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1 List of Governors of Victoria

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

1.1 Lieutenant-Governors

• Charles La Trobe, 1851-1854*
• Captain Sir Charles Hotham, 1854-1855

* La Trobe was Superintendent of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales 1839-1851

1.2 Governors

• Captain Sir Charles Hotham, 1855
• Sir Henry Barkly , 1856-1863
• Sir Charles Darling , 1863-1866
• Sir John Manners-Sutton , 1866-1873
• Sir George Bowen, 1873-1879
• George Phipps, Marquess of Normanby, 1879-1884
• Sir Henry Loch , 1884-1889
• John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, 1889-1895
• Thomas Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey, 1895-1900
• Sir George Clarke, 1901-1903
• Major-General Sir Reginald Talbot , 1904-1908
• Sir Thomas Carmichael , 1908-1911
• Sir John Fuller , 1911-1914
• Sir Arthur Stanley , 1914-1920
• Colonel George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke , 1921-1926
• Lieutentant-Colonel Arthur Somers Cocks, 6th Baron Somers , 1926-1931
• Captain William Vannecke, 5th Baron Huntingfield , 1934-1939
• Major-General Sir Winston Dugan, 1939-1949
• General Sir Dallas Brooks , 1949-1963
• Major-General Sir Rohan Delacombe , 1963-1974
• Sir Henry Winneke , 1974-1982
• Rear-Admiral Sir Brian Murray , 1982-1985
• The Reverend Dr Davis McCaughey , 1986-1992
• Richard McGarvie , 1992-1997
• Sir James Gobbo , 1997-2000
• John Landy, 2001-present