West Florida - Governors

Governors

See also: Royal Governor of La Florida

Governors under British rule:

  • George Johnstone (1763–66)
  • Montfort Browne (acting, 1766–1769)
  • John Eliot (appointed 1767, arrived April 1769, committed suicide shortly afterward)
  • Montfort Browne (acting, 1769)
  • Elias Durnford (acting, 1769–1770)
  • Peter Chester (1770–1781)

Governors under Spanish rule:

  • Arturo O'Neill de Tyrone: (May 9, 1781 – 1794)
  • Enrique White: (1794–1796)
  • Francisco de Paula Gelabert: (1796)
  • Vicente Folch y Juan: (June 1796 – March 1811)
  • Francisco San Maxent: (March 1811 – 1812)
  • Mauricio de Zúñiga: (1812–1813)
  • Mateo González Manrique: (1813–1815)
  • José de Soto: (1815–1816)
  • Mauricio de Zúñiga: (1816)
  • Francisco San Maxent: (1816)
  • José Masot: (1816 – May 26, 1818)
  • William King: (United States military governor, May 26, 1818 – February 4, 1819)
  • José María Callava: (February 4, 1819 – July 17, 1821)

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