Governors of Tasmania
List of Governors of Tasmania
Note that Tasmania was called Van Diemen's Land until 1855 (see History of Tasmania).
See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor.
Lieutenant-Governors
- Colonel David Collins, 1804-1810
- Colonel Thomas Davey, 1813-1817
- Colonel William Sorell, 1817-1824
- Colonel George Arthur, 1824-1836
- Captain Sir John Franklin, 1837-1843
- Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 1843-1846
- Sir William Denison, 1847-1855
Governors
- Sir Henry Young 1855-1861
- Colonel Thomas Browne, 1862-1868
- Charles Du Cane, 1868-1874
- Frederick Weld, 1875-1880
- Major Sir George Strahan, 1881-1886
- Sir Robert Hamilton 1887-1892
- Jenico Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston 1893-1900
- Captain Sir Arthur Havelock, 1901-1904
- Sir Gerald Strickland, 1904-1909
- Major-General Sir Harry Barron, 1909-1913
- Sir William Ellison-Macartney, 1913-1917
- Sir Francis Newdegate, 1917-1920
- Sir William Allardyce, 1920-1922
- Captain James O'Grady, 1924-1930
- Sir Ernest Clark, 1933-1945
- Sir Hugh Binney, 1945-1951
- Sir Ronald Cross, 1951-1958
- Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan, 1959-1963
- Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Gairdner, 1963-1968
- Lieutenant-General Sir Edric Bastyan, 1968-1973
- Sir Stanley Burbury, 1973-1982
- Sir James Plimsoll, 1982-1987
- Sir Phillip Bennett, 1987-1995
- Sir Guy Green, 1995-2003
- Richard Butler 2003-2004
Butler resigned on August 9. The Lieutenant-Governor and Chief Justice of Tasmania, Justice William Cox, served as Acting Governor. On November 18 it was announced that Cox will officially be appointed the state's next Governor. He will be officially sworn in on December 15.