Governors of Victoria | Governor of Victoria

A list of Victorian Governors.

Charles La Trobe was appointed Superintendent of Port Phillip District on 3 October 1839. He remained in that position until his appointment as Lieutenant-Governor of the new Colony of Victoria on 1 July 1851. La Trobe was never Governor of Victoria, as that office was not established until 1855.

The first Governor of Victoria was Charles Hotham, who was Lieutenant-Governor from 22 June 1854 to 21 May 1855, before becoming Governor.

Wood engraving of Charles J. La Trobe Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria

1839 3 October 1839 –5 May 1854

Charles La Trobe

Portrait of Sir Charles Hotham

1854 22 June 1854 –31 December 1855

Sir Charles Hotham, RN KCB

Portrait of Sir Henry Barkly

1856 26 December 1856 –10 September 1863

Sir Henry Barkly, KCB

Image of Sir Charles Henry Darling

1863 11 September 1863 –7 May 1866

Sir Charles Henry Darling, KCB

Image of The Hon Sir John Henry Thomas Manners Sutton

1866 15 August 1866 –2 March 1873

The Hon. Sir John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton, KCB

Portrait of Sir George Ferguson Bowen

1873 30 July 1873 –22 February 1879

Sir George Ferguson Bowen, GCMG

Image of The Most Hon George Augustus Constantine Phipps, Marquess of Normanby

1879 29 April 1879 –18 April 1884

The Most Hon. George Augustus Constantine Phipps, Marquess of Normanby, GCB GCMG PC

Portrait of Sir Henry Brougham Loch

1884 15 July 1884 –15 November 1889

Sir Henry Brougham Loch, GCMG KCB

Portrait of The Right Hon John Adrian Louis Hope the Earl of Hopetoun

1889 28 November 1889 –12 July 1895

The Right Hon. John Adrian Louis Hope, the Earl of Hopetoun, GCMG

Portrait of The Right Hon The Lord Brassey

1895 25 October 1895 –31 March 1900

The Right Hon. The Lord Brassey, KCB

Portrait of Sir George Sydenham Clarke

1901 10 December 1901 –24 November 1903

Sir George Sydenham Clarke, KCMG FRS

1904 25 April 1904 –6 July 1908

Major-General The Hon. Sir Reginald Arthur James Talbot, KCB

Portrait of Sir Thomas David Gibson Carmichael

1908 27 July 1908 –19 May 1911

Sir Thomas David Gibson Carmichael, Bt KCMG

1911 24 May 1911 –24 November 1913

Sir John Michael Fleetwood Fuller, Bt KCMG

Image of The Hon. Sir Arthur Lyulph Stanley

1914 23 February 1914 –30 January 1920

The Hon. Sir Arthur Lyulph Stanley, KCMG

Image of Col. The Right Hon. George Edward John Mowbray, Earl of Stradbroke

1921 24 February 1921 –7 April 1926

Col. The Right Hon. George Edward John Mowbray Rous, Earl of Stradbroke, KCMG CB CVO CBE ADC

Image of Lt. Col. The Right Hon. Arthur Herbert Tennyson the Lord Somers

1926 28 June 1926 –23 June 1931

Lt. Col. The Right Hon. Arthur Herbert Tennyson, the Lord Somers, KCMG DSO MC

Image of Capt. The Right Hon. William Charles Arcedeckne the Lord Huntingfield KCMG

1934 14 May 1934 –4 April 1939

Capt. The Right Hon. William Charles Arcedeckne, the Lord Huntingfield, KCMG

Footage of Lord Huntingfield arriving in Victoria

Image of Major-General Sir Winston Joseph Dugan, GCMG CB DSO

1939 17 July 1939 –20 February 1949

Major-General Sir Winston Joseph Dugan, GCMG CB DSO

Image of general Sir Reginald Alexander Dallas Brooks KCB CMG DSO

1949 18 October 1949 –7 May 1963

General Sir Reginald Alexander Dallas Brooks, KCB CMG DSO

1963 8 May 1963 –31 May 1974

Major General Sir Rohan Delacombe, KCMG KCVO KBE CB DSO

The Hon. Sir Henry Winneke

1974 3 June 1974 –28 February 1982

The Hon. Sir Henry Winneke, AC KCMG KCVO OBE

Rear-Admiral Sir Brian Murray

1982 1 March 1982 –3 October 1985

Rear-Admiral Sir Brian Murray, KCMG AO

Dr Davis McCaughey

1986 18 February 1986 –22 April 1992

Dr J. Davis McCaughey, AC

The Hon. Richard McGarvie

1992 23 April 1992 –23 April 1997

The Hon. Richard E. McGarvie, AC QC

The Hon. Sir James Gobbo

1997 24 April 1997 –31 December 2000

The Hon. Sir James A. Gobbo, AC CVO QC

John Landy

2001 1 January 2001 –7 April 2006

The Hon. John Landy, AC CVO MBE

2006 7 April 2006 –7 April 2011

Professor the Hon. David de Kretser, AC

The Hon. Alex Chernov AC KC

2011 8 April 2011 –30 June 2015

The Hon. Alex Chernov, AC KC

Her Excellency the Honourable Linda Dessau AC CVO, Governor of Victoria

2015 1 July 2015 –30 June 2023

The Hon. Linda Dessau, AC CVO

2023 9 August 2023

Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Margaret Gardner AC