 1st Baronet was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War...	1764	1768
24.	John Byron John Byron Vice Admiral The Hon. John Byron, RN was a Royal Navy officer. He was known as Foul-weather Jack because of his frequent bad luck with weather.-Early career:...	1769	1771
25.	Molyneux Shuldham Molyneux Shuldham, 1st Baron Shuldham Molyneux Shuldham was an officer of the British Royal Navy. He served for a time as colonial governor of Newfoundland.-Family and early life:...	1772	1774
26.	Robert Duff	1775	1775
27.	John Montagu	1776	1778
28.	Richard Edwards	1779	1781
29.	John Campbell	1782	1785
30.	John Elliot	1786	1788
31.	Mark Milbanke Mark Milbanke Admiral Mark Milbanke was a British naval officer and colonial governor.-Military career:Born the son of Sir Ralph Milbanke Bt, Mark Milbanke graduated from the Royal Naval Academy, Portsmouth in 1740. He was made Lieutenant in 1744 and in 1746 was given command of HMS Serpent.In 1789, Milbanke...	1789	1791
32.	Sir Richard King	1792	1793
33.	Sir James Wallace	1794	1796
34.	William Waldegrave William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock GCB was the Governor of Newfoundland and an Admiral in the Royal Navy.Waldegrave was the second son of John Waldegrave, 3rd Earl Waldegrave and Elizabeth...	1797	1799
35.	Sir Charles Morice Pole	1800	1801
36.	James Gambier James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier Admiral of the Fleet James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier GCB was an admiral of the Royal Navy, who served as Governor of Newfoundland, and as a Lord of the Admiralty, but who gained notoriety for his actions at the Battle of the Basque Roads.-Early career:Gambier was born in New Providence, The...	1802	1803
37.	Sir Erasmus Gower Erasmus Gower Sir Erasmus Gower naval officer and colonial governor born Cilgerran, Wales and died Hambledon, Hampshire, England....	1804	1806
38.	John Holloway	1807	1809
39.	Sir John Thomas Duckworth John Thomas Duckworth Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth, 1st Baronet, GCB was a British naval officer, serving during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, as the Governor of Newfoundland during the War of 1812, and a member of the British House of Commons during his...	1810	1812
40.	Sir Richard Goodwin Keats Richard Goodwin Keats Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats was a British naval officer who fought throughout the American Revolution, French Revolutionary War and Napoleonic War. He retired in 1812 due to ill health and was made Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland from 1813 to 1816. In 1821 he was made Governor of...	1813	1816
41.	Francis Pickmore Francis Pickmore Francis Pickmore naval officer and colonial governor born in Chester, Cheshire, England and died St. John's, Newfoundland....	1817	1818
42.	Sir Charles Hamilton	1818	→
Governors under George IV George IV of the United Kingdom George IV was the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and also of Hanover from the death of his father, George III, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later... (1820 1825):
42.	cont...	←	1825

Civil Governors of Newfoundland, 1825-1855

#	Name	Governor from	Governor until
Governors under George IV George IV of the United Kingdom George IV was the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and also of Hanover from the death of his father, George III, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later... (1825 1830):
43.	Sir Thomas John Cochrane Thomas John Cochrane Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas John Cochrane GCB was an English naval officer and colonial governor.-Naval career:...	1825	→
Governors under William IV William IV of the United Kingdom William IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death... (1830 1837):
43.	cont...	←	1834
44.	Sir Henry Prescott Henry Prescott Admiral Sir Henry Prescott GCB colonial governor born in Kew, England and died in London, England.Prescott joined the Royal Navy in 1796 and served in the Mediterranean during the Napoleonic wars...	1834	→
Governors under Queen Victoria (1837 1855):
44.	cont...	←	1841
45.	Sir John Harvey John Harvey (governor) Lieutenant-General Sir John Harvey, KCB KCH was a British Army officer and a Lieutenant Governor.He was commissioned into the 80th Foot in 1794 and served in several different locations, including France, Egypt, and India...	1841	1846
	Robert Law Robert Law Lieutenant-General Robert A. Law was a British Army officer and colonial administrator for the colony of Newfoundland.... (colonial administrator)	1846	1847
46.	Sir John Le Merchant	1847	1852
47.	Ker Baillie Hamilton Ker Baillie Hamilton Ker Baillie Hamilton colonial governor born in Cleveland, England and died in Tunbridge Wells, England.Hamilton was educated at the Royal Military College, Woolwich where he went on to serve in Mauritius and the Cape of Good Hope. In 1846 became governor of Grenada. Beginning in 1851 he was the...	1852	1855

