GOVERNORS AND GOVERNORS-GENERAL OF Jamaica.

1661. Thomas, lord Windsor.
1662. Sir Charles Lyttleton, knt.
1664. Colonel sir Thomas Lynch, knt., president.
Sir Thomas Modyford, governor: removed.
1671. Sir Thomas Lynch, lieutenant-governor.
1675. Sir Henry Morgan, knt., lieutenant-go-

1727. Major-general Robert Hunter, governor.
1734. John Ayscough, again, president.
1735. John Gregory, president.

Henry Cunningham, governor: died; but
president Gregory surrendered to
1736. Edward Trelawney, governor.
1752. Vice-admiral Charles Knowles (afterwards
sir Charles Knowles, bart.), governor:
resigned 1758.

1756. Henry Moore, lieutenant-governor.
1758. Brig.-general George Haldane, governor :
died here.

1759. Henry Moore, again, lieutenant-governor.
William-Henry Lyttelton (afterwards lord
Westcote), governor.

1766. Roger Hope Elletson, lieutenant-governor. 1767. Sir William Trelawney, bart., captain R. N., governor: died Dec. 1772.

1773. Sir Basil Keith, knt., captain R. N. March 20: died Aug. 1777.

1777. Lieut.-general John Dalling, governor. Sept. 1.

1782. Major-general Archibald Campbell, go

vernor.

1790. Thomas, earl of Effingham.
1794. Alexander, earl of Barcarres. Oct. 20.
1807. William, duke of Manchester. Nov. 13.
1828. Somerset, earl of Belmore. Nov. 19.
1832. Henry, earl of Mulgrave. April 27.
1834. Howe Peter, marquess of Sligo. Jan. 20.
1836. Major-general sir Lionel Smith. Oct. 29.
1839. Sir Charles-Theophilus Metcalfe, bart.,
afterwards lord Metcalfe. July 20.
1842. James, earl of Elgin and Kincardine.
April 4.

1846. Rt. hon. sir Charles-Edward Grey, knt.
Sept. 26.

NO PRESENT (1851) Governor.

GOVERNORS OF BARBADOES.

1650. Francis, lord Willoughby, of Parham.
1652. James Searle,
For the usurping
1660. Humphrey Walrond, powers.
1662. Lord Willoughby, again.

1694. Hon. Francis Russell: died in the govern

ment. 1696. Francis Bond, senior member of the council, presided.

1664. William, lord Willoughby, brother of the 1698. Hon. Ralph Grey, afterwards lord Grey.

preceding: drowned.

1667. Sir Jonathan Atkins: recalled.

1680. Richard Dutton; in his absence,

Edwin Stede, lieutenant-governor.

1689. James Kendal.

1701. John Turner, senior member of council,

1714. William Sharp, senior member of council, 1747. Hon. Henry Grenville.

Richard, viscount Irwin: died before he 1780. Lieut.-general James Cunningham. could embark for his government. 1721. Samuel Cox, member of council.

GOVERNORS OF BERMUDA.

GOVERNORS OF NEWFOUNDLAND

(From the accession of King George III.)

[This island was ceded to England by the | 1802. Admiral James Gambier, afterwards lord treaty of Utrecht, 1713.]

CAPTAINS-GENERAL, GOVERNORS, &c., OF CANADA.

(From the cession of the colony to England by the French at the peace of 1763. It had been previously (1759) conquered by the British.)

The defence of Gibraltar by general Elliot is one of the most extraordinary and most glorious upon record. This was during the memorable siege of the Spaniards and French, whose prodigious armaments (the greatest ever brought against a fortress) were wholly overthrown. The siege continued from July 1779 until February 1783; but the grand defeat of the united enemy, by a garrison of only 7000 British, occurred September 13, 1782. The French and Spanish armies amounted to 40,000 men, and were commanded in chief by the Duc de Crillon. All the French princes-royal were in the camp. 1000 pieces of artillery were brought to bear against the fortress, besides which, there were 47 sail of the line, all three-deckers; 10 great floating batteries, esteemed invincible, carrying 212 guns; innumerable frigates, xebeques, bomb-ketches, cutters, and gun and mortar boats; while small craft for disembarking the forces covered the bay. For weeks together, 6000 shells were daily thrown into the town; and on a single occasion, 8000 barrels of gunpowder were expended by the enemy. Yet in one night, their floating batteries were destroyed with red-hot balls, and their whole line of works annihilated by a sortie from the garrison, commanded by general Elliot. The enemy's loss in munitions of war, on this night alone, was estimated at upwards of 2 000,000l. sterling. The siege was afterwards changed into a close blockade; and the peace of Versailles, Jan. 20, 1783, put a final end to all hostilities.

1794. General sir Henry Clinton, K.B., governor. | 1820. General John Pitt, earl of Chatham, K. G. July 19. March 5.

1795. Lieut.-general Charles O'Hara, now made 1825. General sir George Don, G. C. B., again,

lieutenant-governor. June 8. Lieut.-general sir William Houston, G. C. B., lieutenant-governor. April 8. Major-general sir Alexander Woodford, K. C. B., lieutenant-governor. Feb. 28. Major-general sir Alexander Woodford, K. C. B., now governor-general. Sept. 1. General sir Robert-Thomas Wilson, knt., governor-general. Oct. 4. Major-general sir Robert-William Gardiner, K. C. B., governor-general. Nov. 21. The PRESENT (1851) Governor of Gibraltar.

GOVERNORS OF MALTA.

(The island was guaranteed to Great Britain by the treaty of Paris, in 1814.)

1813. Lieut.-general Thomas Maitland (date of 1836. Major-general sir Henry-Frederick BouGazette). July 15.

1824. Francis, marquess of Hastings, K. G. (date 1843.
of patent). May 6.

1826. Major-general Frederick Cavendish Pon- 1847.
sonby, lieutenant governor (patent).
Dec. 22.

verie, K. C. B. (patent). Oct. 1.
Lieut.-general sir Patrick Stuart, K. C. B.
(patent). June 14.

Rt. hon. Richard More O'Ferrall (patent).
Oct. 27. The PRESENT (1851) Governor

of Malta.

LORDS HIGH COMMISSIONERS OF THE IONIAN ISLANDS.

(CORFU, CEPHALONIA, ZANTE, ST. MAURA, ITHaca, Cerigo, and Paxo.) (These islands, called the "REPUBLIC OF THE SEVEN ISLANDS," were placed under the protection of Great Britain, by the congress of Vienna, in 1815.)

Dates of Patents.

Dates of Patents.

1816. Lieut.-general sir Thomas Maitland, G.C.B. | 1840. Rt. hon. James-Alexander Stewart Mac

May 7.

1824. Lieut.-general sir Frederick Adam, K. C. B. 1843. April 7.

1832. George, lord Nugent. Sept. 8.

1835. Lieut.-general sir Howard Douglas, bart. March 13.

kenzie. Dec. 2.

Lieut.-general John Colborne, lord Seaton,
G. C. B. Feb. 24.

1849.

Henry-George Ward. May 2. The PRESENT (1851) Lord High Commissioner.

1 On the death of the earl of Mulgrave, at the time governor of Scarborough, sir George Don was appointed to that command, but continued at Gibraltar. Sir George Don died January 1, 1832, having been in actual employment full sixty-two years, a duration of service, it is believed, without parallel in the British army.

NORTH AMERICA.

ADMIRALS AND COMMODORES ON THIS STATION.