| Governors | |
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James Brooke 1847 - 1856 |
| Spenser St. John 1852 - 1856 |
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| George Warren Edwardes 1856 - 1861 |
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| Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan 1861 - 1866 |
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Hugh Low (acting) 1866 - 1867 |
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John Pope Hennessy 1867 - 1871 |
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Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer 1871 - 1875 |
| Herbert Taylor Ussher 9 Aug 1875 - 1879 |
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| Charles Cameron Lees 1879 - 1881 |
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| Peter Leys 1881 - 1888 |
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| Arthur Shirley Hamilton (acting) 1888 - 1890 |
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| 1890 - 1906 from British North Borneo | |
| 1906 - 1942 from Straits Settlements | |
| Military Governor | |
| John Russell Black 1945 - 1946 |
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| 1946 - 1963 from British North Borneo | |
