Governor of Fiji

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Fiji was a British Crown colony from 1874 to 1970, and an independent dominion in the Commonwealth from 1970 to 1987. During this period, the head of state was the British monarch, but in practice the functions of the crown were normally exercised locally by the governor prior to independence (on 10 October 1970), and by the governor-general prior to the proclamation of a republic on 7 October 1987.

From 1877 to 3 July 1952, governors of Fiji were also high commissioners for the Western Pacific.

List of governors of Fiji (1874–1970)

Following is a list of people who have served as governor of Fiji.

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Term of office Monarch
Took office Left office
Colony of Fiji
1 Sir Hercules Robinson
(1824–1897)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:LordRosmead.jpg 10 October 1874 June 1875 File:Queen Victoria by Bassano.jpg
Victoria
2 Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon
(1829–1912)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon.jpg 19 August 1875 1880
3 Sir William Des Vœux
(1834–1909)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Sir G. William Des Voeux.jpg 20 December 1880 21 January 1885
— John Bates Thurston
(1836–1897)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Acting GovernorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:John Bates Thurston.jpg 21 January 1885 1 January 1887
4 Sir Charles Mitchell
(1836–1899)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Charles Mitchell.jpg 1 January 1887 February 1888
5 Sir John Bates Thurston
(1836–1897)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:John Bates Thurston.jpg February 1888 7 February 1897
6 Sir George T. M. O'Brien
(1844–1906)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:George Thomas Michael O'Brien.jpg March 1897 1901
— Sir William Allardyce
(1861–1930)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Acting GovernorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:William Lamond Allardyce.jpg 1901 10 September 1902 File:Edward VII in coronation robes.jpg
Edward VII
7 Sir Henry Jackson
(1849–1908)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Henrymoorejackson.jpg 10 September 1902 11 October 1904
8 Sir Everard im Thurn
(1852–1932)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Coat of arms of Fiji.svg 11 October 1904 1910
— Sir Charles Major
(1860–1933)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Acting GovernorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Coat of arms of Fiji.svg 1910 21 February 1911
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George V
9 Sir Francis May
(1860–1922)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Francis Henry May.gif 21 February 1911 25 July 1912
10 Sir Ernest Sweet-Escott
(1857–1941)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Sir (Ernest) Bickham Sweet-Escott.jpg 25 July 1912 10 October 1918
— Sir Eyre Hutson
(1864–1936)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Acting for Sweet-EscottScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Coat of arms of Fiji.svg 1915 1916
11 Sir Cecil Hunter-Rodwell
(1874–1953)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Coat of arms of Fiji.svg 10 October 1918 25 April 1925
— Sir Eyre Hutson
(1864–1936)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Acting for Hunter-RodwellScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Coat of arms of Fiji.svg 1919 1919
12 Sir Eyre Hutson
(1864–1936)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Coat of arms of Fiji.svg 25 April 1925 22 November 1929
13 Sir Murchison Fletcher
(1878–1954)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Sir Murchison Fletcher.jpg 22 November 1929 May 1936
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Edward VIII
— Sir Juxon Barton
(1891–1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Acting GovernorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Coat of arms of Fiji.svg May 1936 November 1936
14 Sir Arthur Richards
(1885–1978)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Coat of arms of Fiji.svg 28 November 1936 August 1938
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George VI
— Sir Juxon Barton
(1891–1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Acting GovernorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Coat of arms of Fiji.svg August 1938 September 1938
15 Sir Harry Luke
(1884–1969)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Sir HC Luke.jpg 16 September 1938 20 July 1942
— Alexander Theodore Newboult
(1896–1964)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Acting GovernorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Coat of arms of Fiji.svg 20 July 1942 22 July 1942
16 Sir Philip Mitchell
(1890–1964)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Coat of arms of Fiji.svg 22 July 1942 12 January 1944
— Sir John Rankine
(1907–1987)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Acting GovernorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Coat of arms of Fiji.svg 12 January 1944 4 May 1944
— Sir John Nicoll
(1899–1981)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Acting GovernorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:John Fearns Nicoll2.jpg 4 May 1944 23 October 1944
— Sir John Rankine
(1907–1987)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Acting GovernorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Coat of arms of Fiji.svg 23 October 1944 1 January 1945
17 Sir Alexander Grantham
(1899–1978)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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 1 January 1945 21 March 1947
— Sir John Nicoll
(1899–1981)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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18 Sir Brian Freeston
(1892–1958)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Coat of arms of Fiji.svg 8 October 1947 6 October 1952
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Elizabeth II
19 Sir Ronald Garvey
(1903–1991)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Coat of arms of Fiji.svg 6 October 1952 28 October 1958
20 Sir Kenneth Maddocks
(1907–2001)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Coat of arms of Fiji.svg 28 October 1958 6 January 1964
21 Sir Derek Jakeway
(1915–1993)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Yang Berhormat Tuan Francis Derek Jakeway.jpg 6 January 1964 December 1968
22 Sir Robert Sidney Foster
(1913–2005)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Coat of arms of Fiji.svg December 1968 10 October 1970

In 1970, Fiji gained independence from the United Kingdom. After independence, the viceroy in Fiji was the governor-general of Fiji.

Governor's flag

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Further reading

  • Paul Knaplund, "Sir Arthur Gordon and Fiji: Some Gordon-Gladstone Letters." Historical Studies: Australia and New Zealand 8#31 (1958) pp 281–296.

See also

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