| Governor
| From
| To
|
| Captain John Hindmarsh, KH, RN
| 28 December 1836
| 16 July 1838
|
| Lieutenant Colonel George Gawler, KH
| 17 October 1838
| 15 May 1841
|
| George Grey, Esq
| 15 May 1841
| 25 October 1845
|
| Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Holt Robe
| 25 October 1845
| 2 August 1848
|
| Sir Henry Fox Young
| 2 August 1848
| 20 December 1854
|
| Sir Richard G. MacDonnell, CB
| 8 June 1855
| 4 March 1862
|
| Sir Dominick Daly
| 4 March 1862
| 19 February 1868
|
| Right Honourable Sir James Fergusson, Bt
| 16 February 1869
| 18 April 1873
|
| Sir Anthony Musgrave, KCMG
| 9 June 1873
| 29 January 1877
|
| Lieutenant General Sir William F.D. Jervois, GCMG, CB
| 2 October 1877
| 9 January 1883
|
| Sir William C.F. Robinson, GCMG
| 19 February 1883
| 5 March 1889
|
| Right Honourable the Earl of Kintore, PC, GCMG
| 11 April 1889
| 10 April 1895
|
| Sir Thomas F. Buxton, Bt, GCMG
| 29 October 1895
| 29 March 1899
|
| Right Honourable Hallam, Lord Tennyson, KCMG
| 10 April 1899
| 17 July 1902
|
| Sir George R. Le Hunte, KCMG
| 1 July 1903
| 18 February 1909
|
| Admiral Sir Day Hort Bosanquet, GCVO, KCB
| 18 February 1909
| 22 March 1914
|
| Lieutenant Colonel Sir Henry L. Galway, KCMG, DSO
| 18 April 1914
| 30 April 1920
|
| Lieutenant Colonel Sir W.E.G. Archibald Weigall KCMG
| 9 June 1920
| 30 May 1922
|
| Lieutenant Colonel Sir G. Tom M. Bridges KCB, KCMG, DSO
| 4 December 1922
| 4 December 1927
|
| Brigadier General The Honourable Sir Alexander G.A. Hore-Ruthven VC, KCMG, CB, DSO
| 14 May 1928
| 26 April 1934
|
| Major General Sir Winston Dugan, KCMG, CB, DSO
| 28 July 1934
| 23 February 1939
|
| Sir C. Malcolm Barclay-Harvey, KCMG
| 12 August 1939
| 26 April 1944
|
| Lieutenant General Sir C. Willoughby Norrie, KCMG, CB, DSO, MC
| 19 December 1944
| 19 June 1952
|
| Air Vice Marshal Sir Robert George, KCMG, KCVO, KBE, CB, MC
| 23 February 1953
| 7 March 1960
|
| Lieutenant General Sir Edric M. Bastyan, KCMG, KCVO, KBE, CB
| 4 April 1961
| 1 June 1968
|
| Major General Sir James W. Harrison, KCMG, CB, CBE
| 4 December 1968
| 16 September 1971
|
| Sir Mark Oliphant, AC, KBE
| 1 December 1971
| 30 November 1976
|
| Sir Douglas R. Nicholls, KCVO, OBE
| 1 December 1976
| 30 April 1977
|
| Sir Keith Seaman, KCVO, OBE
| 1 September 1977
| 28 March 1982
|
| Lieutenant General Sir Donald B. Dunstan, AC, KBE, CB
| 23 April 1982
| 5 February 1991
|
| The Honourable Dame Roma Mitchell, AC, DBE, CVO
| 6 February 1991
| 21 July 1996
|
| Sir Eric J. Neal, AC, CVO
| 22 July 1996
| 3 November 2001
|
| Mrs. Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, AC, CVO, MBE
| 3 November 2001
| present
|
