List of colonial governors and administrators of British Honduras

[1] This is a list of viceroys in British Honduras and Belize from the start of British settlement in the area until the colony's independence in 1981. Until 1862, the territory was under the vice-regency of the Governor of Jamaica, and administered by a Superintendent. After this it was a colony in its own right, and administered by a Lieutenant Governor, still subordinate to Jamaica. In 1884, the colony gained its own governor, independent of Jamaica.

In 1973 the colony's name was changed to Belize and in 1981 it gained independence. For a list of viceroys after independence, see Governor-General of Belize.

Superintendents of British Honduras (1749–1862)

  • Robert Hodgson, Sr., 1749–1758
  • Richard Jones, 1758–1760
  • Joseph Otway, 1760–1767
  • Robert Hodgson, Jr., 1767–1775
  • John Ferguson, 1776
  • James Lawrie, 1776–10 March 1787
  • Edward Marcus Despard, 1787 – June 1790
  • Lt Gen Peter Hunter (acting), June 1790 – March 1791
  • Thomas Potts (chief magistrate), March 1791 – January 1797
  • Thomas Barrow, January 1797 – 1800, first time
  • Richard Basset, 1800–1802
  • Thomas Barrow, January 1803 – 1805, second time
  • Gabriel Gordon, 1805–1806
  • Alexander Mark Kerr Hamilton, 1806–1809
  • John Nugent Smyth, 1809–1814
  • Sir George Arthur, 1814–1822
  • Allan Hampden Pye, 1822–1823
  • Edward Codd, 1823–1829
  • Alexander MacDonald, 1829–1830, first time
  • Sir Francis Cockburn, 1830–1837
  • Alexander MacDonald, 1837–1843, second time
  • Charles St. John Fancourt, 1843–1851
  • Sir Philip Edmond Wodehouse, 1851–1854
  • Sir William Stevenson, 1854–1857
  • Frederick Seymour, 1857–1862

Lieutenant Governors of British Honduras (1862–1884)

In 1862, the territory became a crown colony, and was subsequently administered by a Lieutenant Governor, subordinate to the Governor of Jamaica.

Governors of British Honduras (1884–1973)

In 1884, the colony was severed from its dependency to Jamaica and gained its own Governor.

Governors of Belize (1973–1981)

On 1 June 1973, the colony of British Honduras was renamed Belize.

On 21 September 1981 Belize gained independence from the United Kingdom. For viceroys of Belize after independence, see Governor-General of Belize.

References

  1. Belize Advertiser, 1839/41
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