| th width="25%">Term | Incumbent | Notes |
| a href="/encyclopedia/24-July" title="24 July">24 July 1704 | British occupation |
| a href="/encyclopedia/24-July" title="24 July">24 July 1704 to 4 August 1704 | Admiral Sir George Rooke, Military commander |
| a href="/encyclopedia/4-August" title="4 August">4 August 1704 to 14 September 1705 | Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/24-December" title="24 December">24 December 1707 to 24 January 1711 | Brigadier-General Roger Elliott, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/24-January" title="24 January">24 January 1711 to 13 July 1713 | Thomas Stanwix, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/13-July" title="13 July">13 July 1713 | Spain cedes Gibraltar to Great Britain |
| i>13 July 1713 to 7 August 1713 | Thomas Stanwix, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/7-August" title="7 August">7 August 1713 to 20 October 1720 | David Colyear, Earl of Portmore, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/20-October" title="20 October">20 October 1720 to 2 February 1727 | Richard Kane, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/2-February" title="2 February">2 February 1727 to 13 May 1730 | Jasper Clayton, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/15-May" title="15 May">15 May 1730 to 24 October 1739 | Joseph Sabine, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/24-October" title="24 October">24 October 1739 to 22 April 1740 | Francis Columbine, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/22-April" title="22 April">22 April 1740 to 1749 | William Hargrave, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1749" title="1749">1749 to 31 May 1754 | Sir Humphrey Bland, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/31-May" title="31 May">31 May 1754 to 12 July 1756 | Thomas Fowke, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/12-July" title="12 July">12 July 1756 to 16 April 1757 | James O'Hara, Earl of Tyrawley, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/16-April" title="16 April">16 April 1757 to 28 April 1761 | William Home, Earl of Home, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/28-April" title="28 April">28 April 1761 to 23 June 1761 | John Toovey, acting Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/13-June" title="13 June">13 June 1761 to 14 June 1761 | John Parslow, acting Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/14-June" title="14 June">14 June 1761 to January 1776 | Edward Cornwallis, Governor |
| anuary 1776 to 25 May 1777 | Robert Boyd, acting Governor | 1st Term |
| a href="/encyclopedia/25-May" title="25 May">25 May 1777 to 14 June 1787 | George Augustus Eliott, Governor |
| i>14 June 1787 to July 1790 | George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar, Governor |
| uly 1790 to October 1790 | Sir Robert Boyd, actong Governor |
| ctober 1790 to 13 May 1794 | Sir Robert Boyd, Governor | 2nd Term |
| a href="/encyclopedia/13-May" title="13 May">13 May 1794 to 30 December 1795 | Charles Rainsford, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/30-December" title="30 December">30 December 1795 to 25 February 1802 | Charles O'Hara, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/25-February" title="25 February">25 February 1802 to 10 May 1802 | Charles Barnett, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/24-May" title="24 May">24 May 1802 to 23 January 1820 | HRH Prince Edward Augustus, The Duke of Kent |
| a href="/encyclopedia/2-May" title="2 May">2 May 1803 to 17 December 1804 | Sir Thomas Trigge, acting Governor | For the Duke of Kent |
| a href="/encyclopedia/17-December" title="17 December">17 December 1804 to June 1806 | Henry Edward Fox, acting Governor | For the Duke of Kent |
| une 1806 to November 1806 | James Drummond, acting Governor | 1st Term; for the Duke of Kent |
| ovember 1806 to August 1808 | Sir Hew Whitefoord Dalrymple, acting Governor | For the Duke of Kent |
| ugust 1808 to May 1809 | James Drummond, acting Governor | 2nd Term; for the Duke of Kent |
| ay 1809 to August 1809 | Sir John Francis Cradock, acting Governor | For the Duke of Kent |
| ugust 1809 to October 1809 | John Smith, acting Governor | For the Duke of Kent |
| ctober 1809 to November 1809 | Alex McKenzie Fraser, acting Governor | For the Duke of Kent |
| ovember 1809 to 2 April 1814 | Sir Colin Campbell, acting Governor | For the Duke of Kent |
| a href="/encyclopedia/3-April" title="3 April">3 April 1814 to 15 November 1821 | Sir George Don, acting Governor | 1st Term; for the Duke of Kent |
| a href="/encyclopedia/29-January" title="29 January">29 January 1820 to 1835 | John Pitt, Earl of Chatham, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/7-June" title="7 June">7 June 1825 to 20 June 1830 | Sir George Don, acting Governor | 2nd Term; for the Earl of Chatham |
| i>British crown colony |
| i>20 June 1830 to 10 May 1831 | Sir George Don, acting Governor | 2nd Term; for the Earl of Chatham |
| a href="/encyclopedia/10-May" title="10 May">10 May 1831 to 29 May 1835 | Sir William Houstoun, acting Governor | For the Earl of Chatham |
