List of governors of Malta
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Governor of Civil Commissioner of Malta | |
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Formation | 5 October 1813 |
First holder | Sir Thomas Maitland |
Final holder | Sir Maurice Dorman |
Abolished | 21 September 1964 |
Succession | Governor-General of Malta |
The governor of Malta (
civil commissioner. Upon the end of British rule and the creation of the State of Malta in 1964, this office was replaced by the governor-general, who represented the British monarch and not the government of the United Kingdom as did the governor. The office of Governor-General was itself abolished in 1974 and replaced by the post of president when Malta became a republic
.
The governor
The governor, appointed by the
executive council
and the pre-independence government of Malta.
The governor was the most powerful official in Malta.
The governor was initially supported by a lieutenant-governor. For example, from ca. 1813 to ca. 1820, Major-General Sir William Hutchinson served as lieutenant governor.[1] After the death of the Marquess of Hastings in 1826, the British government decided to downgrade the post of Governor to Lieutenant-Governor, with a reduced allowance. Sir Frederick Ponsonby was formally designated Lieutenant-Governor and Commander of the Malta Garrison.[2]
List of governors (1801–1964)
Name (birth–death) |
Portrait | Term of office | |
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Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Maitland (1759–1824) |
5 October 1813[3] | 17 January 1824 | |
General The 1st Marquess of Hastings (1754–1826) |
22 March 1824 | 28 November 1826 | |
Major-General Alexander George Woodford (1782–1870) Acting Governor |
28 November 1826 | 15 February 1827 | |
Major-General Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby (1783–1837) |
15 February 1827 | May 1835 De jure until 30 September 1836 | |
George Cardew (1785–1857) Acting Governor |
May 1835 | 4 July 1836 | |
Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Evans (1776–1863) Acting Governor |
4 July 1836 | 30 September 1836 | |
Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Bouverie (1783–1853) |
1 October 1836 | 1843 | |
General Sir Patrick Stuart (1777–1855) |
1843 | October 1847 | |
Richard More O'Ferrall (1797–1880) |
October 1847 | 13 May 1851 | |
General Robert Ellice (1784–1856) Acting Governor |
13 May 1851 | 27 October 1851 | |
Major-General Sir William Reid (1791–1858) |
27 October 1851 | 1858 | |
Lieutenant-General Sir John Le Marchant (1803–1874) |
1858 | 15 November 1864 | |
Sir Henry Knight Storks (1811–1874) |
15 November 1864 | 15 May 1867 | |
General Sir Patrick Grant (1804–1895) |
15 May 1867 | 3 June 1872 | |
General Sir Charles van Straubenzee (1812–1892) |
3 June 1872 | 13 May 1878 | |
General Sir Arthur Borton (1814–1893) |
10 June 1878 | April 1884 | |
General Sir Lintorn Simmons (1821–1903) |
April 1884 | 28 September 1888 | |
Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Torrens (1823–1889) |
28 September 1888 | 1 December 1889 | |
General Sir Henry Augustus Smyth (1825–1906) |
1890 | 1893 | |
General Sir Arthur Lyon Fremantle (1835–1901) |
1893 | 6 January 1899 | |
General Sir Francis Grenfell (The 1st Baron Grenfell from July 1902) (1841–1925) |
6 January 1899 | 1903 | |
General Sir Charles Clarke, 3rd Bt. (1839–1932) |
1903 | 1907 | |
General Sir Henry Grant (1848–1919) |
1907 | 1909 | |
General Sir Leslie Rundle (1856–1934) |
1909 | February 1915 | |
Field Marshal The 3rd Baron Methuen (1845–1932) |
February 1915 | May 1919 | |
Field Marshal The 1st Baron Plumer (1857–1932) |
1919 | 1924 | |
General Sir Walter Congreve (1862–1927) |
29 June 1924 | 28 February 1927 | |
General Sir John Philip Du Cane (1865–1947) |
28 February 1927 | 1931 | |
General Sir David Campbell (1869–1936) |
June 1931 | 12 March 1936 | |
General Sir Charles Bonham-Carter (1876–1955) |
12 March 1936 | 1940 | |
Sir William Dobbie (1879–1964) |
April 1940 | May 1942 | |
Field Marshal The 6th Viscount Gort (1886–1946) |
May 1942 | 26 September 1944 | |
Lieutenant-General Sir Edmond Schreiber (1890–1978) |
26 September 1944 | 10 July 1946 | |
Sir Francis Douglas (1889–1980) |
10 July 1946 | 16 September 1949 | |
Sir Gerald Creasy (1897–1983) |
16 September 1949 | 3 August 1954 | |
Sir Robert Laycock (1907–1968) |
3 August 1954 | 13 February 1959 | |
Admiral Sir Guy Grantham (1900–1992) |
13 February 1959 | 2 July 1962 | |
Sir Maurice Dorman (1902–1993) |
2 July 1962 | 21 September 1964 |
Lieutenant governors of Malta
- Public Secretary
- Arthur Baynes 1801
- Alexander Macauley 1801
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1804–1805
- E.F. Chapman 1805
- Rev. Francis Laing 1811–1813
- Chief Secretary
- Rev. Francis Laing 1813–1815
- Alexander Wood 1815–1817
- Richard Plasket 1817–1824
- Colonel Sir Frederick Hankey 1824–1837
- Sir Hector Greig 1837–1847
- Henry Lushington 1847–1855
- Sir Victor Houlton 1855–1883
- Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson 1883–1884
- Lieutenant Governor
- Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson 1884–1889 (as Lieutenant Governor)
- Sir Gerald Strickland 1889–1902 (as Chief Secretary)
- Sir Edward Marsh Merewether 1902–1910 (as Lieutenant Governor and Chief Secretary)[4]
- Chief Secretary
- Major John Eugene Clauson 1911–1914
- Horace Archer Byatt 1914–1916
- Sir William C. F. Robertson 1917–1925
- Sir Thomas Alexander Vans Best 1925–1930
- Sir Harry Charles Luke 1930–1938
- John Adams Hunter1938–1940
- Sir Edward St. John Jackson1940–1943
- Sir David Campbell1943–1952
- Trafford Smith 1952–1959
- Archibald Campbell 1959–1962
Flag of the Governor
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Flag used from 1813 to 1875
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Flag used from 1875 to 1898
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Flag used from 1898 to 1943
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Flag used from 1943 to 1964
References
- ^ Bulletins of State Intelligence, Etc., 1820, p. 203. London: R.G. Clarke
- ^ Malta Government Gazette 1826
- ^ Grech, Chris (27 October 2013). "Sir Hildebrand Oakes' resignation as Governor of Malta in 1813". Times of Malta. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ "No. 27498". The London Gazette. 25 November 1902. p. 7936.
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