Governors of New South Wales

List of Governors of New South Wales

See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor.

• Captain Arthur Phillip, 1788-1792\n*Captain John Hunter, 1795-1800\n*Captain Philip King, 1800-1806\n*Captain William Bligh, 1806-1808\n*Major-General Lachlan Macquarie, 1810-1821\n*Major-General Sir Thomas Brisbane, 1821-1825\n*Lieutenant-General Ralph Darling, 1825-1831\n*Major-General Sir Richard Bourke, 1831-1837\n*Sir George Gipps, 1838-1846\n*Sir Charles FitzRoy, 1846-1855\n*Sir William Denison, 1855-1861\n*Sir John Young, 1861-1867\n*Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore, 1868-1872\n*Sir Hercules Robinson, 1872-1879\n*Lord Augustus Loftus, 1879-1885\n*Charles Wynn-Carington, 3rd Baron Carrington, 1885-1890\n*Victor Albert George Child-Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey, 1891-1893\n*Sir Robert Duff, 1893-1895\n*Henry Robert Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden, 1895-1899\n*William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, 1899-1901\n*Admiral Sir Harry Rawson, 1902-1909\n*Frederick Augustus Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, 1909-1913\n*Sir Gerald Strickland, 1913-1917\n*Sir Walter Davidson, 1918-1923\n*Admiral Sir Dudley de Chair, 1924-1930\n*Air Vice-Marshall Sir Philip Game, 1930-1935\n*Brigadier-General Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1935-1936\n*Admiral Sir David Anderson, 1936\n*John de Vere Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst, 1937-1946\n*General Sir John Northcott, 1946-1957\n*Lieutenant-General Sir Eric Woodward, 1957-1965\n*Sir Roden Cutler, 1966-1981\n*Admiral Sir James Rowland, 1981-1989\n*Sir David Martin, 1989-1990\n*Sir Peter Sinclair, 1990-1996\n*Gordon Samuels, 1996-2001\n*Marie Bashir, 2001-present