List of governors of the Falkland Islands
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The following is a list of governors of the Falkland Islands. Historically, several countries have had leaders on the islands with varying titles and degrees of power.
List of governors[edit]
Administrator of the French Settlement of Fort St. Louis[edit]
From | To | Name |
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1764 | 1767 | Louis Antoine de Bougainville |
Military Administrators of the British Settlement of Port Egmont[edit]
From | To | Name |
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1767 | 1768 | Capt. John MacBride, HMS Jason |
1768 | 1769 | Capt. Rayner |
1769 | 1770 | Capt. Anthony Hunt, HMS Tamar |
1770 | 1770 | Capt. George Farmer, HMS Favourite |
1771 | 1772 | Capt. John Burr, HMS Hound |
1773 | 1776 | Lt. Samuel Wittewrong Clayton |
Military Administrators of the Spanish Settlement of Puerto Soledad[edit]
From | To | Name |
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1767 | 1773 | Felipe Ruíz Puente |
1773 | 1774 | Domingo Chauria |
1774 | 1777 | Francisco Gil Lemos |
1777 | 1779 | Ramón de Carassa |
1779 | 1781 | Salvador de Medina |
1781 | 1783 | Jacinto de Altolaguirre |
1783 | 1784 | Fulgencio Montemayor |
1784 | 1786 | Augustín Figueroa |
1786 | 1787 | Pedro de Mesa y Casto |
1787 | 1788 | Ramón Clairac |
1788 | 1789 | Pedro de Mesa y Casto |
1789 | 1790 | Ramón Clairac |
1790 | 1791 | Juan José de Elizalde |
1791 | 1792 | Pedro Pablo Sanguinetto |
1792 | 1793 | Juan José de Elizalde |
1793 | 1794 | Pedro Pablo Sanguinetto |
1794 | 1795 | José Aldana Ortega |
1795 | 1796 | Pedro Pablo Sanguinetto |
1796 | 1797 | José Aldana Ortega |
1797 | 1798 | Luis de Medina Torres |
1798 | 1799 | Francisco Javier de Viana |
1799 | 1800 | Luis de Medina Torres |
1800 | 1801 | Francisco Javier de Viana |
1801 | 1802 | Ramón Fernández Villegas |
1802 | 1803 | Bernardo Bonavía |
1803 | 1804 | Antonio Leal de Ibarra |
1804 | 1805 | Bernardo Bonavía |
1805 | 1806 | Antonio Leal de Ibarra |
1806 | 1809 | Bernardo Bonavía |
1809 | 1810 | Gerardo Bordas |
1810 | 1811 | Pablo Guillén |
Military and Civil Commander of Puerto Luis (Port Louis)[edit]
From | To | Name |
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1829 | 1831 | Luis Vernet |
1832 | 1832 | Juan Esteban Mestivier † |
Military Administrators of the British Settlement of Fort Louis[edit]
From | To | Name |
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1833 | 1838 | Lt. Henry Smith |
1838 | 1839 | Lt. Robert Lowcay |
1839 | 1839 | Lt. Robinson |
1839 | 1841 | Lt. John Tyssen |
Lieutenant Governor of the Falkland Islands at Anson's Harbour[edit]
From | To | Name |
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1841 | 1843 | Lt. Richard Clement Moody |
Governor of the Falkland Islands at Port Stanley[edit]
Argentine Military Commanders during 1982 Occupation[edit]
From | To | Name |
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2 April 1982 | 3 April 1982 | General Oswaldo Jorge García (interim) |
3 April 1982 | 14 June 1982 | Brigadier General Mario Benjamín Menéndez |
British Military Commander at Port Stanley[edit]
From | To | Name |
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14 June 1982 | 25 June 1982 | Major General Sir Jeremy Moore KCB OBE MC* |
Civil Commissioner of the Falkland Islands at Port Stanley[edit]
From | To | Name |
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25 June 1982 | 16 October 1985 | Sir Rex Masterman Hunt CMG |
Governors of the Falkland Islands at Stanley (and Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands from 1985)[edit]
From | To | Name |
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1985 | 1988 | Sir Gordon Wesley Jewkes KCMG |
1988 | 1992 | William Hugh Fullerton CMG |
1992 | 1996 | David Everard Tatham CMG |
1996 | 1999 | Richard Peter Ralph CMG CVO |
1999 | 2002 | Donald Alexander Lamont |
2002 | 2006 | Howard John Stredder Pearce CMG |
2006 | 2010 | Alan Edden Huckle |
2010 | 2014 | Nigel Robert Haywood CVO |
2014 | 2017 | Colin Roberts CVO |
2017 | 2022 | Nigel James Phillips CBE |
2022 | Incumbent | Alison Mary Blake CMG |