| a href="/encyclopedia/28-February" title="28 February">28 February 1835 to 11 October 1842 | Sir Alexander George Woodford, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/11-October" title="11 October">11 October 1842 to 12 December 1848 | Sir Robert Thomas Wilson, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/12-December" title="12 December">12 December 1848 to 26 July 1855 | Sir Robert William Gardiner, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/26-July" title="26 July">26 July 1855 to 5 May 1859 | Sir James Fergusson, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/5-May" title="5 May">5 May 1859 to 21 September 1865 | Sir William John Codrington, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/21-September" title="21 September">21 September 1865 to 25 July 1870 | Sir Richard Airey, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/25-July" title="25 July">25 July 1870 to 23 June 1876 | Sir William Fenwick Williams, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/23-June" title="23 June">23 June 1876 to 3 January 1883 | Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/3-January" title="3 January">3 January 1883 to 2 November 1886 | Sir John Miller Adye, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/2-November" title="2 November">2 November 1886 to 23 August 1890 | Sir Arthur Edward Hardinge, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/23-August" title="23 August">23 August 1890 to 27 January 1891 | Sir Leicester Curzon Smyth, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/27-January" title="27 January">27 January 1891 to 31 March 1891 | H.R.L. Newdigate, acting Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/31-March" title="31 March">31 March 1891 to 27 June 1893 | Sir Lothian Nicholson, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/27-June" title="27 June">27 June 1893 to 7 August 1893 | G.J. Smart, acting Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/7-August" title="7 August">7 August 1893 to 22 May 1900 | Sir Robert Biddulph, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/22-May" title="22 May">22 May 1900 to 1 August 1905 | Sir George Stuart White, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1-August" title="1 August">1 August 1905 to 30 July 1910 | Sir Frederick William Edward Forestier Forestier-Walker, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/30-July" title="30 July">30 July 1910 to 11 July 1913 | Sir Archibald Hunter, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/11-July" title="11 July">11 July 1913 to 9 July 1918 | Sir Herbert Scott Gould Miles, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/9-July" title="9 July">9 July 1918 to 26 May 1923 | Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/26-May" title="26 May">26 May 1923 to 13 August 1928 | Sir Charles Carmichael Monro, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/13-August" title="13 August">13 August 1928 to 13 May 1933 | Sir Alexander John Godley, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/13-May" title="13 May">13 May 1933 to 12 August 1938 | Sir Charles Harington Harington, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/12-August" title="12 August">12 August 1938 to 11 July 1939 | Sir Edmund Ironside, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/11-July" title="11 July">11 July 1939 to 14 May 1941 | Sir Clive Gerard Liddell, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/14-May" title="14 May">14 May 1941 to 31 May 1942 | John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/31-May" title="31 May">31 May 1942 to 1943 | Noel Mason-Macfarlane, Governor |
| i>1943 to 14 February 1944 | Sir Noel Mason-Macfarlane, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/14-February" title="14 February">14 February 1944 to 8 February 1947 | Sir Ralph Eastwood, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/8-February" title="8 February">8 February 1947 to 23 April 1952 | Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/23-April" title="23 April">23 April 1952 to 6 May 1955 | Sir George Holmes Alexander MacMillan of MacMillan, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/6-May" title="6 May">6 May 1955 to 16 April 1958 | Sir Harold Redman, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/16-April" title="16 April">16 April 1958 to 8 June 1962 | Sir Charles Frederic Keightley, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/8-June" title="8 June">8 June 1962 to 5 August 1965 | Sir Alfred Dudley Ward, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/5-August" title="5 August">5 August 1965 to March 1969 | Sir Gerald William Lathbury, Governor |
| arch 1969 to 3 October 1973 | Sir Varyl Cargill Begg, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/3-October" title="3 October">3 October 1973 to 30 May 1978 | Sir John Grandy, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/30-May" title="30 May">30 May 1978 to 26 October 1982 | Sir William Jackson, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/26-October" title="26 October">26 October 1982 to 19 November 1985 | Sir David Williams, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/19-November" title="19 November">19 November 1985 to December 1989 | Sir Peter Terry, Governor |
| ecember 1989 to April 1993 | Sir Derek Reffell, Governor |
| pril 1993 to 5 December 1995 | Sir John Chapple, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/5-December" title="5 December">5 December 1995 to 19 February 1997 | Sir Hugo White, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/24-February" title="24 February">24 February 1997 to 5 April 2000 | Sir Richard Luce, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/5-April" title="5 April">5 April 2000 to 1 January 2003 | David Durie, Governor |
| i>1 January 2003 to 16 May 2003 | Sir David Durie, Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/16-May" title="16 May">16 May 2003 to 27 May 2003 | David Blunt, acting Governor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/27-May" title="27 May">27 May 2003 to present | Sir Francis Richards, Governor |