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 Sir George Arthur, 1814–1822 Allan Hampden Pye, 1822–1823 Edward Codd, 1823–1829 Alexander MacDonald, 1829–1830, first time Sir Francis Cockburn, 1830–1837 Alexander MacDonald, 1837–1843, second time Charles St. John Fancourt, 1843–1851 Sir Philip Edmond Wodehouse, 1851–1854 Sir 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.
Frederick Seymour, 1862–1864, continued
John Gardiner Austin, 1864–1867
Sir James Robert Longden, 1867–1870
Sir William Wellington Cairns, 1870–1874
Sir Robert Miller Mundy, 1874–1877
Sir Frederick Palgrave Barlee, 1877–1883
Col Sir Robert William Harley, 13 May 1883 – 1884
Governors of British Honduras (1884–1973) In 1884, the colony was severed from its dependency to Jamaica and gained its own Governor. Sir Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy, 1884–1891 Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney, 1891–1897 Sir David Wilson, 1897–1904 Sir Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott, 15 April 1904 – 1906 Sir Eric John Eagles Swayne, 13 August 1906 – 9 May 1913 Sir Wilfred Collet 19 May 1913 – January 1918 William Hart-Bennett, 29 January 1918 – 4 September 1918 Sir Eyre Hutson, 22 March 1919 – 1925 Sir John Alder Burdon, 16 April 1925 – 1932 Sir Harold Baxter Kittermaster, 9 March 1932 – 1934 Sir Alan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns, 2 November 1934 – 1939 Sir John Adams Hunter, 24 February 1940 – 1 July 1946 Sir Arthur Norman Wolffsohn, 1 July 1946 – 14 January 1947, acting Sir Edward Gerald Hawkesworth, 14 January 1947 – 1948 Sir Ronald Herbert Garvey, 28 February 1949 – 1952 Sir Patrick Muir Renison, 21 October 1952 – 1955 Sir Colin Hardwick Thornley, 17 January 1956 – 1961 Sir Peter Hyla Gawne Stallard, 9 December 1961 – 1966 Sir John Warburton Paul, 11 July 1966 – January 1972 Sir 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. Sir Richard Neil Posnett, 1 June 1973 – 1976, continued Peter Donovan McEntee, 1 June 1976 – 1980 Sir James Hennessy, 1980 – 21 September 1981
On 21 September 1981 Belize gained independence from the United Kingdom. For viceroys of Belize after independence, see Governor-General of Belize.