List of colonial governors and administrators of British Cyprus

This article lists the colonial governors and administrators of British Cyprus.

Governor of British Cyprus
Coat of arms of the governor of Cyprus
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Government House
Appointer	King/Queen of the United Kingdom
Precursor	High Commissioner of Cyprus
Formation	10 March 1925
First holder	Sir Malcolm Stevenson
Final holder	Sir Hugh Mackintosh Foot
Abolished	16 August 1960
Succession	President of Cyprus

Flag of the high commissioner of Cyprus (1881–1905)

Flag of the high commissioner of Cyprus (1905–1925) and the governor of Cyprus (1925–1960)

Hitherto Ottoman Cyprus, a territory of the Ottoman Empire, a British protectorate under Ottoman suzerainty was established over Cyprus by the Cyprus Convention of 4 June 1878. The United Kingdom declared war on the Ottoman Empire on 5 November 1914 and annexed Cyprus. Turkey recognised British possession of Cyprus by the Treaty of Lausanne on 24 July 1923 and the island became a Crown Colony on 10 March 1925. Following the London and Zürich Agreements of 19 February 1959 Cyprus became an independent republic on 16 August 1960, and joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1961.