Colonial Governors of Newfoundland, 1855-1907

#	Name	Governor from	Governor until
Governors under Queen Victoria (1855 1901):
48.	Sir Charles Henry Darling Charles Henry Darling Sir Charles Henry Darling KCB was a British colonial governor.He was born at Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, the son of Major-General Henry Darling and nephew of General Sir Ralph Darling....	1855	1857
49.	Sir Alexander Bannerman Alexander Bannerman Sir Alexander Bannerman was a British merchant, vintner, politician and colonial governor.-Background:...	1857	1864
50.	Sir Anthony Musgrave Anthony Musgrave Sir Anthony Musgrave KCMG was a colonial administrator and governor. He was born at St John’s, Antigua, the third of 11 children of Anthony Musgrave and Mary Harris Sheriff...	1864	1869
51.	Sir Stephen John Hill Stephen John Hill Sir Stephen John Hill, KCMG, CB was a colonial governor.Born in the West Indies, Hill began his colonial service in Africa, becoming governor of the Gold Coast in 1851. In 1854 he became governor of Sierra Leone. Then in 1863 he was appointed governor of the Leeward Islands and Antigua...	1869	1876
52.	Sir John Hawley Glover John Hawley Glover Sir John Hawley Glover , captain in the British Royal Navy, entered the service in 1841 and passed his examination as lieutenant in 1849, but did not receive a commission till May 1851....	1876	1881
53.	Sir Henry Berkeley Fitzhardinge Maxse Henry Berkeley Fitzhardinge Maxse Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Berkeley Fitzhardinge Maxse KCMG was a Newfoundland colonial leader and a Captain during the Crimean War....	1881	1883
52.	Sir John Hawley Glover	1883	1885
54.	Sir William Des Vœux William Des Vœux Sir George William Des Vœux, GCMG was a British colonial governor who served as Governor of Fiji , Newfoundland , and Hong Kong .-Early life:...	1886	1887
55.	Sir Henry Arthur Blake Henry Arthur Blake Sir Henry Arthur Blake GCMG, DL was a British colonial administrator, Governor of Hong Kong from 1898 to 1903.-Early life and career:...	1887	1889
56.	Sir John Terence Nicholls O'Brien	1889	1895
57.	Sir Herbert Harley Murray Herbert Harley Murray Sir Herbert Harley Murray KCB was a Scottish colonial governor.A member of Clan Murray headed by the Duke of Atholl, he was born in Bromley, the son of the Right Reverend George Murray, Bishop of Rochester, by Lady Sarah Maria, daughter of Robert Hay-Drummond, 10th Earl of Kinnoull...	1895	1898
58.	Sir Henry Edward McCallum Henry Edward McCallum Sir Henry Edward McCallum colonial governor born Yeovil, Somersetshire, England and died in England....	1898	→
Governors under Edward VII Edward VII of the United Kingdom Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910... (1901 1907):
58.	cont...	←	1901
59.	Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle Charles Cavendish Boyle Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle, KCMG was a British colonial administrator. He joined the British Colonial Office and was made magistrate in the Leeward Islands in 1879. He served as Colonial Secretary in Bermuda from 1882 to 1888 and in Gibraltar from 1888 to 1894 and was granted a knighthood for his...	1901	1904
60.	Sir William Macgregor William MacGregor Sir William MacGregor GCMG, CB was a Lieutenant-Governor of British New Guinea, Governor of Newfoundland and Governor of Queensland.-Early life:...	1904	1907

Governors of the Dominion of Newfoundland, 1907-1934

#	Name	Governor from	Governor until
Governors under Edward VII Edward VII of the United Kingdom Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910... (1907 1910):
60.	Sir William Macgregor	1907	1909
61.	Sir Ralph Champneys Williams Ralph Champneys Williams Sir Ralph Champneys Williams CMG was a colonial governor.Williams, educated at The King's School, Chester and Rossall School joined the colonial service in 1884 and his first post was to Bechuanaland. He then served at Pretoria, South Africa, Gibraltar and Barbados before returning to Bechuanaland...	1909	→
Governors under George V George V of the United Kingdom George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936.... (1910 1934):
61.	cont...	←	1913
62.	Sir Walter Edward Davidson Walter Edward Davidson Sir Walter Edward Davidson KCMG was a colonial Administrator and diplomat. He served periods as Governor of the Seychelles, Governor of Newfoundland and as Governor of New South Wales, in which he died in office....	1913	1917
63.	Sir Charles Alexander Harris Charles Alexander Harris Sir Charles Alexander Harris was a British colonial administrator, Governor of Newfoundland from 1917 to 1922.Harris graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge in 1878...	1917	1922
64.	Sir William Lamond Allardyce William Lamond Allardyce Sir William Lamond Allardyce KCMG was a career British civil servant in the Colonial Office who served as governor of Fiji , the Falkland Islands , Bahamas , Tasmania , and Newfoundland .Allardyce was born near Bombay, India, the son of Georgina Dickson Abbott and Colonel James Allardyce...	1922	1928
65.	Sir John Middleton John Middleton (administrator) Sir John Middleton was a British colonial administrator.Middleton joined the Colonial Office in 1901, serving in south Nigeria for six years as a junior official before moving on to Mauritius until 1920 when he was promoted to governor of the Falkland Islands from 1920 to 1927, Gambia from 1927 to...	1928	1932
66.	Sir David Murray Anderson David Murray Anderson Admiral Sir David Murray Anderson KCB, KCMG, MVO was a naval officer and governor. Anderson served in the Royal Navy from the age of 13 and served in many Colonial wars and was given various Empire postings, rising to the rank of Admiral in 1931...	1933	1934

