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
Administrator of the French Settlement of Fort St. Louis
| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1764 | 1767 | Louis Antoine de Bougainville |
Military Administrators of the British Settlement of Port Egmont
| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 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)
| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1829 | 1831 | Luis Vernet |
| 1832 | 1832 | Juan Esteban Mestivier † |
Military Administrators of the British Settlement of Fort Louis
| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1841 | 1843 | Lt. Richard Clement Moody |
Governor of the Falkland Islands at Port Stanley




| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1843 | 1848 | Lt. Richard Clement Moody |
| 1848 | 1855 | Lt. George Rennie |
| 1855 | 1862 | Capt. Thomas Edward Laws Moore |
| 1862 | 1866 | Capt. James George Mackenzie |
| 1866 | 1870 | Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson |
| 1870 | 1876 | Colonel George Abbas Kooli D'Arcy |
| 1876 | 1880 | Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan |
| 1880 | 1891 | Thomas Kerr |
| 1891 | 1897 | Sir Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy |
| 1897 | 1904 | Sir William Grey-Wilson |
| 1904 | 1915 | Sir William Lamond Allardyce |
| 1915 | 1920 | Sir William Douglas Young |
| 1920 | 1927 | Sir John Middleton |
| 1927 | 1931 | Sir Arnold Weinholt Hodson |
| 1931 | 1934 | Sir James O'Grady |
| 1935 | 1941 | Sir Herbert Henniker-Heaton |
| 1941 | 1946 | Sir Allan Wolsey Cardinall |
| 1946 | 1954 | Sir Geoffrey Miles Clifford |
| 1954 | 1957 | Sir Oswald Raynor Arthur |
| 1957 | 1964 | Sir Edwin Porter Arrowsmith |
| 1964 | 1970 | Sir Cosmo Dugal Patrick Thomas Haskard |
| 1971 | 1975 | Ernest Gordon Lewis |
| 1975 | 1977 | Neville Arthur Irwin French |
| 1977 | 1980 | James Roland Walter Parker |
| 1980 | 1985 | Sir Rex Masterman Hunt |
Argentine Military Commanders during 1982 Occupation
| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 14 June 1982 | 25 June 1982 | Major General Sir Jeremy Moore |
Civil Commissioner of the Falkland Islands at Port Stanley
| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 25 June 1982 | 16 October 1985 | Sir Rex Masterman Hunt |
Governors of the Falkland Islands at Stanley (and Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands from 1985)

| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1988 | Sir Gordon Wesley Jewkes |
| 1988 | 1992 | William Hugh Fullerton |
| 1992 | 1996 | David Everard Tatham |
| 1996 | 1999 | Richard Peter Ralph |
| 1999 | 2002 | Donald Alexander Lamont |
| 2002 | 2006 | Howard John Stredder Pearce |
| 2006 | 2010 | Alan Edden Huckle |
| 2010 | 2014 | Nigel Robert Haywood |
| 2014 | 2017 | Colin Roberts |
| 2017 | 2022 | Nigel James Phillips |
| 2022 | 2025 | Alison Mary Blake |
| 2025 | Incumbent | Colin Martin-Reynolds |
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