This is a list of viceroys in British Honduras and Belize from the start of British settlement in the area until the colony's independence in 1981. Until 1862, the territory was under the vice-regency of the Governor of Jamaica, and administered by a Superintendent. After this it was a colony in its own right, and administered by a Lieutenant Governor, still subordinate to Jamaica. In 1884, the colony gained its own governor, independent of Jamaica.
In 1973 the colony's name was changed to Belize and in 1981 it gained independence. For a list of viceroys after independence, see Governor-General of Belize.
Robert Hodgson, Sr., 1749–1758
Richard Jones, 1758–1760
Joseph Otway, 1760–1767
Robert Hodgson, Jr., 1767–1775
John Ferguson, 1776
James Lawrie, 1776–10 March 1787
Edward Marcus Despard, 1787 – June 1790
Peter Hunter, June 1790 – March 1791
Thomas Potts (chief magistrate), March 1791 - January 1797
Thomas Barrow, January 1797 – 1800, first time
Richard Basset, 1800–1802
Thomas Barrow, January 1803 – 1805, second time
Gabriel Gordon, 1805–1806
Alexander Mark Kerr Hamilton, 1806–1809
John Nugent Smyth, 1809–1814
George Arthur, 1814–1822
A. H. Pye, 1822–1823
Edward Codd, 1823–1829
Alexander MacDonald, 1829–1830, first time
Francis Cockburn, 1830–1837
Alexander MacDonald, 1837–1843, second time
Charles St. John Fancourt, 1843–1851
Philip Edmond Wodehouse, 1851–1854
William Stevenson, 1854–1857
Frederick Seymour, 1857–1862
In 1862, the territory became a crown colony, and was subsequently administered by a Lieutenant Governor, subordinate to the Governor of Jamaica.
Frederick Seymour, 1862–1864, continued
John Gardiner Austin, 1864–1867
James Robert Longden, 1867–1870
William Wellington Cairns, 1870–1874
Robert Miller Mundy, 1874–1877
Frederick Palgrave Barlee, 1877–1883
Robert William Harley, 13 May 1883 – 1884
In 1884, the colony was severed from its dependency to Jamaica and gained its own Governor.
Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy, 1884–1891
Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney, 1891–1897
David Wilson, 1897–1904
Sir Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott, 15 April 1904 – 1906
Sir Eric John Eagles Swayne, 13 August 1906 – 9 May 1913
Wilfred Collet 19 May 1913 – January 1918
William Hart-Bennett, 29 January 1918 – 4 September 1918
Sir Eyre Hutson, 22 March 1919 – 1925
Sir John Alder Burdon, 16 April 1925 – 1932
Sir Harold Baxter Kittermaster, 9 March 1932 – 1934
Alan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns, 2 November 1934 – 1939
Sir John Adams Hunter, 24 February 1940 – 1 July 1946
Arthur Norman Wolffsohn, 1 July 1946 – 14 January 1947, acting
Sir Edward Gerald Hawkesworth, 14 January 1947 – 1948
Ronald Herbert Garvey, 28 February 1949 – 1952
Patrick Muir Renison, 21 October 1952 – 1955
Colin Hardwick Thornley, 17 January 1956 – 1961
Sir Peter Hyla Gawne Stallard, 9 December 1961 – 1966
Sir John Warburton Paul, 11 July 1966 – January 1972
Sir Richard Neil Posnett, 26 January 1972 – 31 May 1973
On 1 June 1973, the colony of British Honduras was renamed Belize.
Sir Richard Neil Posnett, 1 June 1973 – 1976, continued
Peter Donovan McEntee, 1 June 1976 – 1980
Sir James Hennessy, 1980 – 21 September 1981
On 21 September 1981 Belize gained independence from the United Kingdom. For viceroys of Belize after independence, see Governor-General of Belize.
