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[1] This is a list of viceroys in
British Honduras and
Belize from the start of British settlement in the area until the colony's independence in 1981. Until 1862, the territory was under the vice-regency of the
Governor of Jamaica , and administered by a Superintendent. After this it was a colony in its own right, and administered by a Lieutenant Governor, still subordinate to Jamaica. In 1884, the colony gained its own governor, independent of Jamaica.
In 1973 the colony's name was changed to Belize and in 1981 it gained independence. For a list of viceroys after independence, see
Governor-General of Belize .
Superintendents of British Honduras (1749–1862)
Robert Hodgson, Sr. , 1749–1758
Richard Jones, 1758–1760
Joseph Otway , 1760–1767
Robert Hodgson, Jr. , 1767–1775
John Ferguson , 1776
James Lawrie , 1776–10 March 1787
Edward Marcus Despard , 1787 – June 1790
Lt Gen
Peter Hunter (acting), June 1790 – March 1791
Thomas Potts (chief magistrate), March 1791 – January 1797
Thomas Barrow , January 1797 – 1800, first time
Richard Basset , 1800–1802
Thomas Barrow , January 1803 – 1805, second time
Gabriel Gordon , 1805–1806
Alexander Mark Kerr Hamilton , 1806–1809
John Nugent Smyth , 1809–1814
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George Arthur , 1814–1822
Allan Hampden Pye , 1822–1823
Edward Codd , 1823–1829
Alexander MacDonald , 1829–1830, first time
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Francis Cockburn , 1830–1837
Alexander MacDonald , 1837–1843, second time
Charles St. John Fancourt , 1843–1851
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Philip Edmond Wodehouse , 1851–1854
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William Stevenson , 1854–1857
Frederick Seymour , 1857–1862
Lieutenant Governors of British Honduras (1862–1884)
In 1862, the territory became a crown colony, and was subsequently administered by a Lieutenant Governor, subordinate to the Governor of Jamaica.
Governors of British Honduras (1884–1973)
In 1884, the colony was severed from its dependency to Jamaica and gained its own Governor.
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Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy , 1884–1891
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Cornelius Alfred Moloney , 1891–1897
Sir David Wilson , 1897–1904
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Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott , 15 April 1904 – 1906
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Eric John Eagles Swayne , 13 August 1906 – 9 May 1913
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Wilfred Collet 19 May 1913 – January 1918
William Hart-Bennett , 29 January 1918 – 4 September 1918
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Eyre Hutson , 22 March 1919 – 1925
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John Alder Burdon , 16 April 1925 – 1932
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Harold Baxter Kittermaster , 9 March 1932 – 1934
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Alan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns , 2 November 1934 – 1939
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John Adams Hunter , 24 February 1940 – 1 July 1946
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Arthur Norman Wolffsohn , 1 July 1946 – 14 January 1947, acting
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Edward Gerald Hawkesworth , 14 January 1947 – 1948
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Ronald Herbert Garvey , 28 February 1949 – 1952
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Patrick Muir Renison , 21 October 1952 – 1955
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Colin Hardwick Thornley , 17 January 1956 – 1961
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Peter Hyla Gawne Stallard , 9 December 1961 – 1966
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John Warburton Paul , 11 July 1966 – January 1972
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Richard Neil Posnett , 26 January 1972 – 31 May 1973
Governors of Belize (1973–1981)
On 1 June 1973, the colony of British Honduras was renamed Belize.
On 21 September 1981 Belize gained independence from the United Kingdom. For viceroys of Belize after independence, see
Governor-General of Belize .
References
^ Belize Advertiser, 1839/41