- John Landy, 2001-present
- James A. Gobbo, 1997-2000
- Richard McGarvie, 1992-1997
- John McCaughey, 1986-1992
- Brian Murray, 1982-1985
- Henry Winneke, 1974-1982
- Rohan Delacombe, 1963-1974
- Reginald Brooks, 1949-1963
- Winston Dugan, 1939-1949
- William Arcedeckne, 1934-1939
(note: between 1931 and 1934, the office of Governor was vacant)
- Arthur Tennyson, 1926-1931
- George Mowbray, 1921-1926
- Arthur Stanley, 1914-1920
- John Fuller, 1911-1914
- Thomas Carmichael, 1908-1911
- Reginald Talbot, 1904-1908
- George Clarke, 1901-1903
- Baron Brassey, 1895-1900
- John Hope, 1889-1895
- Henry Loch, 1884-1889
- George Phipps, 1879-1884
- George Bowen, 1873-1879
- John Manners-Sutton, 1866-1873
- Charles Darling, 1863-1866
- Henry Barkly, 1856-1863
- Charles Hotham, 1855-1855