List of lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador

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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 came into being only upon the province's entry into Canadian Confederation in 1949, the post is a continuation from the first governorship of Newfoundland in 1610.

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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, as well as the other Commonwealth realms and any subdivisions thereof, and resides predominantly in her oldest realm, the United Kingdom. The Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador is appointed in the same manner as the other provincial viceroys in Canada and is similarly tasked with carrying out most of the monarch's constitutional and ceremonial duties. The current, and 14th, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador is Judy Foote, who has served in the role since 3 May 2018.

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Proprietary Governors of Newfoundland, 1610–1728

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Governors under James I (1610–1625):
NFLD stamp John Guy.jpg John Guy Cuper's Cove 16101614
Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg John Mason Cuper's Cove16151621
Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Robert Hayman Bristol's Hope 16181628
Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Sir Richard Whitbourne Renews 16181620
Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Sir Francis Tanfield South Falkland 16231626
Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Edward Wynne Ferryland 16211625
Governors under Charles I (1625–1649):
Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Sir Arthur Aston Avalon 16251627
Georgecalvert.jpg The Lord Baltimore Avalon16271629
Calvertcecil.jpg The Lord Baltimore [n 1] Avalon16291632
Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg William Hill Avalon16341638
1. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Sir David Kirke Newfoundland 1638→
Governors under Oliver Cromwell (1649–1658):
1. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg cont...←1651
2. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg John Treworgie Newfoundland1653→
Governors under Richard Cromwell (1658–1660):
2. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg cont...←→
Governors under Charles II (1660):
2. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg cont...←1660

Governors of Plaisance, 1655–1713

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Governors under Louis XIV (1655–1713):
Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg Sieur de Kéréon 16551660
Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg Nicolas Gargot de la Rochette 16601662
Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg Thalour Du Perron 16621663
Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg Lafontaine Bellot 16641667
Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg Sieur de la Palme 16671670
Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg Sieur de la Poippe 16701684
Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg Antoine Parat 16851690
Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg Louis de Pastour de Costebelle 16901691
Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan 16901701
Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg Joseph de Monic 16971702
Daniel d'Auger de Subercase.jpg Daniel d'Auger de Subercase 17021706
Philippe de Pastour de Costebelle.png Philippe Pastour de Costebelle 17061713

Lieutenant-Governors of Placentia, 1713–1770

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Lieutenant-Governors under George I (1713–1727) (Subject to Governor of Nova Scotia and Placentia):
1. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg John Moody (governor) [1] 17141717
2. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Martin Purcell (governor) 17171717
3. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Samuel Gledhill [2] [3] 17171729
Lieutenant-Governors under George II (1727–1760):
1. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Henry Cope [4] 1736?1742
1. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Otho Hamilton [5] 1744c.1764
1. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Joseph Goreham [6] 1770

