Governors of Queensland

See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor.

• Sir George Bowen, 1859-1868
• Colonel Sir Samuel Blackall, 1868-1871
• George Augustus Constantine Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby, 1871-1874
• William Cairns 1875-1877
• Sir Arthur Kennedy, 1877-1883
• Sir Anthony Musgrave, 1883-1889
• General Sir Henry Norman, 1889-1895
• Charles Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, 1896-1901
• Major-General Sir Herbert Chermside, 1902-1904
• Frederic Thesiger, 3rd Baron Chelmsford, 1905-1909
• Sir William Macgregor, 1909-1914
• Major Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams, 1915-1920
• Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Matthew Nathan, 1920-1925
• Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Goodwin, 1927-1932
• Colonel Sir Leslie Wilson, 1932-1937, 1937-1946
• Lieutenant-General Sir John Laverack, 1946-1957
• Colonel Sir Henry Abel Smith, 1958-1966
• Sir Alan Mansfield, 1966-1972
• Air Marshall Sir Colin Hannah, 1972-1977
• Commodore Sir James Ramsay, 1977-1985
• Sir Walter Campbell 1985-1992
• Leneen Forde, 1992-1997
• Major-General Peter Arnison, 1997-2003
• Quentin Bryce, from 2003