Former Governors-General

Lieutenant-Governors, Governors and Governors-General of New Zealand

DEPENDENCY

Lieutenant-Governor
Captain William Hobson, RN (under Lt.-Col. Sir George Gipps, RE, Governor of New South Wales 1837 - 1846, and Governor-in-Chief of New Zealand 1839 - 1841)	1840 - 1841

CROWN COLONY

Governor
Captain William Hobson, RN	1841 - 1842
Captain Robert Fitzroy, RN	1843 - 1845
Captain George Grey	1845 - 1847
Governor-in-Chief
Sir George Grey, KCB	1848 - 1853

SELF-GOVERNING COLONY

Governor of New Zealand
Sir George Grey, KCB	1853 - 1853
Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, CB	1855 - 1861
Sir George Grey, KCB	1861 - 1868
Sir George Ferguson Bowen, GCMG	1868 - 1873
The Rt Hon Sir James Fergusson, Bt.	1873 - 1874
Marquess of Normanby, GCB, GCMG, PC	1875 - 1879
Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, GCMG	1879 - 1880
The Hon Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon, GCMG	1880 - 1882
Lt. General Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, GCMG, CB	1883 - 1889
Earl of Onslow, GCMG	1889 - 1892
Earl of Glasgow, GCMG	1892 - 1897
Earl of Ranfurly, GCMG	1897 - 1904
Lord Plunket, GCMG, KCVO	1904 - 1910
Lord Islington, KCMG, DSO, PC	1910 - 1912
Earl of Liverpool, GCMG, MVO, PC	1912 - 1917

Governor-General of New Zealand
Earl of Liverpool, GCB, GCMG, GBE, MVO, PC	1917 - 1920
Viscount Jellicoe, GCB, OM, GCVO	1920 - 1924
General Sir Charles Fergusson, Bt., GCMG, KCB, DSO, MVO	1924 - 1930
Viscount Bledisloe, GCMG, KBE, PC	1930 - 1935
Viscount Galway, GCMG, DSO, OBE, PC	1935 - 1941
Marshal of the RAF Sir Cyril Louis Norton Newall, GCB, OM, GCMG, CBE, AM	1941 - 1946
Lt. General the Lord Freyberg, VC, GCMG, KCB, KBE, DSO	1946 - 1952
Lt. General the Lord Norrie, GCMG, GCVO, CB, DSO, MC	1952 - 1957
Viscount Cobham, GCMG, TD	1957 - 1962
Brigadier Sir Bernard Fergusson, GCMG, GCVO, DSO, OBE	1962 - 1967
Sir Arthur Espie Porritt, Bt., GCMG, GCVO, CBE	1967 - 1972
Sir (Edward) Denis Blundell, GCMG, GCVO, KBE, QSO	1972 - 1977
The Rt Hon Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake, KG, GCMG, CH, QSO	1977 - 1980
The Hon Sir David Stuart Beattie, GCMG, GCVO, QSO, QC	1980 - 1985
The Rt Rev & The Hon Sir Paul Alfred Reeves, GCMG, GCVO, QSO	1985 - 1990
The Hon Dame Catherine Anne Tizard, GCMG, GCVO, DBE, QSO	1990 - 1996
The Rt Hon Sir Michael Hardie Boys, GNZM, GCMG, QSO	1996 - 2001
The Hon Dame Silvia Cartwright PCNZM, DBE, QSO	2001 - 2006

All Honours listed are those held on retirement from office.