This is of the governors of the Province of Georgia from 1732 until 1782, including the restored Loyalist administration during the War of American Independence.[1]
# | Image | Name | Title | Term start | Term end | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
– | ![]() | General James Oglethorpe | Resident Trustee | 9 June 1732 | 1743 | |
1 | ![]() | William Stephens | President | 1743 | 8 April 1751 | First governor |
2 | ![]() | Henry Parker | President | 8 April 1751 | 23 June 1752 | [2] |
3 | ![]() | Patrick Graham | President | 23 June 1752 | 21 June 1754 | |
4 | ![]() | Admiral John Reynolds | Governor | 29 October 1754 | 3 August 1756 (de facto) 14 April 1758 (officially) | First royal governor [2][3][4] |
5 | ![]() | Henry Ellis | Governor | 17 May 1758 | November 1760 | |
6 | ![]() | James Wright | Governor | November 1760 | 11 February 1776 | |
Interregnum under revolutionary control from 1776 until 1778; see List of governors of Georgia | ||||||
(7) | ![]() | General Sir Archibald Campbell | governor | 29 December 1778 | July 1779 | Head of military administration [2] |
(8) | ![]() | Jacques Prevost | Provisional governor | July 1779 | September 1779 | |
(9) | ![]() | Lieutenant Colonel James Wright | Governor | September 1779 | 11 July 1782 |
References
- ↑ Historical List Of Georgia Governors, Georgia Info
- 1 2 3 Lawton Bryan Evans (1898). A History of Georgia for Use in Schools. American Book Company. pp. 45–.
- ↑ Edward J. Cashin, "Royal Georgia, 1752-1776", New Georgia Encyclopedia, 3/10/2003
- ↑ Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
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