Commodore-Governors of Newfoundland, 1729–1825

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Governors under George II (1729–1760):
3. Captain Henry Osborn by Claude Arnulphy.jpg Henry Osborn 17291730
4. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg George Clinton 17311731
5. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Edward Falkingham 17321732
6. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg The Viscount Muskerry 17331734
7. Vice-Admiral Fitzroy Henry Lee (1699-1750), by British school of the 18th century.jpg FitzRoy Henry Lee 17351737
8. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Philip Vanbrugh 17381738
9. Henry Medley Faber.jpg Henry Medley 17391740
10. Commodore Thomas Smith.jpg Thomas Smith 17411741
11. John Byng.jpg John Byng [n 2] 17421742
10. Commodore Thomas Smith.jpg Thomas Smith (second time)17431743
12. Admiral Sir Charles Hardy, 1780.jpg Sir Charles Hardy 17441744
13. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Richard Edwards 17451745
14. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg James Douglas Bt 17461746
15. Thomas McIlworth - General John Bradstreet - Google Art Project.jpg John Bradstreet 17471747
15. Charles Watson (1714-1757).jpg Charles Watson 17481748
16. Admiral of the White by Thomas Gainsborough.jpg The Lord Rodney 17491749
17. Francis William Drake (1724 - c. 1788).jpg Francis William Drake 17501752
18. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Hugh Bonfoy 17531754
19. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Richard Dorrill 17551756
20. Richard Edwards Royal Navy Admiral by Nathaniel Dance 1780.jpg Richard Edwards 17571759
21. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg James Webb 1760→
Governors under George III (1760–1820):
21. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg cont...←1760
22. Admiral Lord Graves, 1st Baron Graves of Gravesend, by Thomas Gainsborough.jpg Thomas Graves 17611763
23. HughPalliser.jpg Sir Hugh Palliser 17641768
24. John Byron-Joshua Reynolds-1759.jpg John Byron 17691771
25. Molyneux Shuldham (c. 1717-1798).jpg Molyneux Shuldham 17721774
26. Robert Duff (- 1787).jpg Robert Duff 17751775
27. John Montagu (1719-1795).jpg John Montagu 17761778
28. Richard Edwards Royal Navy Admiral by Nathaniel Dance 1780.jpg Richard Edwards 17791781
29. 1782 campbell.jpg John Campbell 17821785
30. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg John Elliot 17861788
31. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Mark Milbanke 17891791
32. Sir Richard King (1730-1806).jpg Sir Richard King Bt 17921793
33. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Sir James Wallace 17941796
34. Admiral William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock (1753-1825) by James Northcote.jpg William Waldegrave 17971799
35. SirCharlesMoricePole.jpg Sir Charles Morice Pole Bt 18001801
36. James Gambier.jpg James Gambier 18021803
37. Admiral Sir Erasmus Gower.jpg Sir Erasmus Gower 18041806
38. John Holloway (1744-1826).jpg John Holloway 18071809
39. Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth (1748-1817).jpg Sir John Thomas Duckworth GCB 18101812
40. Richard Goodwin Keats 2.jpg Sir Richard Goodwin Keats 18131816
41. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Francis Pickmore 18171818
42. Admiral Sir Charles Hamilton (1767-1849), by William Beechey.jpg Sir Charles Hamilton Bt 1818→
Governors under George IV (1820–1825):
42. Admiral Sir Charles Hamilton (1767-1849), by William Beechey.jpg cont...←1825

Civil Governors of Newfoundland, 1825–1855

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Governors under George IV (1825–1830):
43. Thomas-john-cochrane.jpg Sir Thomas John Cochrane 1825→
Governors under William IV (1830–1837):
43. Thomas-john-cochrane.jpg cont...←1834
44. Sir Henry Prescott (1783-1874).jpg Sir Henry Prescott 1834→
Governors under Queen Victoria (1837–1855):
44. Sir Henry Prescott (1783-1874).jpg cont...←1841
45. John Harvey.jpg Sir John Harvey KCH 18411846
Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Robert Law (colonial administrator)18461847
46. SirGaspardLeMarchant,LtGovOfNovaScotia.jpg Sir John Le Marchant 18471852
47. Ker Baillie Hamilton (1804-1889).jpg Ker Baillie-Hamilton 18521855

