List of colonial governors of Burma
Governor of Burma | |
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![]() Standard of the Governor, 1939–1948 | |
Longest serving Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler 28 October 1915–22 September 1917 21 December 1922–20 December 1927 | |
Style | His Excellency |
Residence | Government House, Rangoon |
Appointer | Monarch of the United Kingdom |
Formation | 31 January 1862 |
First holder | Arthur Purves Phayre |
Final holder | Sir Hubert Elvin Rance |
Abolished | 4 January 1948 |
Succession | President of Myanmar |
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The colonial governors of Burma were the colonial administrators responsible for the territory of British Burma, an area equivalent to modern-day Myanmar.
As a result of the Second Anglo-Burmese War, Burma was initially set up as a province of British India. Later it was made a separate crown colony within the British Empire. Following invasion by the Empire of Japan during World War II, it was controlled by a Japanese military governor. After the Japanese were expelled, it was under a Allied military commander, then a civilian governor until independence.
List
[edit](Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) | Term of office | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||
British Burma | |||||
Chief commissioner | |||||
1 | ![]() | Arthur Purves Phayre (1812–1885) | 31 January 1862 | 16 February 1867 | 5 years, 16 days |
2 | Albert Fytche (1820–1892) | 16 February 1867 | 18 April 1871 | 4 years, 61 days | |
3 | ![]() | Ashley Eden (1831–1887) | 18 April 1871 | 14 April 1875 | 3 years, 361 days |
4 | ![]() | Augustus Rivers Thompson (1829–1890) | 14 April 1875 | 30 April 1877 | 2 years, 16 days |
30 April 1877 | 30 March 1878 | 334 days | |||
5 | ![]() | Charles Umpherston Aitchison (1832–1896) | 30 March 1878 | 2 July 1880 | 2 years, 94 days |
6 | ![]() | Charles Bernard (1837–1901) | 2 July 1880 | 4 April 1882 | 1 year, 276 days |
4 April 1882 | 2 March 1883 | 332 days | |||
7 | Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite (1835–1915) | 2 March 1883 | 28 February 1884 | 363 days | |
28 February 1884 | 25 September 1886 | 2 years, 209 days | |||
(6) | ![]() | Charles Bernard (1837–1901) | 25 September 1886 | 12 March 1887 | 168 days |
(7) | Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite (1835–1915) | 12 March 1887 | 10 December 1890 | 3 years, 273 days | |
8 | ![]() | Alexander Mackenzie (1842–1902) | 10 December 1890 | 3 April 1895 | 4 years, 114 days |
9 | Frederick William Richards Fryer (1845–1922) | 3 April 1895 | 1 May 1897 | 2 years, 28 days | |
Lieutenant governor | |||||
1 | Frederick William Richards Fryer (1845–1922) | 1 May 1897 | 4 April 1903 | 5 years, 338 days | |
2 | Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes (1853–1940) | 4 April 1903 | 9 May 1905 | 2 years, 35 days | |
3 | ![]() | Sir Herbert Thirkell White (1855–1931) | 9 May 1905 | 19 May 1910 | 5 years, 10 days |
4 | Sir Harvey Adamson (1854–1941) | 19 May 1910 | 28 October 1915 | 5 years, 162 days | |
– | Sir George Shaw (1858–1931) Acting | 15 May 1913 | 1 November 1913 | 170 days | |
5 | ![]() | Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler (1869–1938) | 28 October 1915 | 22 September 1917 | 1 year, 329 days |
– | Walter Francis Rice (1871–1941) Acting | 22 September 1917 | 15 February 1918 | 146 days | |
6 | ![]() | Sir Reginald Henry Craddock (1864–1937) | 15 February 1918 | 21 December 1922 | 4 years, 309 days |
5 | ![]() | Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler (1869–1938) | 21 December 1922 | 2 January 1923 | 12 days |
Governor | |||||
1 | ![]() | Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler (1869–1938) | 2 January 1923 | 20 December 1927 | 4 years, 352 days |
2 | ![]() | Sir Charles Alexander Innes (1874–1959) | 20 December 1927 | 20 December 1932 | 5 years |
3 | Sir Hugh Landsdowne Stephenson (1871–1941) | 20 December 1932 | 8 May 1936 | 3 years, 140 days | |
4 | Sir Archibald Douglas Cochrane (1885–1958) | 8 May 1936 | 6 May 1941 | 4 years, 363 days | |
5 | ![]() | Sir Reginald Hugh Dorman-Smith (1899–1977) | 6 May 1941 | 31 August 1946 | 5 years, 117 days |
Japanese Occupation of British Burma | |||||
Military commander | |||||
1 | ![]() | Lieutenant general Shōjirō Iida (1888–1980) | 20 April 1942 | 18 March 1943 | 332 days |
2 | ![]() | General Masakazu Kawabe (1886–1965) | 18 March 1943 | 30 August 1944 | 165 days |
3 | ![]() | General Heitarō Kimura (1888–1948) | 30 August 1944 | 15 August 1945 | 1 year, 350 days |
Allied military administration | |||||
Military governor | |||||
1 | ![]() | Actg. Admiral Lord Mountbatten (1900–1979) | 1 January 1944 | October 1945 | 1 year, 9 months |
2 | ![]() | Major general Sir Hubert Elvin Rance (1898–1974) | October 1945 | 31 August 1946 | 10 months |
British Burma | |||||
Governor | |||||
1 | ![]() | Sir Hubert Elvin Rance (1898–1974) | 31 August 1946 | 4 January 1948 | 1 year, 126 days |
See also
[edit]- President of Myanmar
- Vice-President of Myanmar
- Prime Minister of Myanmar
- Deputy Prime Minister of Myanmar
- State Counsellor of Myanmar
- Chairman of the State Administration Council