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1 Governors from the Conquest to the union of the Canadas

Name	Term	Sovereign
Jeffrey Amherst	1760- 1763	George III
James Murray	1764- 1768
The Lord Dorchester	1768- 1778
Sir Frederick Haldimand	1778- 1786
The Lord Dorchester	1786- 1796
Robert PrescottRobert Prescott was a British soldier and colonial administrator. He enlisted in the British Army in 1745 and served during the Seven Years War. He was at the siege of Louisburg and became an aide-de-camp to General Jeffrey Amherst in 1759 participating i	1796- 1807Events February Napoleon attacks Russia February 8 Battle of Eylau Napoleon defeats Russians under General Benigssen February 19 In Alabama, Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason. March 2 The United States Congress
Sir James Henry CraigSir James Henry Craig (1748-1812) was a British military officer and colonial administrator. In 1795, the Netherlands having fallen under the revolutionary government of Napoleon's France, a British force under General Sir James Craig set out to Cape Town	1807Events February Napoleon attacks Russia February 8 Battle of Eylau Napoleon defeats Russians under General Benigssen February 19 In Alabama, Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason. March 2 The United States Congress- 1811
Sir George Prevost	1812- 1815
Sir John Coape Sherbrooke	1816- 1818
The Duke of Richmond and Lennox	1818- 1819
The Earl of Dalhousie	1820- 1828	George IV
Sir James Kempt	1828- 1830
The Lord Aylmer	1830- 1835	William IV
The Earl of Gosford*	1835- 1837
Victoria
Sir John Colborne*	1837- 1838 (acting)

Name

Term

Sovereign

1760- 1763

1764- 1768

1768- 1778

Sir Frederick Haldimand

1778- 1786

The Lord Dorchester

1786- 1796

Robert PrescottRobert Prescott was a British soldier and colonial administrator. He enlisted in the British Army in 1745 and served during the Seven Years War. He was at the siege of Louisburg and became an aide-de-camp to General Jeffrey Amherst in 1759 participating i

1796- 1807Events February Napoleon attacks Russia February 8 Battle of Eylau Napoleon defeats Russians under General Benigssen February 19 In Alabama, Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason. March 2 The United States Congress

Sir James Henry CraigSir James Henry Craig (1748-1812) was a British military officer and colonial administrator. In 1795, the Netherlands having fallen under the revolutionary government of Napoleon's France, a British force under General Sir James Craig set out to Cape Town

1807Events February Napoleon attacks Russia February 8 Battle of Eylau Napoleon defeats Russians under General Benigssen February 19 In Alabama, Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason. March 2 The United States Congress- 1811

Sir George Prevost

1812- 1815

Sir John Coape Sherbrooke

1816- 1818

The Duke of Richmond and Lennox

1818- 1819

The Earl of Dalhousie

1820- 1828

1828- 1830

1830- 1835

1835- 1837

1837- 1838 (acting)

(*) Lord Gosford resigned in November 1837 during the Patriotes Rebellion. Colborne was raised to commander in chief of British forces and acting governor-general to put down the 1837 Rebellions and restore order in both Upper Canada and Lower Canada. He remained in place until Lord Durham's arrival.

Name	Term	Sovereign
The Earl of Durham	1838- 1840	Victoria
The Lord Sydenham	1840- 1841
Sir Charles Bagot	1842- 1843
The Lord Metcalfe	1843- 1845
The Earl Cathcart	1846- 1847
The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine	1847- 1854
Sir Edmund Walker Head	1854- 1861
The Viscount Monck	1861- 1867

3 Governors General of Canada since Confederation

3.1 British

Name	Term	Sovereign
The Viscount Monck	1867- 1869	Victoria
The Lord Lisgar	1869- 1872
The Earl of Dufferin	1872- 1878
Marquess of Lorne	1878- 1883
The Marquess of Lansdowne	1883- 1888
The Lord Stanley of Preston	1888- 1893
The Earl of Aberdeen	1893- 1898
The Earl of Minto	1898- 1904
The Earl of Minto	1898- 1904	Edward VII
The Earl Grey	1904- 1911	Edward VII
The Earl Grey	1904- 1911	George V
HRH The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn	1911- 1916
The Duke of Devonshire	1916- 1921
The Lord Byng of Vimy	1921- 1926
The Viscount Willingdon	1926- 1931
The Earl of Bessborough	1931- 1935
The Lord Tweedsmuir	1935- 1940
		Edward VIII
		George VI
Sir Lyman Poore Duff*	1940 (acting)
The Earl of Athlone	1940- 1946
The Viscount Alexander of Tunis	1946- 1952

(*) As Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, Duff was technically the first Canadian to serve as Governor General, though he only did so in an acting capacity for a few months following Lord Tweedsmuir's death.

3.2 Canadian

Name	Term	Sovereign
Vincent Massey	1952- 1959	Elizabeth II
Georges Vanier	1959- 1967
Robert Taschereau	1967 (acting)
Roland Michener	1967- 1974
Jules Léger	1974- 1979
Edward Schreyer	1979- 1984
Jeanne Sauvé	1984- 1990
Ramon John Hnatyshyn	1990- 1995
Roméo LeBlanc	1995- 1999
Adrienne Clarkson	1999-

4 See also

List of Canadian Vice Regal Consorts

5 External link

List of Former Governors General - Government of Canada

Lists of viceroys
Federal	Governors General
Lieutenant governors	Alberta - British Columbia - Manitoba - New Brunswick - Newfoundland and Labrador - Nova Scotia - Ontario - Prince Edward Island - Quebec - Saskatchewan -
Territorial commissioners	Northwest Territories - Nunavut - Yukon
Historical governors	New France (1627-1760) - Acadia (1603-1710) - Northwest Territories (1869-1905)

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