| Name | 譯名 | Term Began | Term Ended | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early Governors 早期港督 | ||||
| Henry Pottinger | 砵甸乍 | June 26, 1843 | May 8, 1844 | 317 days |
| John Francis Davis | 戴維斯 | May 8, 1844 | March 21, 1848 | 3 years, 315 days |
| George Bonham | 文咸 | March 21, 1848 | April 13, 1854 | 6 years, 23 days |
| John Bowring | 寶靈 | April 13, 1854 | May 2, 1859 | 5 years, 19 days |
| Hercules Robinson | 羅士敏 | September 9, 1859 | March 15, 1865 | 5 years, 187 days |
| Richard Graves MacDonnell | 麥當奴 | March 12, 1866 | April 11, 1872 | 6 years, 30 days |
| Arthur Kennedy | 堅尼地 | April 16, 1872 | March 1, 1877 | 4 years, 319 days |
| John Pope Hennessy | 軒尼詩 | April 23, 1877 | March 7, 1882 | 4 years, 318 days |
| George Bowen | 寶雲 | March 30, 1883 | December 21, 1885 | 2 years, 266 days |
| William Des Vœux | 德輔 | October 6, 1887 | May 7, 1891 | 3 years, 213 days |
| William Robinson | 羅便臣 | December 10, 1891 | February 1, 1898 | 6 years, 53 days |
| Henry Arthur Blake | 卜力 | November 25, 1898 | November 21, 1903 | 4 years, 361 days |
| Matthew Nathan | 彌敦 | July 29, 1904 | April 20, 1907 | 2 years, 265 days |
| Frederick Lugard | 盧吉 | July 29, 1907 | March 16, 1912 | 4 years, 231 days |
| Francis Henry May | 梅含理 | July 4, 1912 | September 12, 1918 | 6 years, 70 days |
| Reginald Edward Stubbs | 司徒拔 | September 30, 1919 | October 31, 1925 | 6 years, 31 days |
| Cecil Clementi | 金文泰 | November 1, 1925 | February 1, 1930 | 4 years, 92 days |
| William Peel | 貝璐 | May 9, 1930 | May 17, 1935 | 5 years, 8 days |
| Andrew Caldecott | 郝德傑 | December 12, 1935 | April 16, 1937 | 1 year, 125 days |
| Geoffry Northcote | 羅富國 | October 28, 1937 | September 6, 1941 | 3 years, 313 days |
| Mark Aitchison Young | 楊慕琦 | September 10, 1941 | December 25, 1941 | 106 days |
| Japanese Occupation 日佔時期 | ||||
| Rensuke Isogai | 磯谷廉介 | February 20, 1942 | December 24, 1944 | 2 years, 308 days |
| Hisakazu Tanaka | 田中久一 | February 1, 1945 | August 16, 1945 | 196 days |
| Post-War Governors 戰後港督 | ||||
| Mark Aitchison Young | 楊慕琦 | May 1, 1946 | May 17, 1947 | 1 year, 16 days |
| Alexander Grantham | 葛量洪 | July 25, 1947 | December 31, 1957 | 10 years, 159 days |
| Robert Brown Black | 柏立基 | January 23, 1958 | March 31, 1964 | 6 years, 68 days |
| David C. C. Trench | 戴麟趾 | April 14, 1964 | October 19, 1971 | 7 years, 188 days |
| Murray MacLehose | 麥理浩 | November 19, 1971 | May 8, 1982 | 10 years, 170days |
| Edward Youde | 尤德 | May 20, 1982 | December 4, 1986 | 4 years 198 days |
| David Wilson | 衛奕信 | April 9, 1987 | July 3, 1992 | 5 years 85 days |
| Chris Patten | 彭定康 | July 9, 1992 | June 30, 1997 | 4 years 356 days |
| Administrators and temporary Governors are omitted. | ||||