The Governor of British Guiana was the Crown representative in British Guiana. The office existed from 1831 when the colonies of Demerara-Essequibo (see Demerara and Essequibo (colony)) and Berbice united as British Guiana until 1966 when Guyana attained independence.
Sir Benjamin d'Urban, 21 July 1831 – 26 June 1833
Sir James Carmichael Smyth, 26 June 1833 – 27 June 1838
Henry Light, 27 June 1838 – 19 May 1848
William Walker, 19 May 1848–12 February 1849, acting, first time
Henry Barkly 12 February 1849 – 11 May 1853
William Walker, 11 May 1853–23 May 1854, acting, second time
Philip Edmond Wodehouse, 23 May 1854 – 7 January 1862
Sir Francis Hincks, 7 January 1862 – 25 January 1869
Sir John Scott, 25 January 1869 – 26 December 1873
Edward Rushworth, 27 December 1873–10 March 1874, acting
James Robert Longden, 10 March 1874 – 8 March 1877
William A. G. Young, 8 March 1877–3 April 1877, acting, first time
Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright, 3 April 1877 – 13 December 1881
William A. G. Young, 13 December 1881–4 May 1882, acting, second time
Sir Henry Turner Irving, 4 May 1882 – 1887
William Frederick Haynes-Smith, 26 April 1884–1884, acting for Irving
Charles Bruce, 1887–1888, acting
The Viscount Gormanston, 1888–23 March 1893
Sir Charles Bruce, April 1891–15 October 1891, acting for Viscount Gormanston, second time
Sir Charles Bruce, 23 March 1893–5 July 1893, acting, third time
Sir Charles Cameron Lees, 5 July 1893–September 1895
Charles Cavendish Boyle, 15 December 1894–29 January 1895, acting for Lees, first time
Charles Cavendish Boyle, September 1895–March 1896, acting, second time
Sir Augustus William Lawson Hemming, March 1896–27 March 1898
Charles Cavendish Boyle, 1 October 1896–18 November 1896, acting for Hemming, third time
Charles Cavendish Boyle, 27 May 1897–28 July 1897, acting for Hemming, fourth time
Sir Walter Joseph Sendall, 27 March 1898 – 25 December 1901
Sir James Alexander Swettenham (1846-1933), 3 July 1901 – 26 September 1904
Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson, 26 September 1904 – 5 July 1912
Sir Walter Egerton, 5 July 1912 – 15 April 1917
Sir Wilfred Collet, 15 April 1917 – 4 April 1923
Sir Graeme Thomson, 4 April 1923 – 31 August 1925
Sir Cecil Hunter-Rodwell, 31 August 1925 – 7 November 1928
Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg, 7 November 1928 – 9 June 1930
Sir Edward Brandis Denham, 9 June 1930 – 26 March 1935
Sir Geoffry Alexander Stafford Northcote, 26 March 1935 – 19 November 1937, acting from 1936
Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson, 19 November 1937 – 7 November 1941
Sir Gordon James Lethem, 7 November 1941 – 1947, acting from 1946
Sir Charles Campbell Woolley, 12 April 1947 – 14 April 1953
Sir Alfred William Lungley Savage, 14 April 1953 – 25 October 1955
Sir Patrick Muir Renison, 25 October 1955 – 22 December 1958
Sir Ralph Francis Alnwick Grey, 22 December 1958 – 7 March 1964
Sir Richard Edmonds Luyt, 7 March 1964 – 26 May 1966
On 26 May 1966, the colony achieved independence from the United Kingdom as Guyana. After independence, the viceroy in Guyana was the Governor-General of Guyana.
