============================  NZ GOVERNORS  ===============================

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Governors of NZ represented British sovereignty in NZ from 30 January 1840 
until Lord Liverpool's title was changed to Governor-General on 28 June 
1917.

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	GOVERNORS			ASSUMED OFFICE		RETIRED
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1. *1Sir George Gipps			30 January 1840		3 May 1841
2. *2Captain William Hobson		3 May 1841		September 1842
3. Captain Robert FitzRoy		December 1843		November 1845
4. Captain George Grey			November 1845		December 1853
5. Colonel Thomas Gore Browne		September 1855		October 1861
6. *3Sir George Grey			December 1861		February 1868
7. Sir George Ferguson Bowen		February 1868		March 1873
8. The Rt. Hon. Sir James Fergusson	June 1873		December 1874
9. The Rt. Hon.The Marquess of Normanby	January 1875		February 1879
10.Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson	April 1879		September 1880
11.The Hon. Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon	November 1880		June 1882
12.Lt-Gen Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois	January 1883	March 1889
13.The Rt. Hon. Earl of Onslow		May 1889		February 1892
14.The Rt. Hon. Earl of  Glasgow	June 1892		February 1897
15.The Rt. Hon. Earl of  Ranfurly	August 1897		June 1904
16.The Rt. Hon. Lord Plunket		June 1904		June 1910
17.The Rt. Hon. Lord Islington		June 1910		December 1912
18.The Rt. Hon. Earl of Liverpool	December 1912		June 1917

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*1 Captain Hobson was Lieutenant-Governor during this period.

*2 After Hobson died in office, Willoughby Shortland was Administrator until 
   December 1843.

*3 Grey was Governor-in-Chief from January 1848 to March 1853, and Governor 
   of an officially declared 'self-governing colony' from March 1853 until 
   December 1853.  After the departure of Grey, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert 
   Henry Wynyard was Administrator until September 1855.

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