| Governor of Malta | |
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| Former political post | |
 Coat of Arms of the Governor of Malta |
|
 Sir Thomas Maitland |
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| Predecessor | Civil Commissioner of Malta |
| Successor | Governor-General of Malta |
| First officeholder | Sir Thomas Maitland |
| Last officeholder | Sir Maurice Henry Dorman |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Official residence | Grandmaster's Palace |
| Appointer | King/Queen of the United Kingdom |
| Office began | 23 July 1813 |
| Office ended | 21 September 1964 |
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The British Governor of Malta was an official who ruled Malta during the British colonial period between 1813 and 1964. This office replaced that of the Civil Commissioner. Upon the end of British rule and the creation of the State of Malta in 1964, this office was replaced by the Governor-General, who represented the British Monarch and not the Government of the United Kingdom as did the Governor. The office of Governor-General was itself abolished in 1974 and replace by the post of President when Malta became a Republic.
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The Governor [edit]
The Governor, appointed by the British monarch (on the advice of the prime minister), maintained executive power in Malta throughout British rule. He was head of the executive council and the pre-independence government of Malta.
The Governor was the most powerful official in Malta.
List of Governors (1813–1964) [edit]
| Name | Portrait | Born-Died | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Maitland | |
1759–1824 | 23 July 1813 | 17 January 1824 |
| Francis Rawdon-Hastings |  |
1754–1826 | 22 March 1824 | 28 November 1826 |
| Alexander George Woodford (acting) |  |
1782–1870 | 28 November 1826 | 15 February 1827 |
| Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby | |
1783–1837 | 15 February 1827 | 30 September 1836 |
| George Cardew (acting for Ponsonby) | |
May 1835 | 4 July 1836 | |
| Thomas Evans (acting for Ponsonby) | |
1776–1863 | 4 July 1836 | 30 September 1836 |
| Henry Bouverie | |
1783–1853 | 1 October 1836 | 1843 |
| Patrick Stewart | |
1843 | October 1847 | |
| Richard More O'Ferrall | |
1797–1880 | October 1847 | 13 May 1851 |
| Robert Ellice (acting) | |
13 May 1851 | 27 October 1851 | |
| William Reid | |
1791–1858 | 27 October 1851 | 1858 |
| John Le Marchant | |
1803–1874 | 1858 | 15 November 1864 |
| Henry Knight Storks |  |
1811–1874 | 15 November 1864 | 15 May 1867 |
| Patrick Grant | |
1804–1895 | 15 May 1867 | 3 June 1872 |
| Charles van Straubenzee |  |
1812–1892 | 3 June 1872 | 13 May 1878 |
| Arthur Borton | |
10 June 1878 | April 1884 | |
| John Linthorn Simmons |  |
1821–1903 | April 1884 | 28 September 1888 |
| Henry Torrens | |
1823–1889 | 28 September 1888 | 1 December 1889 |
| Henry Augustus Smyth |  |
1825–1906 | 1890 | 1893 |
| Arthur Fremantle |  |
1835–1901 | 1893 | 6 January 1899 |
| Francis Wallace Grenfell |  |
1841–1925 | 6 January 1899 | 1903 |
| Charles Clarke | |
1839–1932 | 1903 | 1907 |
| Henry Grant | |
1848–1919 | 1907 | 1909 |
| Leslie Rundle |  |
1856–1934 | 1909 | February 1815 |
| Paul Methuen |  |
1845–1932 | February 1915 | May 1919 |
| Herbert Plumer |  |
1857–1932 | 1919 | 1924 |
| Walter Norris Congreve |  |
1862–1927 | 1924 | 28 February 1927 |
| John Philip Du Cane | |
1865–1947 | 28 February 1927 | 1931 |
| David Campbell |  |
1869–1936 | June 1931 | 12 March 1936 |
| Charles Bonham-Carter | |
1876–1955 | 12 March 1936 | 1940 |
| William Dobbie |  |
1879–1964 | April 1940 | 1942 |
| John Vereker (Lord Gort) |  |
1886–1946 | 1942 | 26 September 1944 |
| Edmond Schreiber | |
1890–1978 | 26 September 1944 | 10 July 1946 |
| Francis Douglas | |
1889–1980 | 10 July 1946 | 16 September 1949 |
| Gerald Creasy | |
1897–1983 | 16 September 1949 | 3 August 1954 |
| Robert Laycock |  |
1907–1968 | 3 August 1954 | 13 February 1959 |
| Guy Grantham | |
1900–1992 | 13 February 1959 | 2 July 1962 |
| Maurice Henry Dorman | |
1902–1993 | 2 July 1962 | 21 September 1964 |
See also [edit]
- Commonwealth Realm
- List of Civil Commissioners of Malta
- List of Governors-General of Malta
- President of Malta
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