It was, indeed, a time of great misunderstanding.
As it may be convenient henceforth to omit mention of the advent of successive governors, this list is appended for the purpose of reference.
* (Gen. Jeffrey Amherst) 1760 * Gen. James Murray 1763 P. Aemilius Irving (President) 1766 * Gen. Sir Guy Carleton (Lieutenant Governor and Acting Governor General) 1766 H.G. Cramahé 1770 * Gen. Sir Guy Carleton 1774 * Gen. Frederick Haldimand 1778 Henry Hamilton (Lieutenant Governor) 1784 Henry Hope (Lieutenant Governor) 1785 * Lord Dorchester (Guy Carleton) 1786
Alured Clarke 1791 * Lord Dorchester 1793 * Maj.-Gen. Robert Prescott 1796 Sir. R.S. Milnes 1799 Hon. Thomas Dunn 1805 * Sir James H. Craig 1807 Hon. Thomas Dunn 1811 * Sir George Prevost 1811 Sir Gordon Drummond 1815 Gen. John Wilson 1816 * Sir John Sherbrooke 1816 * Duke of Richmond 1818 Sir James Monk 1819 Sir Peregrine Maitland 1820 * Earl of Dalhousie 1820 Sir. F.N. Burton 1824 * Earl of Dalhousie 1825 Sir James Kempt 1828 * Lord Alymer 1830 * Earl of Gosford 1835 * Sir John Colborne 1838 * Earl of Durham 1838 * C. Poulett Thomson (Lord Sydenham) 1839
* Baron Sydenham (Hon. Charles Poulett Thomson) 1841 R.D. Jackson (Administrator) 1841 * Sir Charles Bagot 1842 * Sir Charles Metcalfe 1843 * Earl Cathcart 1845 * Earl of Elgin 1847 W. Rowan (Administrator) 1853 * Sir Edmund Head 1854 * Lord Viscount Monck 1861
* The Rt. Hon. Viscount Monck, G.C.M.G. 1867 * The Rt. Hon. Lord Lisgar, G.C.M.G. (Sir John Young) 1868 * The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Dufferin, K.P., K.C.B., G.C.M.G. 1872 * The Rt. Hon. The Marquis of Lome, K.T., G.C.M.G., P.C. 1878 * The Rt. Hon. The Marquis of Lansdowne, G.C.M.G. 1883 * The Rt. Hon. Lord Stanley of Preston, G.C.B. 1888 * The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Minto, G.C.M.G. 1898 * The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Aberdeen, K.T., G.C.M.G. 1893 * The Rt. Hon. The Earl Grey, G.C.M.G. 1904 * Field Marshal, H.R.H., The Duke of Connaught, K.C., G.C.M.G. 1911
Those not marked * acted only as administrators. When a governor had acted as administrator immediately before becoming governor, the earlier date is given. The names of all the ad interim administrators are not given.
The Rt. Hon. Sir Narcisse Fortunat Belleau The Rt. Hon. Sir Narcisse Fortunat Belleau (re-appointed) Hon. Rene Edouard Caron Hon. Luc Letellier de St. Just Hon. Theodore Robitaille Hon. Louis François Rodique Masson Hon. Auguste Real Angers Hon. Sir J.A. Chapleau Hon. L.A. Jetté Hon. L.A. Jetté (re-appointed) Hon. Sir Charles A.P. Pelletier Hon. Sir François Langelier