Colonial Governors of Newfoundland, 1855–1907

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Governors under Queen Victoria (1855–1901):
48. Portrait of Sir Charles Darling 1863 wood engraving.jpg Sir Charles Henry Darling 18551857
49. Sir Alexander Bannerman.jpg Sir Alexander Bannerman 18571864
50. AnthonyMusgrave.jpg Sir Anthony Musgrave 18641869
51. Stephen John Hill 1870.jpg Sir Stephen John Hill KCMG CB 18691876
52. Sir John Hawley Glover (1829-1885).jpg Sir John Hawley Glover KCMG18761881
53. Crimean War 1854-56 Q71496.jpg Sir Henry Berkeley Fitzhardinge Maxse KCMG18811883
52. Sir John Hawley Glover (1829-1885).jpg Sir John Hawley Glover (second time)KCMG18831885
54. Sir G. William Des Voeux.jpg Sir William Des Vœux 18861887
55. Henry Arthur Blake.jpg Sir Henry Arthur Blake KCMG FRGS FRCI 18871889
56. Sir John Terence Nicholls O'Brien (1830-1903).jpg Sir John Terence Nicholls O'Brien 18891895
57. Sir Herbert Harley Murray (1829-1904).jpg Sir Herbert Harley Murray 18951898
58. Sir Henry Edward McCallum (1852-1919).jpg Sir Henry Edward McCallum 1898→
Governors under Edward VII (1901–1907):
58. Sir Henry Edward McCallum (1852-1919).jpg cont...←1901
59. Sir Cavendish Boyle.jpg Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle KCMG19011904
60. Sir William MacGregor.jpg Sir William MacGregor CB KCMG19041907

Governors of the Dominion of Newfoundland, 1907–1934

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Governors under Edward VII (1907–1910):
60. Sir William MacGregor.jpg Sir William MacGregor (continued)CB KCMG19071909
61. Ralph Champneys Williams.jpg Sir Ralph Champneys Williams CMG1909→
Governors under George V (1910–1934):
61. Ralph Champneys Williams.jpg cont...←1913
62. WEDavidson.jpg Sir Walter Edward Davidson KCMG CBE 19131917
63. Sir Charles Alexander Harris (1855-1947).jpg Sir Charles Alexander Harris 19171922
64. William Lamond Allardyce.jpg Sir William Allardyce KCMG19221928
65. Sir John Middleton (1870-1954).jpg Sir John Middleton 19281932
66. David Murray Anderson.jpg Sir David Murray Anderson KCB KCMG MVO 19331934

Commission Governors of Newfoundland, 1934–1949

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Governors under George V (1934–1936):
66. David Murray Anderson.jpg Sir David Murray Anderson (continued) KCB KCMG MVO 19341935
67. Humphrey T. Walwyn.jpg Sir Humphrey T. Walwyn KCSI KCMG CB DSO 1936→
Governors under Edward VIII (1936):
67. Humphrey T. Walwyn.jpg cont...←→
Governors under George VI (1936–1949):
67. Humphrey T. Walwyn.jpg cont...←1946
68. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Gordon MacDonald 19461949

Lieutenant Governors of Newfoundland, 1949–1999

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Governors under George VI (1949–1952):
69. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Sir Albert Walsh 19491949
70. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Sir Leonard Outerbridge CBE DSO 1949→
Governors under Elizabeth II (1952–1999):
70. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg cont...←1957
71. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Campbell Leonard Macpherson 19571963
72. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg ρ Fabian O'Dea QC19631969
73. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Ewart John Arlington Harnum OC 19691974
74. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Gordon Arnaud Winter OC19741981
75. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg William Anthony Paddon OC19811986
76. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg James McGrath PC 19861991
77. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Frederick Russell OC CD 19911997
78. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Arthur Maxwell House OC FRCP 19971999

Lieutenant Governors of Newfoundland and Labrador, 1999–present

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Governors under Elizabeth II (1999–present):
78. Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Arthur Maxwell House OC FRCP19992002
79. [† 1] Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Edward Roberts CM ONL QC 20022008
80. John Crosbie (crop).jpg John Crosbie PC OC ONL QC20082013
81. Frank Fagan.jpg Frank Fagan CM20132018
82. Judy Foote.jpg Judy Foote PC2018Present
  1. ↑ Colour denotes living former lieutenant governors

See also

This is a list of leaders and office-holders of Canada. See also Canadian incumbents by year.

Notes

  1. ↑ The Lord Baltimore became the de facto Governor of Avalon upon the death of his father, the first Baron Baltimore.
  2. ↑ John Byng's elder brother, Robert Byng, was the great-great-grandfather of The Viscount Byng of Vimy, who served as Governor General of Canada from 1921 to 1926.

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