List of governors of British Guiana

Governor of British Guiana
Governor of British Guiana
	Flag of the governor of British Guiana (1906–1955)
	Longest serving; Sir Henry Light; 27 June 1838 – 19 May 1848
Member of	Court of Policy (until 1928); Legislative Council (from 1928)
Residence	Government House, Georgetown
Appointer	British Monarch
Formation	21 July 1831
First holder	Sir Benjamin D'Urban
Final holder	Sir Richard Edmonds Luyt
Abolished	26 May 1966
Succession	Governor-General of Guyana

The governor of British Guiana was the representative of the Crown in British Guiana. The office existed from 1831 when the colonies of Demerara-Essequibo (see Demerara and Essequibo) and Berbice united as British Guiana until 1966 when Guyana attained independence.

Governors of British Guiana (1831–1966)

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
21 July 1831 – 26 June 1833	Sir Benjamin D'Urban
26 June 1833 – 27 June 1838	Sir James Carmichael-Smyth
27 June 1838 – 19 May 1848	Sir Henry Light
19 May 1848 – 12 February 1849	William Walker	Acting, first time
12 February 1849 – 11 May 1853	Henry Barkly
11 May 1853 – 23 May 1854	William Walker	Acting, second time
23 May 1854 – 7 January 1862	Sir Philip Wodehouse
7 January 1862 – 25 January 1869	Sir Francis Hincks
25 January 1869 – 26 December 1873	Sir John Scott
27 December 1873 – 10 March 1874	Edward Rushworth	Acting
10 March 1874 – 8 March 1877	James Robert Longden
8 March 1877 – 3 April 1877	William A. G. Young	Acting, first time
3 April 1877 – 13 December 1881	Sir Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright
13 December 1881 – 4 May 1882	William A. G. Young	Acting, second time
4 May 1882 – 1887	Sir Henry Turner Irving
26 April 1884 – 1884	Sir William Haynes-Smith	Acting for Irving
1887–1888	Charles Bruce	Acting
1888 – 23 March 1893	Jenico Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston
April 1891 – 15 October 1891	Sir Charles Bruce	Acting for Viscount Gormanston, second time
23 March 1893 – 5 July 1893	Sir Charles Bruce	Acting, third time
5 July 1893 – September 1895	Sir Charles Cameron Lees
15 December 1894 – 29 January 1895	Charles Cavendish Boyle	Acting for Lees, first time
September 1895 – March 1896	Charles Cavendish Boyle	Acting, second time
March 1896 – 27 March 1898	Sir Augustus William Lawson Hemming
1 October 1896 – 18 November 1896	Charles Cavendish Boyle	Acting for Hemming, third time
27 May 1897 – 28 July 1897	Charles Cavendish Boyle	Acting for Hemming, fourth time
27 March 1898 – 3 July 1901	Sir Walter Joseph Sendall
3 July 1901 – 26 September 1904	Sir James Alexander Swettenham	^[1]
26 September 1904 – 5 July 1912	Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson
5 July 1912 – 15 April 1917	Sir Walter Egerton
15 April 1917 – 4 April 1923	Sir Wilfred Collet
4 April 1923 – 31 August 1925	Sir Graeme Thomson
31 August 1925 – 7 November 1928	Sir Cecil Hunter-Rodwell
7 November 1928 – 9 June 1930	Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg
9 June 1930 – 26 March 1935	Sir Edward Brandis Denham
26 March 1935 – 19 November 1937	Sir Geoffry Alexander Stafford Northcote	Acting from 1936
19 November 1937 – 7 November 1941	Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson
7 November 1941 – 1947	Sir Gordon James Lethem	Acting from 1946
12 April 1947 – 14 April 1953	Sir Charles Campbell Woolley
14 April 1953 – 25 October 1955	Sir Alfred William Lungley Savage
25 October 1955 – 22 December 1958	Sir Patrick Muir Renison
22 December 1958 – 7 March 1964	Sir Ralph Francis Alnwick Grey
7 March 1964 – 26 May 1966	Sir Richard Edmonds Luyt

On 26 May 1966, the colony achieved independence from the United Kingdom as Guyana. After independence, the viceroy in Guyana was the Governor-General of Guyana.