Commission Governors of Newfoundland, 1934-1949

#	Name	Governor from	Governor until
Governors under George V George V of the United Kingdom George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936.... (1934 1936):
66.	Sir David Murray Anderson	1934	1935
67.	Sir Humphrey T. Walwyn Humphrey T. Walwyn Vice-Admiral Sir Humphrey Thomas Walwyn, KCSI, KCMG, CB, DSO served most of his life in the Royal Navy, rising to the rank of Vice-Admiral and the command of the Royal Indian Navy from 1928, retiring in 1934....	1936	→
Governors under Edward VIII Edward VIII of the United Kingdom Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay... (1936):
67.	cont...	←	→
Governors under George VI George VI of the United Kingdom George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death... (1936 1949):
67.	cont...	←	1946
68.	Gordon MacDonald Gordon Macdonald, 1st Baron Macdonald of Gwaenysgor Gordon Macdonald, PC, 1st Baron Macdonald of Gwaenysgor, was a British Labour Party politician and Newfoundland's final British governor as well as the last chairman of the Commission of Government serving from 1946 until the colony joined Confederation in 1949 and became a province of Canada...	1946	1949

Lieutenant Governors of Newfoundland, 1949-1999

#	Name	Governor from	Governor until
Governors under George VI George VI of the United Kingdom George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death... (1949 1952):
69.	Sir Albert Walsh Albert Walsh Sir Albert Joseph Walsh , commissioner, chief justice and the first Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland for 1949, the first Lieutenant Governor for Newfoundland after confederation with Canada....	1949	1949
70.	Sir Leonard Outerbridge Leonard Outerbridge Sir Leonard Cecil Outerbridge, was the second Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland from 1949 to 1957. In 1967, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.-Biography:...	1949	→
Governors under Elizabeth II (1952 1999):
70.	cont...	←	1957
71.	Campbell Leonard Macpherson Campbell Leonard Macpherson Campbell Leonard Macpherson businessman born St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, the third Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland....	1957	1963
72.	Fabian O'Dea Fabian O'Dea Fabian Aloysius O'Dea, QC was a lawyer and the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland, Canada.Born in St. John's, O'Dea was educated at St...	1963	1969
73.	Ewart John Arlington Harnum Ewart John Arlington Harnum Ewart John Arlington Harnum a Canadian businessman and the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland from 1969-1974.Born in Sound Island, Newfoundland, educated Bishop Feild College, St. John's...	1969	1974
74.	Gordon Arnaud Winter Gordon Arnaud Winter Gordon Arnaud Winter, was the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland from 1974 to 1981.In 1974, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada....	1974	1981
75.	William Anthony Paddon William Anthony Paddon William Anthony "Tony" Paddon, OC was a Canadian physician and the seventh Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland from 1981-1986....	1981	1986
76.	James McGrath	1986	1991
77.	Frederick Russell Frederick Russell -References:*...	1991	1997
78.	Dr. Arthur Maxwell House Arthur Maxwell House Arthur Maxwell House, is a Canadian neurologist and the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.Born in Glovertown, he graduated from medical school at Dalhousie University in 1952...	1997	1999

Lieutenant Governors of Newfoundland and Labrador, 1999-present

#	Name	Governor from	Governor until
Governors under Elizabeth II (1999 present):
78.	Dr. Arthur Maxwell House Arthur Maxwell House Arthur Maxwell House, is a Canadian neurologist and the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.Born in Glovertown, he graduated from medical school at Dalhousie University in 1952...	1999	2002
79.	Edward Roberts Edward Roberts -External links:**...	2002	2008
80.	John Crosbie John Crosbie John Carnell Crosbie, PC, OC, ONL, QC is a retired provincial and federal politician and the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada...	2008

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