| Administrators | |
| Sir Theophilus Shepstone 12 Apr 1877 - 4 Mar 1879 |
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| William Owen Lanyon 4 Mar 1879 - 8 Aug 1881 |
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| Governors | |
| Sir Garnet Joseph Wolseley 29 Sep 1879 - 27 Apr 1880 |
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| Alfred Milner, Viscount Milner 21 Jun 1902 - 1 Apr 1905 |
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Arthur Lawley 29 Sep 1902 - 4 Dec 1905 |
| William Waldegrave Palmer, Earl of Selborne 2 Apr 1905 - 31 May 1910 |
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| Richard Solomon 4 Dec 1905 - 2 Oct 1906 |
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